Glasstire's Top Five Texas Art Events: June 4, 2026
Glasstire's weekly roundup highlights five exhibitions across Texas. At the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Glassell School of Art, "Artifacts: Every Act of Making Leaves a Mark" (through June 28) reveals the unseen physical evidence of printmaking by nine artists. In Dallas, Liliana Bloch Gallery presents Leigh Merrill's "Window and Wind" (through July 11), featuring photographic collages that construct fictional spaces from thousands of architectural images. K Space Contemporary in Corpus Christi hosts Philana Oliphant's "Everything is Everything" (through June 25), combining drawings, sculpture, and prints that explore time, memory, and environmental change. Wally Workman Gallery in Austin opens Diana Greenberg's "Expanding Line" (June 4–28), showcasing large-scale paintings with botanical inspiration. In El Paso, The Falstaff Project presents "Sad Cowboy" (through July 4), a group show organized by Detroit's What Pipeline gallery featuring Israel Aten, Cay Bahnmiller, and Dylan Spaysky, critiquing American myths through a Detroit lens.
Key facts
- Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas for June 4, 2026.
- Artifacts: Every Act of Making Leaves a Mark runs April 27–June 28, 2026 at the Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
- Leigh Merrill: Window and Wind runs April 18–July 11, 2026 at Liliana Bloch Gallery in Dallas.
- Philana Oliphant: Everything is Everything runs May 1–June 25, 2026 at K Space Contemporary in Corpus Christi; closing reception June 25, 6–8 p.m.
- Diana Greenberg: Expanding Line runs June 4–28, 2026 at Wally Workman Gallery in Austin; opening reception June 4, 6–8 p.m.
- Sad Cowboy runs May 28–July 4, 2026 at The Falstaff Project in El Paso, organized by What Pipeline gallery from Detroit.
- Sad Cowboy features Detroit artists Israel Aten, Cay Bahnmiller, and Dylan Spaysky.
- Cay Bahnmiller's work references Amiri Baraka's 1960s poem 'Sad Cowboy.'
Entities
Artists
- Leigh Merrill
- Philana Oliphant
- Diana Greenberg
- Israel Aten
- Cay Bahnmiller
- Dylan Spaysky
- James Pace
- Amiri Baraka
Institutions
- Glasstire
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Glassell School of Art
- Liliana Bloch Gallery
- K Space Contemporary
- Wally Workman Gallery
- The Falstaff Project
- What Pipeline
Locations
- Texas
- Houston
- Dallas
- Corpus Christi
- Austin
- El Paso
- Detroit
- Texas panhandle
- East Texas