Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on local artists in big museums, an Austin art collective’s tenacity in the wake of gentrification, and two of Houston’s more unexpected art spaces.
Top Five
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Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson run down a short list of their favorite podcasts, including one about haunted old Hollywood, one about sex, and one about a man named John B. McLemore.
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Brandon Zech is joined by special guests Sara Cress and Elaine Bradford to talk about their current show at Lawndale, Dario Robleto’s return to San Antonio, and a show of Jay DeFeo’s works that focus on… a tripod.
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In this week's special Fourth of July video, Christina Rees and Brandon Zech dip into "Ten Texas Artworks About America."
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a gallerist turned artist in Dallas, a big group show of emerging Latinx artists in Austin, and the seduction of "mermaid skin" in an immersive show in San Antonio.
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Brandon Zech and special guest Megan Solis on the last show at Pump Project’s longtime Austin space, a San Antonio show of work you want to take home and hug, and a big group show in Fort Worth that’s worth the drive.
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For this special edition of Glasstire’s Top Five, Rainey Knudson and her dad Tom run down the top Texas places to take your dad (or the dad in your life) this Father’s Day.
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Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on a new Houston space in an unlikely spot, an especially charming nostalgia trip in San Antonio, and an excellent reason to walk into Juárez from El Paso.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on the beauty of a simple video edit, a rare cross-pollination between Houston and Dallas art collectives, and an artist making your brunch this coming Sunday… down in a hole.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech count down their favorite art and culture spots in LA.
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Rainey Knudson, Brandon Zech, and special guest Anthony Sonnenberg on his extravagant installation in Beaumont, cowboy art in Orange, and an unexpected sculpture park in one of Houston’s most prominent cemeteries.
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Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on a singing tree, a Fugazi concert without the songs, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s recent campus expansion.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a new artist-run space in Austin, giant pink bunnies in Odessa, and a droll rethink of Wile E. Coyote’s desert landscape.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zach on a big venue you've never heard of, the history of the Houston drag scene, and the premiere of a long-awaited documentary on Chuck Ramirez.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on Texas’ second art chapel of this year, a Houston love affair with San Antonio, and a new installation in the Texas desert that makes us ponder music festival art versus serious art.
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Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on the Texas Kitsch Master, a rethink of the NSA, and the ascendence of Fusebox Festival in Austin.
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Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on the Dallas Fire Marshal's War On Art, the Texas artist every museum should own, and masturbation. In art.
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Brandon Zech and guest host Julia Claire Wallace on portraits of Houston’s grassroots players, a self-taught painter who fools the eye, and a proliferation of performance art in the coming week.
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Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on debate night in San Antonio, the joy of watching people eat, and a Texan artist's tropes about Texas.
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Brandon Zech and Rainey Knudson on three different solo shows that highlight three artists’ visual evolution, and a group show where the artwork outshines the show’s thesis.