Galleries and independent art spaces are taking advantage of the slow summer months to put on shows and events that otherwise wouldn’t fit into their programming. This weekend in particular,…

We are ripe for a rigorous, joyfully open-minded, unthemed, ongoing and regular survey of the best work being made in Texas.

No words. To view some artists’ reactions, go here.

Today Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio announced that it’s the recipient of a Warhol Foundation Grant for $100,000 as a two-year gift in support of its exhibition programming. This is the…

Back in 1973, Texas Monthly published a Guide to Houston. The audience the Guide hoped to attract was clear: “We hope that this volume will prove useful to the salesman just…

It’s hot out. Cool down with this sweet ‘n strange video documenting a family’s snow day activities in 1960 and 1973 in Houston.

No offense intended, but a number of artists probably fall within the low end of the autism spectrum. The Texas State University Round Rock Campus will explain why. On Saturday,…

Guest host Matt Stromberg joins Rainey Knudson in Los Angeles to run down some must-see shows for the summer.

Claudia Schmuckli, the Director and Chief Curator at the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston is leaving to take on the role of Curator-in-Charge of Contemporary Art and Programming at the Fine Arts Museums of…

My problem here is not that the work is light and playful; it is that Ronay so casually references such immensely fraught symbolism in the name of play.

Laura Somers, an LA-based independent filmmaker best known for Love 10 to 1 (2009), is returning to Pasadena, Texas to cast and shoot a feature-length movie called Rich Kids. It’s an…

There is so much distance between the objects and their referents. Zefeldt paints that distance into punchlines.

ArtSkool is a project of John Logan, Abby Bagby, and Rachael Anderson designed to “enlighten and excite those with limited-to-no exposure to visual culture about art through discussions about theory…

The world famous satirical art duo The Yes Men have a new project that “launches” today, the 4th of July. Comprised of a press release video, a promotional video, and a website selling…

This may be the most absurd Fourth of July article we’ve seen as of yet. Some highlights: Jason Galvin used a .22-caliber rifle to fire 150 shots at the rope and…

If you need a history refresher on American independence, catch Christina Rees’ throwback find of Schoolhouse Rocks.

This is how I learned this story, on Saturday mornings in the ’70s. Certainly one of the catchier Schoolhouse Rock tunes. (“That’s called taxation without representation, and it’s not fair.”) Happy…

There’s no one story of any empire and there’s no one story of America. I’ve been telling my family’s story in my work for nearly 20 years now. I’ve only recently been thinking about what my identity as an American artist is.

Last Friday, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston kicked off a twelve-film program celebrating the 100th birthday of actress Olivia de Havilland, who is the last surviving cast member of the 1939…

Glasstire correspondents Brandon Zech and Ariane Roesch checked in with summer visitors of Yayoi Kusama's signature installation at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Reactions were varied.