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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.

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.

2 weeks ago | glasstire.com | Barbara Purcell

Ophelia, I feel ya. Caught between the grownups in your life and their impossible demands, it’s no wonder you flung yourself into that river. Blame it on your youth. In The Drowning at Ulterior Gallery in New York City, works by multimedia artist Celia Eberle echo a similar, sinister sentiment. Scores of ceramic fish plummet from the gallery’s walls — gasping and struggling — while a statue of a small winged child squats on the floor, tending to their demise.

2 weeks 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.

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.