Top Five

Christina Rees and guest host Christopher Blay on road signs as art, some rock-and-roll portraiture, and a show that reintroduces us to one of the greats.

Brandon Zech and guest host Henry G. Sanchez on an installation you hear instead of see, a show that uses materials to poke holes in romanticized nature, and a ‘themeless’ group show in San Antonio.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on his love for fake-food art, Christina’s thing for animal art, and some shows that wade into darker territory.

For Rainey Knudson’s last week at Glasstire, she recounts her five fondest art-related memories leading up to and during her Glasstire years.

Brandon Zech and William Sarradet on the power of language as art, a destination opening in Corsicana, and a mail-art project that has a life of its own.

Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on real-estate branding, some great photography shows, and one upshot of very short films.

Rainey Knudson and Neil Fauerso on disappearing art and artists, the Asian diaspora in Texas, and a hot tip for Mother's Day.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a gem of a film festival in Marfa, a tequila bar as Zen garden, and a show that gets artists and writers in the same room.

Christina Rees and guests Chad Plunket and Paul Allen Hunton on a new arts festival in Lubbock, art with pontoon boats, and what cars pair well with Post-war paintings.

Christina Rees and Neil Fauerso on the beauty of Grand Central Terminal, the endurance of Co-Lab Projects, and one longtime festival’s determination to keep Austin’s freak flag flying.

Christina Rees and William Sarradet on three solo shows across Texas, the return of the Dallas Art Fair, and some traveling art in Dallas that you can actually afford this weekend.

Brandon Zech and Rainey Knudson on how a residency helps an artist recharge, queer Chicanx art from L.A, and a caged show that requires time to warm up to.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on a gorgeous spring show in the Rio Grande Valley, a family of evolving artists, and an intimate show of Luis Jiménez’s work that feels just right, right now.

Neil Fauerso and guest Veronica Ortuño on the next phase for her project Las Cruxes, plus the oldest art collective space in Texas, and Grace Jones deadlifting James Bond.

Brandon Zech is with guests Adrian Aguilera, Tammie Rubin, and Betelhem Makonnen to talk about their show in Austin called constant escape, an important group show in College Station, and an alternative art fair called Satellite.

Rainey Knudson and guest host Joe Arredondo are in Lubbock, discussing a standing-room-only gallery at TTU, contemporary art by Caddo Nation artists, and the legacy of the controversial Documenta 5.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech are in the Rio Grande Valley this week, and are also talking about some shows in Houston, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi. (And a dubious art term).

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.

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.

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.