“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” – Abraham Maslow Three years ago, after taking a trip to Russia to study its Revolution and… The post The Progressive H...
https://glasstire.com/2021/10/14/the-progressive-hammers-are-out-looking-for-nails/
A few weeks ago I made it to San Antonio to pick up some auction art for Glasstire’s fundraiser. I didn’t have much time (day trip) but I stopped into… The post The 1836 Project (Extended...
Today the Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) announced the appointment of artist and Glasstire News Editor, Christopher Blay, as its new Chief Curator. He begins his full-time pos...
There are a lot of think pieces coming out about how we’re just about done with this pandemic. This is the corner turned by left-leaning American magazines and newspapers, anyway.… The post...
https://glasstire.com/2021/03/21/on-reopened-museums-a-tale-of-two-texases/
Around 2010 I googled the phrase “Serpico’s apartment.” Google didn’t take me there, and I was surprised. Back then I figured that design obsessives (or movie obsessives, or disappearing-...
You may have seen this news here, or elsewhere: The Dallas Art Fair (DAF), cancelled due to Covid, will not reimburse galleries for their exhibitor fees. The fair’s organizers say… The post...
It’s been years since I lived in Fort Worth, but it’s where I’m sheltering in place. I miss Houston, my new home, but I can’t complain that my long daily… The post Letter From the Edi...
https://glasstire.com/2020/04/15/letter-from-the-editor-week-of-april-13/
Glasstire is still on, still working, still publishing, and as of right now, busier than ever. Glasstire’s staff held one last comprehensive in-person meeting at the Houston office yesterday be...
https://glasstire.com/2020/03/17/a-letter-from-the-editor-the-pandemic/
What did your 1990s look and feel like? Björk, or Wu-Tang Clan, or both? Riot grrrl’s Doc Martens, or Versace’s gold safety pins? The 1990s is one of the few… The post The End of the Wor...
https://glasstire.com/2020/02/23/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-knew-it-and-we-looked-fine/
“If this is how you’re going to act, I’ll never bring you to a museum again. You don’t deserve it!” I overheard a mom say these exact words to her… The post Art Is Not That Special ...