Staff Picks

“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.”

These stories are necessary. They direct a lens at reality in way that helps us all see each other more clearly.

In addition, Houston's Mayor Turner has announced the Greater Houston 2021 Winter Storm Relief Fund.

It was the first full day of good weather and sunshine after Houston (and much of Texas) dug out of the event that was Winter Storm Uri.

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. 

Here are eight artist couples from across the state who've made work for each other, with each other, or about love.

Christopher Blay and Christina Rees on a Salvadoran artist’s debut in Dallas, an art scavenger hunt in Austin, and a Houston artist in San Antonio whose images and words may be just what we need right now.

Jannise is pursuing his Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Houston. His essay is about a sculpture exhibition along the Houston Heights Esplanade.

Our list ranges from artists whose works are represented in multiple national and international museums and collections, to mid-career artists, to emerging artists — some with their first couple of exhibitions in the past year.

Throughout his 50-year career, the impact Mr. Willour had on the transformation of Houston into a destination for art cannot be overstated.

Glasstire staff and contributors share which Texas-based shows, events, and works made their personal “best” lists for this incredibly weird and worrisome year.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech talk about nativity scenes, Christmas art, and the inherent kitschiness of our beloved holiday traditions. 

If you’re into art it’s probably a safe assumption that you’re not the wimpy sort who can’t wait a few more days to behold a book.

Held entirely online, Sortor's virtual residency will consist of two projects, "space-time for you (Nothing to see here)" and "beingtogether," both of which counteract the idea of the internet as a space for overstimulation.

This weekend, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will officially open its long-awaited Kinder Building. It is dedicated to showing the institution's collection of 20th- and 21st-century art.

I don’t know what’s going to happen. It’s a new feeling — fear with some glimmer of the unknown, actual change like light diffusing off the bend of a mountain tunnel.

The revelation about George Floyd's time in Houston has completely upended my perspective on "Slowed."

These rocks are repositories of eons of natural forces, and are understood as “embodiments of the dynamic transformational processes of nature.”

I’d noticed the building’s subtle architectural flourishes and its sense of faded grandeur. Only later did I learn of its historical significance.

Latin American voices became the epicenters for powerful, far-reaching intellectual projects in the mid- to late-1920s, like the Peruvian magazine Amauta.