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Jesse Treviño, el artista de mayor fama en San Antonio, sin duda tiene la biografía más dramática de la ciudad.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on a Texas-Mexico sound exchange, some disgusting and dark paintings, and a still-new international performance art festival called Experimental Action.

Is it redundant to show works from the same artists and series concurrently in the same zip code, or, in this case, does it expand the conversation about printed paintings?

We must take pleasure in art, however frivolous that may seem. Otherwise, what's the point?

Anila Quayyum Agha's newest work, on view at Talley Dunn in Dallas, emerges as a small, quiet spectacle that operates with intelligence and sensuous resonance.

There's often pleasure in being reminded of one’s physical existence by art, and each work in the show does that on its own terms.

I think Ruby's impulse is limited to making cool-looking shit, so I’m often mystified by his seemingly unchecked success.

"If people can have meaningful discussions with others, rather than drawing lines and fighting, then I am glad that the work can be a catalyst."

Rainey Knudson, the outgoing publisher of Glasstire, and Brandon Zech, the incoming publisher, run down the top five art events in Texas this week. Also: the first work by a Texas artist that Rainey ever bought.

In short, this show presents like a most timely biennial. 

One of Jacobs' installations creates the sensation of being absorbed or implicated in the art, as if the art is watching you.

Movies struggle with the subject of the art world, don't they? The best part about 'Velvet Buzzsaw' is how it's caused us to think of much better movies about art. 

"My art bridges contemporary art practices with traditional craft processes, allowing participating communities to reclaim, preserve, and innovate their traditions."

Rainey Knusdon and guest Natasha Bowdoin on the best art press in Texas, Bowdoin’s giant new installation at Rice, and the drink of choice at Chernobyl.

Brandon Zech will be the next publisher of Glasstire.

At Texas State University’s Wittliff Collections in San Marcos, a variety of historical research materials illumine writers’ methods and explore the mysterious places where stories originate.

"One can fit a tremendous amount of emotional content in a screenplay just by typing: 'Enter Ghost.'" 

Kersey describes the dramatic meaning behind her intricately decorated work: “My art is about the end of the world. It is about more ‘happy’ things too — my love of the clay material and the natural world, the magic of the potter’s wheel, the alchemy of glazes, and the world-wide human culture... .”

You could make the mistake of believing that these paintings happened overnight, but anyone who’s made a leap forward in their own work knows that it takes years of private pushing to finally get a breakthrough.

Nike just released a grass-covered shoe. As usual, an artist was there first.