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Artists & collectors
WELCOME TO GLORYLAND
Dear Glory presents · the annual live experience
October 1–3 · Houston, TX
Now playing · Year One at Hotel Saint Augustine
Volume II · Year Two
Pull up a seat. The room is filling.
Three days of live conversations about how the art world actually works, on stage in Houston.
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Everything here answers one question
How do people actually succeed in the art world?
Three days in Houston. Artists, collectors, and the people who move the art world, in the same room, answering it.
The Marquee2026 lineup · now announcing
You’ll want to be in this room.
Four conversations and Glory Glory, the live scenario game, across three days. Our 2026 panelists are being announced now, with more names still to come.
The 2026 PanelistsGrouped by conversation · more names to come
Conversation 1Talent Isn’t Enough: How Artists Break ThroughFriday · 11:30 CT
What actually moves an artist from making the work to breaking through: the rooms, the relationships, the timing, and the decisions that get the work seen.
Conversation 2Is the Art World Rigged?Friday · 12:30 CT
Who gets represented, collected, and shown, and how those decisions really get made, from three people who sit on different sides of the question.
Conversation 3You Don’t Need the Art World’s PermissionFriday · 2:15 CT
Careers built without waiting for the gatekeepers, and how to make work the world comes to on its own.
Conversation 4The Future of the Art World, and Who Wins ItFriday · 3:15 CT
Where the art world is heading next, and who stands to win it.
Houston · October 1–3, 2026See the full lineup →
On the grounds
The whole run, hour by hour.
Oct 1–3 · Houston
Thursday · Oct 1
The Collector’s Tour
By invitation only
- Collector Home TourA curated private home visit, hosted by Dear Glory for Untitled Art, Houston VIPs. By invitation only.Invite only
Friday · Oct 2
Education Day
The Ballroom, Hotel Saint Augustine · 120 seats · Streamed
- 11:00Doors open & registrationAll tickets
- 11:30Conversation 1Talent Isn’t Enough: How Artists Break ThroughWhat actually decides who breaks through, and how the people on this stage did it.45 min
- 12:15IntermissionShort film
- 12:30Conversation 2Is the Art World Rigged?The art world’s invisible architecture of money, networks, schools, and geography, mapped by the people who name it out loud.45 min
- 1:15LunchThe floor, the people you came to meet60 min
- 2:15Conversation 3You Don’t Need the Art World’s PermissionThe ones who skipped the gallery and built real careers on owned work. Proof that “making it” was never one road.45 min
- 3:00IntermissionShort film
- 3:15Conversation 4The Future of the Art World, and Who Wins ItThe next decade of art is being built right now, by the people making the tools, the money, and the platforms. Where it is heading, and who gets left behind.45 min
- 4:05The floor · NetworkingGallery booths, golden hourNetworking
- 6:30The finaleGlory Glory: The Live Scenario GameThe night’s main event · more below75 min
- 8:00Glory Nights: After HoursThe homebase opens for the night, presented by Obsidian. Included with the All Access Glory Pass ($150).Glory Pass
Saturday · Oct 3
Tour Day + The Offering
Two guided tours of Untitled Art, Houston with the Untitled team · 11:30 am & 1:00 pm · included with the All Access Glory Pass
- 11:30Untitled Art, Houston · Guided tourA guided walk through Untitled Art Houston with a member of the Untitled team. Included with the All Access Glory Pass.All Access · Tour
- 1:00Untitled Art, Houston · Guided tourA second guided tour with the Untitled team, for anyone who missed the first. Included with the All Access Glory Pass.All Access · Tour
- VIP PreviewEarly access for collectors, committee, and invited press before doors open.Invitation
- The Offering: HoustonPresented by Swain’s | The Market Institution. A selling exhibition, Buy It Now on every work, plus a timed sale online. VIP preview 6–7 pm.Sat · 6–9 pm
See the full program
Times are Central. Final program confirmed September 1.
Dear Glory presents
The Arena · a live scenario game
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The night ends as a game. We put the room in a young artist’s shoes and walk the real choices on the way up, one at a time. The crowd argues each one out and takes sides. Still a debate, just played to win.
Friday · 6:30 · The finale
Players announcing soon
GloryLand 2026Year 2
Learn how to make it in the art world.
Three days at GloryLand
Year One · the 2025 lineupSeptember 2025 · Houston
Who’s already been on this stage.
Year One sold out in six days. These are the collectors, gallerists, artists, and writers who opened the room in Houston.
6 voices·1 stage·2025
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The groundsGloryLand across Houston
Every place. One week. Find your way around.
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Official hotel sponsor · Hotel Saint Augustine
Official hotel sponsor
Where GloryLand lives.
Hotel Saint Augustine is the official hotel sponsor and home base of GloryLand. Education Day fills the Ballroom, Glory Nights takes over after dark, and the conversations that spill into the lobby are the ones you came for. Bunkhouse’s first Houston hotel, in the heart of Montrose. Stay here and you never have to leave.
- Education Day and Glory Nights both happen here
- The venue itself, no cabs, no commute
- About 10 minutes from Untitled Art at the George R. Brown
- 71 rooms in Montrose, near the Menil, from $379 a night
Getting to the groundsMontrose, Houston
Houston, when you arrive.
You’re staying at the host hotel. Here’s the rest, the drives in and the dinners worth booking.
Hotel ZaZa Houston
Museum District sister hotel. Walk to the MFAH on Sunday for the aftermath.
See roomsFly into IAH or HOU
Hobby (HOU) is closer to downtown, 25 min. Intercontinental (IAH) has more direct flights, 40 min.
Airport infoThe Dinner List
From Theodore Rex to Tatemó, the rooms collectors actually book when they fly in.
See the listBefore you ask
Everything you need to know.
2025 sold out in 6 days.
Only 120 seats in the room.
Only 120 seats in the room.
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The Gates
Four ways in.
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Only 8 of 35 All Access passes left
In person
Single Panel
$25
One Friday conversation of your choice.
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Streaming
Stream
$35
All four conversations and Glory Glory, live on YouTube.
Online · Unlimited
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Education Day Pass
$75
All day Friday in person: all four conversations and Glory Glory.
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Friday + Saturday
All Access Glory Pass
$150
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Come to everything. The Saturday tour with Untitled Art, all of Friday, Glory Glory, the live scenario game where the room decides, and Glory Nights after dark at Hotel Saint Augustine.
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The Glory Collective · for artists · year-round
GloryLand is three days.
The Collective is the rest of the year.
A space built for artists, to learn, build, and stay close.
A Dear Glory community for artists serious about building a real career in the contemporary art world. Weekly office hours, quarterly workshops, and the conversations that don’t go public.
Wear the investigation · The Glory Collection
The Glory Collection, the first drop is live.
Limited drops, made in Houston. Every piece funds the next year of programming.
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The Glory Glory Tee
$60
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Your host
Moriah Alise
Founder & Executive Producer, Dear Glory
Moriah Alise is the founder and executive producer of Dear Glory, a media platform investigating what it takes to succeed in the contemporary art world. A Houston-based creator and strategist, Moriah built Dear Glory from the ground up as a space where artists and collectors get the information, access, and conversations the art world rarely makes available. Gloryland is the live extension of that mission.
In good company
Partners
The companies and institutions building GloryLand with us.
Presenting partner · Glory Nights
Presenting partner of Glory Nights, the celebration that closes Education Day on Friday.
Art storage & collection care
Expert storage and collection management for art, fashion, and wine, with more than thirty locations nationwide.
uovo.com →
Swain’s
The Market Institution
Market partner
Our market partner for The Offering: Houston. A selling exhibition, Buy It Now on every work, plus a timed sale online. Open Saturday, 6 to 9 pm, with a VIP preview from 6 to 7.
swainsauction.com →
Paper
City
City
Media partner
Houston’s magazine of art, fashion, and society, covering GloryLand across the weekend.
papercitymag.com →
Official 2026 Media Partner
Dear Glory is an official 2026 Media Partner of Untitled Art, Houston.
untitledartfairs.com →
Join the crew
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GloryLand runs on people who care about this room as much as we do. Give us a few hours and you get an inside pass to the whole thing.
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03A GloryLand crew lanyard
04First in the room, behind the scenes