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1 week ago | 
glasstire.com | Jessica Fuentes
Lawndale has announced the 77 artists selected for its 2025 iteration of The Big Show, curated by Dr. Phillip A. Townsend. See the full list of artists below. Launched in 1984 as the East End Show, The Big Show is Lawndale’s annual juried exhibition open to artists living within a 100-mile radius of the art venue.
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1 week ago | 
glasstire.com | Jessica Fuentes
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) has announced the 19 recipients of its 2025 Awards to Artists, an annual grant program that supports artists of all ages. This year’s grantees range in age from 16 to 54, and all but one are from Texas.
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1 week ago | 
glasstire.com | Jessica Fuentes
Over the last few weeks, a handful of North Texas galleries have announced plans to close their physical locations or relocate to more affordable areas. William Campbell Gallery in Fort Worth, along with Photographs Do Not Bend (PDNB) Gallery, Daisha Board Gallery, and Various Small Fires (VSF) Texas in Dallas, are among the shifting spaces. Earlier this year, amidst rumors of the Dallas space closing, VSF Founder and Owner Esther Kim Varet was adamant that the location would remain open.
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2 weeks ago | 
glasstire.com | Jessica Fuentes
Traditionally, a curator is someone who manages a museum’s collection. From my time in museums, I know many curators would be adverse to the formal and detached nature of the word “manage,” preferring instead the ideas of caring for and cultivating a collection. And, when curators are focused on contemporary art, oftentimes their work is in relationship building with living artists. But, when a curator exists outside of an institution, their practice encompasses many things.
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2 weeks ago | 
glasstire.com | Jessica Fuentes
Last year, the Untitled Art Fair announced it would come to Houston in September 2025. At the time it named some of the inaugural exhibitors, which included 12.26 in Dallas, Seven Sisters in Houston, and Martha’s in Austin. A full list of exhibitors, as well as new information about the event, was recently released. The fair will take place from September 19-21 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston. A VIP press preview will take place on Thursday, September 18.
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2 weeks ago | 
glasstire.com | Jessica Fuentes
Museums and art venues across South and West Texas have announced exhibitions opening this summer. From a family of artists showing in Corpus Christi to reflections on the desert and minimalism in El Paso, there are a variety of shows to choose from as you plan a summer trip. Learn more about upcoming exhibitions below. This week, the Art Museum of South Texas (AMST) will debut The Wyeths: Three Generations, Works from the Bank of America Collection.
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2 weeks ago | 
glasstire.com | Jessica Fuentes
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Contemporary at Blue Star in San Antonio has opened a call for 2026 curatorial exhibition proposals. As part of the organization’s anniversary, next year the Contemporary’s exhibition programming will focus on the idea of community. One way it is achieving this is by working with guest curators based in or who have strong ties to one of San Antonio’s sister cities.
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2 weeks ago | 
glasstire.com | Jessica Fuentes
On Friday May 2, 2025, arts organizations across the country received emails from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) notifying them of the termination, withdrawal, or expedited close out of their federal funding. The funding shifts affect organizations who were awarded grants in fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
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3 weeks ago | 
glasstire.com | Jessica Fuentes
Museums across the Dallas-Fort Worth area have announced their summer exhibitions, from Western art that has shaped Hollywood movies to artist depictions of cultural communities. Learn about recently opened and upcoming shows to plan your summer museum visits. Earlier this month the Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth debuted The Cinematic West: The Art That Made the Movies, an exhibition examining the connection between artists depicting the Western U.S. and Hollywood’s Western film genre.
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3 weeks ago | 
glasstire.com | Jessica Fuentes
Editor’s note: This article is also published in English on Glasstire. Find that here. Nota de la editora: este artículo fue publicado originalmente en inglés en Glasstire el 22 de febrero del 2025. Traducción de Yolanda Fauvet y Paulina H. Marroquín. Las palabras que usamos importan. El lenguaje es subjetivo. Incluso cuando hemos elegido nuestras palabras con intención, nunca podemos estar seguros de cómo serán percibidas por los demás.
