Top Five

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a host of solo shows to catch across the state as you break for the holidays.

Brandon Zech and Christopher Blay on a novel way to show photographs, a novel way to depict women, and two solo museum shows opening this weekend in Beaumont.

Christina Rees and Christopher Blay on a Dallas veteran's retrospective in Houston, the intersection of art and design, and a show by someone who runs one of the best art spaces in the state.

For this special Thanksgiving edition, Christina Rees and Brandon Zech run down their favorite food-related art. 

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on alternative monuments for Dallas, an East Texas homecoming, and a couple of artists who bring the humor.

Brandon Zech and Christopher Blay on museum cabaret in Dallas, four surefire art days in Austin, and a reworking of the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” narrative in Houston. 

Christina Rees and William Sarradet on the fruits of an artist’s travel, a deep dive into the iconography of Mexico, and a show of Dallas artists doing an institutional critique of… Dallas. 

Christopher Blay does a round-up of his top five places to see art in Fort Worth, with Fort Worth artists Raul Rodriguez, Jessika Guillen, Fabiola Valenzuela, Nancy Lamb, Billy Hassell, and Devon Nowlin.

Christina Rees and Christopher Blay on a show about art-fair exploitation, a show featuring a true radical of Latin America, and Christopher’s introduction to Bert Long, Jr.’s work.

In this special two-city presentation, three Glasstire hosts and special guest Vincent Valdez give you plenty of art-centric reasons to leave your house this week.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on the return of Sculpture Month Houston, Brandon’s return to Chinati Weekend, and, at last, the grand opening of Ruby City.

Brandon Zech and artist and Glasstire programmer Seth Mittag run down a host of shows in San Antonio, the meaning of a “good crisis,” and how to win a wad of cash by hacking into Glasstire’s database.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a piece of virtual reality art that really works, intentionally stupid art, and art that presents “alternative histories.”  

Christina Rees and Christopher Blay on a comprehensive video series in Houston, two UNT artist-professors making things happen, and what really counts after the apocalypse.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a long-awaited Houston show, a must-see show in Brownsville, and the debut of a doomsday dream machine in Fort Worth.

Christina Rees, Christopher Blay, and Brandon Zech on the exhibitions they’re most looking forward to this season.

Christina Rees and guest host Natalie Hegert on the landscape as cinematic overture, a knockout solo show in San Antonio, and the way to combine a round of golf with art. 

Christina Rees and Christopher Blay on a rare show by a Houston artist, the consistent strength of Artpace’s residency shows, and a performance that’s NOT taking place at a shopping mall in Dallas.

Christina Rees and Christopher Blay on a the arrival in Houston of New York powerhouse artist, the solo debut of a young Austin artist, and a personal show in Fort Worth titled “We Don’t Dial 911.”

Brandon Zech and Christopher Blay on a rare theater pick, a couple of annual summer shows you can count on, and a Panhandle show with a familiar accent.