William Sarradet talks with Nick Barbee about his artwork, his founding of the Galveston Art Lending Library, and why he decided to settle in the city.

"The longer you stay on the island without going over the causeway, you become more relaxed and move at a different sort of pace."

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Brandon Zech and Leslie Moody Castro break down the trends they found at the 2023 Dallas Art Fair.

"Faux naïf surrealist figuration is the era we are solidly in right now."

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Brandon Zech talks with artist and public art specialist Tommy Gregory about the possibilities and pitfalls of making a public art project.

"I think that art can be pretty, but it also should be challenging. It should make people think and look at the world differently, and that's always been my motivation."

See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2023/04/09/art-dirt-what-you-dont-know-about-public-art-part-2

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Brandon Zech talks with Houston artist Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee, who recently completed a large-scale installation in Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, about the possibilities and pitfalls of making a public art project.

"They don’t teach you business 101 in art school."

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Jessica Fuentes and William Sarradet discuss the art they saw and the art spaces they visited in Laredo, McAllen, Corpus Christi, Rockport, Harlingen, and beyond.

"One of my favorite things about traveling around Texas and going to different museums and galleries is seeing works by familiar artists in different spaces, because each space adds to the context and perception of the work, and can really change the way you view it."

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Leslie Moody Castro talks with Dallas artist Vicki Meek about her Nasher Sculpture Center fellowship, for which she and a group of artists are researching, documenting, and interpreting the history of the Tenth Street Historic District Freedman’s Town in Oak Cliff. 

"I wanted to be able to have a group of artists tap into this community, which is currently under siege in Dallas. We don't know whether or not it is going to survive."

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Jessica Fuentes and William Sarradet discuss their recent visit to Laredo, McAllen, Corpus Christi, Rockport, Harlingen, and beyond.

"Today we're talking about some of the people we met through the museums, the institutions, the cultural organizations, and the collectors of South Texas."

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Brandon Zech and Leslie Moody Castro discuss Yayoi Kusama's new Louis Vuitton collaboration, the coopting of Frida Kahlo's image, and other instances where an artist and their work is thrust into the commercial world. 

"My question is: are these artists actually controlling their image, and does this image reflect what their ethics are as an artist?"

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Jessica Fuentes and William Sarradet discuss some of their big-picture takeaways from Jerry Saltz's recent lecture at the Dallas Museum of Art.

"If you're in art and culture for the long haul, if you're a lifer, you know cycles happen, and when people start to say something is out, cheesy, or needs updating, these are interesting clues that attitudes have shifted and something is coming up as a consequence."

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Jessica Fuentes and William Sarradet discuss how looking at art and being in art spaces impacts our mental health.

"In the same way that being out in nature can be restorative, being in a museum, where you're looking at works of art and are surrounded by groups of people, is a way to get people out of their house and into a social environment."

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