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First, because of a three day texting exchange with Ben Aqua.  These reminded me of…     …this:   Then I received an email from Armando Miguélez of his latest series…

Well my issue of The New Yorker Magazine came today and on the cover was my inspiration for Similar but Different #29: The Rainbow Connection. Newsweek went so far as…

The image above and those below were pasted in a document that opened with the following (loosely translated) text: “To all unmarried ones who would like to spend their life…

During the 90s, I worked at Hastings. Similar to other major retail entertainment chains (Borders, Blockbuster, Tower, etc.), Hastings sells just about every form of consumable media, and can be…

The world lost Thomas Kinkade more than a week ago, an artist whose importance during his life was measured by product placement and marketing prowess. Kinkade’s work always fascinated me,…

The Dallas Art Fair is back and seemed way better than last year. Here are some highlights: Conduit Gallery Dallas’ Conduit brought an interesting range of work.   Charlie James…

Two weeks ago, I took a road trip to the coast to jury a student exhibition at Rockport Center for the Arts. I spent Saturday in downtown Corpus Christi which…

Continued from Part I… V. Reynosa, Narcolandia and sad, sad data It’s important to point out that Rigoberto Gonzalez is not a Chicano artist, though he shares a lot of…

Rigoberto Gonzalez applies Baroque technique to scenes of narcoviolence. The result isn't journalism, but epic poetry.

  The College Art Association Conference was a great excuse to play in L.A. for a few days. Arriving at the swanky L.A. Marriott Live hotel, I immediately noticed the…

Last December, before my visit to Crystal Bridges, I wrote about the challenges of being a museum funded by Wal-Mart money and located in Bentonville, Arkansas. I had interviewed the…

This Mughal Dynasty (mid-18th c.) fly whisk is on view in the MFAH’s Indian art galleries. It’s an outstanding object which alone merits a visit to the museum. The MFAH…

I had the incredible privilege of visiting the community of Tlatelolco last week.  Tlatelolco is one of the places in the city that has long been avoided, was falling apart,…

February 2, 2012. By 6:30 pm, the line waiting for the Shepard Fairey talk was already a block long. Thankfully, my RVSP and press status allowed me instant entry. After…

When I ask Mark Goodman, Graduate Academic Advisor in the Department of Art at the University of Austin, what he wishes he could tell his 25-year-old self about a career…

This year is an election year in Mexico.  This election will be a pivotal one for the entire country.  I was living in Mexico City when the current president, Felipe…

I couldn’t help but take a photo of this very lonely seat on the subway in Chicago just a couple of weeks ago… Imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon…

Wherein your narrator is roped into a dangerous collaboration in NYC, by dint of being from Texas.

A few weeks ago, my girlfriend and I began binge viewing art documentaries. We started with Herb and Dorothy (2008), the story of an elderly middle-class couple whose private collection…

Glasstire’s contributors suss out the season’s most promising shows. AUSTIN Evidence of Houdini’s Return Arthouse/AMOA January 4 – March 4, 2012 Arthouse and AMOA are officially conjoined twins and, as…