Valderas' signs wield cultural vernacular as armor in an aesthetic skirmish. They’re here to provoke.

Ted Kincaid, a (deservedly) highly regarded artist based in Dallas, and his partner Steve Atkinson and some of their friends have founded I AM DONE, a “project to mobilize like-minded people to…

Although selfies with artworks have been a thing on social media, the phenomenon hadn’t really hit me till my recent visit to The Broad Museum in Los Angeles. One super-sized…

Wondering what environmental changes have occurred in modern Texas history? Wonder no more: Texas A&M Press has a new book out from the Texas Landscape Project with hundreds of maps and…

Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on the pros and cons of time-based exhibitions, satire in art from Saudi Arabia, and the sexiness of Formula One racing.

Americans for the Arts honored 38 outstanding public art projects created in 2015 at its annual convention through the Public Art Network (PAN) Year in Review program. The 38 public…

Last night I put on my brother’s basic Oculus headset and was quite convincingly and disconcertingly surrounded by sharks. Up, down, in every direction they were circling me in the…

The Houston Center for Photography‘s board announced today that Ashlyn Davis, the organization’s Director of Development since June of 2015, has been hired as its newest Executive Director. Via HCP: “HCP’s Board of Directors…

When the characters in Peña's piece speak his words, the room takes on a certain stillness, much like the weight of witnessing someone undress for the first time, or the last.

Yes, there is an online Cheetos Museum and it is sending out a call for entries. Ten weekly winners will be awarded a $10,000 prize and have their masterpieces immortalized…

A video review of Jamie Earnest’s show at Cindy Lisica Gallery in Houston, on view June 3rd – July 9th, 2016.

The Church of the Friendly Ghost will again present its New Media Art & Sound Summit, with its very catchy abbreviation COTFG: NMASS2016, this week at Austin’s Salvage Vanguard Theater…

  As with his other books: funny, pithy, full of entertaining aphorisms. His newest is about what happens to romantic love long after the glowy, early “falling in” part. His protagonist…

Glasstire is looking for arts writers in Texas! To apply, please submit one unedited piece of your writing from the past six months. Examples include reviews, artist profiles, essays or anything pertaining to…

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s 14-acre home to collections of decorative art, paintings, and furniture, has gone full-on Broadway. Currently, the collection is offering an audio tour…

Most of the Glasstire staff watches Orange is the New Black and has been awaiting the show’s fourth season, which premiered last Friday. If you haven’t ever seen OITNB, now…

The Houston Cinema Arts Festival (HCAF) may not take place until November, but in off-festival times HCAF also presents an “Artist’s Choice Film Series,” inviting visual, performing, and literary artists…

For the past year, the website Conflict of Interest has been covering the visual art and literary happenings of Austin. The site is cleverly named for the all-too-real fact that, to make…