I'm rooting for the future of Taoka's work; let’s see how far he can take these compositions to insinuate or push against the notion of 'representation.'

Yesterday the New York Times reported that the toy company Mattel has released a Barbie-Doll version of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in conjunction with International Women’s Day. Mattel is the…

  A Texas artist who teaches at one of our colleges posted this email exchange on Facebook recently: Subject: Art For Office Hello, My name is [redacted] I’m an Alumni…

In December, Glasstire reported that Houston artist Jamal Cyrus was shortlisted for the BMW Art Journey Prize selected from emerging artists at Art Basel Miami. Now, we can announce that…

Today, the Meadows Museum at SMU announced that Dallas-based artist Giovanni Valderas is the winner of its 2017 Moss/Chumley Award. The jury for the award included Shelley DeMaria, curatorial assistant for the Meadows Museum;…

Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on the best fishing in Texas, an artworld version of a Lincoln-Douglas style debate in San Antonio, and the psychology of long-term art collecting.

The opening paragraph of a December Glasstire article reads: The University of Texas at Austin recently announced that, under Douglas Dempster, dean of the College of Fine Arts, it has…

Big Medium, the Austin-based non-profit that organizes the Texas Biennial, Tito’s Prize and Austin’s big studio tour weekends (one for the city’s East side and one for its West side)…

"As an adult, I bought myself some damn squirt guns, and I didn’t tell my mother for like three months. I couldn’t sleep."

Last week, President Trump nominated Jon Parrish Peede as chairman of the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH), all the while working to eliminate the NEH and the National Endowment…

Today Art League Houston (ALH) announced the appointment of Jennie Ash as its Executive Director. Prior to this, Ash has been ALH’s Visual Arts Director. Her new appointment begins immediately.…

Ed note: This article originally appeared in Glasstire on March 6, 2018. We're re-running it today because tomorrow, June 16, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will screen the movie 'Milford Graves Full Mantis' as part of its Jazz on Film series.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced that the El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA), the only nominee in Texas, has been selected as a finalist for…

The Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin recently announced that it has acquired the archive of German-born photographer Fritz Henle (1909-1993). Known for his use of a Rolleiflex camera, Henle worked as a photojournalist,…

Tomorrow, March 6 at 7pm, the Nasher Sculpture Center will present a panel discussion as part of its Nasher Prize Dialogues on “Sculpture + History” at one of the city’s…

The Crow Collection of Asian Art in Dallas recently announced major changes taking place this year. First, the organization will undergo a multimillion-dollar expansion plan to increase the building’s footprint to…

In our latest Art Dirt podcast, Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees discuss artist Christoph Büchel’s proposal to designate the prototypes for a wall between the US and Mexico as a national monument,…

Comprised of works — many previously unseen in the United States — from nearly two dozen institutions and private collections throughout Mexico, this exhibition in San Antonio is a stunning assemblage.

On Sunday March 4th, 2018, from 6-9PM, the Bath House Cultural Center will host STONE SOUP, an event that will raise and immediately give away money to help an artist realize one…

Huntsville’s annual Art Walk is upon us. It’s tomorrow, Saturday March 3, and it starts at noon. Each year the Sam Houston State University Department of Art and the Student…