Podcast

William Sarradet talks with Christopher Blay about his tenure as Glasstire's News Editor, the trends he's seen in Texas art, and how being an artist impacts the way he approaches writing and curating.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss the optics and the reality of Hunter Biden's quest to be an artist.

“For me, collage is based on collision. And I think that collision is indebted to the chance encounter.”

Christina Rees and William Sarradet discuss some favorite LGBTQ offerings of the past month and beyond. Also: art they expect to see in museums and galleries going forward.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss how the recent cultural swing toward honesty and sincerity has affected comedy, art, and music.

“All roads lead to Houston! All roads lead to Houston in Black art.”

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss their most anticipated summer shows across the state, a jungle gym-like installation in Houston, and the optics behind Op art.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss the things about the art world we don’t miss, the things we do miss, and how to pace yourself when venturing back out.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss the proliferation of private museums in the U.S.

“I don’t know if it’s some kind of weird time warp or something, but I feel like I run into different versions of myself at different stages.” 

William Sarradet and Brandon Zech discuss how art meme accounts have taken over Instagram.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on the ongoing debate about museums deaccessioning objects from their permanent collections. 

“I wonder if artists are being commissioned to beautify cities in a way that ignores the time that we live in.”

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech break down the meteoric rise of NFTs.

“We still love the business and we really thought we would keep working until we couldn’t anymore, and just close the doors. So we’re thrilled that it is going to continue.”

Inspired by the career of Clint Willour, Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss the transformational impact a single person can have on an art scene. 

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss artists' use of windows as makeshift galleries and question if cities should force businesses to put art in empty storefronts.

"It's not just the content of hate speech that is problematic. It's the algorithms that have funneled haters toward more hate."

Brandon Zech talks with Houston artist and Glasstire contributor Henry G. Sanchez about the challenges of public arts funding during a pandemic.

“There are things that are happening in Dallas that Black artists will never know about, because there wasn’t a Black person in the room to share the information with a Black artist.”