Top Five Art Events in Texas: May 21, 2026
Glasstire's weekly roundup highlights five Texas art events. At Keijsers Koning in Dallas, the Estate of Charles Dee Mitchell, with collection manager Temple Shipley, offers a major sale of about 300 artworks benefiting regional museums, including works by Robert Adams, Brian Belott, Lonnie Holley, and Richard Tuttle, alongside ephemera from Mitchell's career as a critic. The San Antonio Central Library presents 'En Vivo desde Saluté,' curated by Bonnie Ilza Cisneros with bar owner Azeneth G. Dominguez, celebrating the Saluté International Bar (1987-2012) through art, archives, and performances by Marisela Barrera, Vincent Valdez, Eva Ybarra, and others. Hooks-Epstein Galleries in Houston features Lorena Morales' 'Once Upon a Home,' with mixed-media collages from her 'Exuberant Home' series using fabrics, wallpaper, and beads. ICOSA Collective in Austin hosts 'Dead Breakfast,' a collaborative exhibition by Juliette Miller Herrera Nickle and Leon Alesi spanning installation, photography, collage, painting, and performance. Castro Gallery in Harlingen presents Walker Walls Tarver's site-specific installation 'Daisy Walls,' with paintings mimicking the gallery's architecture and recent works oscillating between abstraction and figuration.
Key facts
- Charles Dee Mitchell estate sale at Keijsers Koning, Dallas, May 9-23, 2026, featuring ~300 artworks benefiting regional museums.
- Sale includes works by Robert Adams, Brian Belott, Eric Bainbridge, Carl Block, Richard Bozeman, Madeline Donahue, Austin Eddy, Joel Fisher, Lonnie Holley, Kevin McNamee-Tweed, Michael Schmidt, Jim Shaw, Allison Schulnik, Deb Sokolow, Richard Tuttle, Esther Pearl Watson.
- Ephemera from Mitchell's career as a critic accompanies the sale.
- 'En Vivo desde Saluté' at San Antonio Central Library, April 25-June 6, 2026, opening reception May 30.
- Exhibition curated by Bonnie Ilza Cisneros with Azeneth G. Dominguez, celebrating Saluté International Bar (1987-2012) on St. Mary's Strip.
- Features artists Marisela Barrera, Juan Tejeda, Joan Frederick, Eduardo 'Plata' Hernandez, Ian Tyler Ibarra, Terry A. Ybañez, L.A. David, Vincent Valdez, Fernando Lopez, Monessa Esquivel, NOPALLI, Juan Ramos, M. Vázquez Vasquez, Cuauhtli Reyna, Joanna Armijo Zamarron, and debut of 'El Corrido de Saluté' by Eva Ybarra.
- Lorena Morales 'Once Upon a Home' at Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, May 16-June 20, 2026, featuring mixed-media collages from 'Exuberant Home' series.
- 'Dead Breakfast' at ICOSA Collective, Austin, May 22-June 20, 2026, opening reception May 22, with works by Juliette Miller Herrera Nickle and Leon Alesi.
- Walker Walls Tarver 'Daisy Walls' at Castro Gallery, Harlingen, April 24-May 22, 2026, site-specific installation with paintings mimicking gallery architecture.
Entities
Artists
- Charles Dee Mitchell
- Robert Adams
- Brian Belott
- Eric Bainbridge
- Carl Block
- Richard Bozeman
- Madeline Donahue
- Austin Eddy
- Joel Fisher
- Lonnie Holley
- Kevin McNamee-Tweed
- Michael Schmidt
- Jim Shaw
- Allison Schulnik
- Deb Sokolow
- Richard Tuttle
- Esther Pearl Watson
- Marisela Barrera
- Juan Tejeda
- Joan Frederick
- Eduardo 'Plata' Hernandez
- Ian Tyler Ibarra
- Terry A. Ybañez
- L.A. David
- Vincent Valdez
- Fernando Lopez
- Monessa Esquivel
- NOPALLI
- Juan Ramos
- M. Vázquez Vasquez
- Cuauhtli Reyna
- Joanna Armijo Zamarron
- Eva Ybarra
- Lorena Morales
- Juliette Miller Herrera Nickle
- Leon Alesi
- Walker Walls Tarver
- Azeneth G. Dominguez
- Bonnie Ilza Cisneros
- Temple Shipley
Institutions
- Glasstire
- Keijsers Koning
- Estate of Charles Dee Mitchell
- San Antonio Central Library
- San Antonio Central Library Art Gallery
- Hooks-Epstein Galleries
- ICOSA Collective
- Castro Gallery
Locations
- Texas
- Dallas
- San Antonio
- St. Mary's Strip
- Houston
- Austin
- Harlingen