Top Five

This week: summer group shows in Austin and Houston, a trip to Lubbock, and pandemic-loomed work in San Antonio.

This week: a self-taught visionary in Dallas, Black is Beautiful in Austin, and museum employees put on a show in Houston.

This week: Lawndale's Big Show returns, Juneteenth is this weekend, and doomscrolling is an art form.

This week: art battles gentrification, virtual communities go physical, and artists collaborate in a small town's evolution.

This week: a fresh look at portraiture in San Antonio, skateboard culture in DFW, and a much-anticipated mid-career retrospective in Houston.

Christopher Blay and special guests Jane Burke, Surpik Angelini, Carter E. Foster, Chris Hightower, and Mari Carmen Ramírez talk about the current Texas exhibitions they've curated.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on some San Antonio artists in Austin, ten artists going for broke with TV news footage in Dallas, and a must-see solo exhibition opening this weekend in Houston. 

Christopher Blay and guest host Tommy Ralph Pace, Executive Director of The Orange Show in Houston, discuss an artist who combines porcelain and weaving, an artist drawing lines between geometry and knitting, and the return of Art Cars!

Christopher Blay and Christina Rees on a remarkable collection on view in Austin, solo shows by two veteran Texans, and a solo outing by a new Texan who’s developed some interesting recurring themes.

Christopher Blay and Christina Rees on a show that deconstructs our public-facing identities, a Hill Country show featuring 50 years of a Texas printmaker’s history, and a Dallas show featuring some deceptively sublime imagery. 

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees hit the road! This week: Text writ LARGE in Dallas, musicians interpret art in Austin, and a must-see show in Corpus Christi.

Christopher Blay and Christina Rees on how nature has taken over during Covid, the rich history of rodeo photography, and the open studio of a VIP artist inside a gallery.

Brandon Zech and William Sarradet on a spate of new exhibitions opening this weekend, including the Austin debut of a DFW artist.

Christopher Blay and Christina Rees on Texas barns in danger, Italian drawings in Space City, and an artist who has her finger on the pulse of human awfulness.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on the reopening of Dallas Contemporary, a show by some New York legends in the Panhandle, and one artist's way of making the frame a part of the art. 

Christopher Blay joins special guest Carrie Kenny in Austin to share Texas exhibitions that deal with Caruso's visit to Fort Worth, the portrayals of Black women, and all things animal.

Christina Rees and Christopher Blay go into the Houston underground to share shows about Black culture, video art in San Antonio, and all the exhibitions in Texas this week involving water and video.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a walking tour show in Houston, the daily lives of our furry companions, and the second parking garage art show we know of in Texas during the pandemic. 

Christopher Blay and (momentary) guest host Hesse McGraw, Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, discuss seeing the sun again, an unpronounceable show title, wild life, and an exclusive first look at the renovated CAMH.

In light of Winter Storm Uri, which is sweeping across Texas, this week's Top Five is a rebroadcast of our video from July 18, 2019.