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Dear Glory presents · Volume II · the annual live experience October 1–3 · Houston, TX
Gloryland 2025 Recap
Year One · Houston
Now playing · Year One at Hotel Saint Augustine
Volume II · Year Two

Pull up a seat. The room is filling.

Oct 1–3, 2026· Hotel Saint Augustine · Houston· In collaboration with Untitled Art 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 2026 LineupAnnouncing soon

You’ll want to be in this room.

Four conversations and Glory Glory, the live scenario game, across three days. The full lineup is announced September 1, plus surprise speakers we cannot name yet.

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Houston · October 1–3, 2026
The Schedule

Three days, hour by hour.

Oct 1–3 · Houston
Thursday · Oct 1
Tour Day
Invitation only · 50 guests · Included with All Access
  1. Collector Home TourA curated private home visit alongside Untitled Art Houston VIP guests.Untitled Art VIP
  2. Private Fair WalkA guided walk through Untitled Art Houston with the Untitled team.Guided
  3. Q&A with the Untitled Art teamA short sit-down with the team behind the fair, questions from the floor.Sit-down
Friday · Oct 2
Education Day
Ticketed · 100 seats · Streamed live on YouTube
  1. 11:00Doors open & registrationAll tickets
  2. 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
  3. 12:15IntermissionShort film
  4. 12:30Conversation 2The Art World Is Rigged: How It Really WorksThe art world’s invisible architecture of money, networks, schools, and geography, mapped by the people who name it out loud.45 min
  5. 1:15LunchThe floor, the people you came to meet60 min
  6. 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
  7. 3:00IntermissionShort film
  8. 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
  9. 4:05The floor · NetworkingGallery booths, golden hourNetworking
  10. 6:30The finaleGlory Glory: The Live Scenario GameWe put the room in a young artist’s shoes and walk through the real choices on the way up, one at a time. People argue each one out and take sides. Still a debate, just played as a game.75 min
  11. 8:00Glory Nights: After HoursThe house opens for the night. Offered to select ticket holders.Select tickets
Saturday · Oct 3
Exhibition + Auction
Free entry · Open to the public
  1. VIP PreviewEarly access for collectors, committee, and invited press before doors open.Invitation
  2. Exhibition opens to the publicCurated works in partnership with galleries. Free entry, all day, works available throughout.Free · All day
  3. Silent auctionAn independent auction house partner. Bid in person or online, runs all day.Free · All day
  4. Closing receptionMusic, drinks, and the announcement of the Dear Glory Collection’s first acquisition.Evening
See the full program Times are Central. Final program confirmed September 1.
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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Lester Marks
Collector
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Ayesha Selden
Collector
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Richard Beavers
Gallerist
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Dr. Joy Simmons
Collector
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Evita Tezeno
Artist
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Amarie Gipson
Writer
2025 panel at Hotel Saint Augustine 2025 audience 2025 celebration
Tickets on sale · August 17, 2026
The Interest List

Get the code before doors open.

On August 17, tickets go on sale. Interest list members get them 48 hours earlier, at early-bird pricing, plus the block-rate hotel code and first-access to Glory Glory seats.

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Tickets

Five ways in.

On sale August 17, 2026
In person
Single Panel
$25
One Friday conversation of your choice.
Pick your conversation at checkout
Streaming
Stream
$35
All four Friday conversations, live on YouTube.
Online · Unlimited
Most popular Streaming
Stream + Glory Glory
$50
All four conversations plus Glory Glory, the live scenario game.
Online · Unlimited
In person
General Admission
$75
Full Friday in person, all four conversations, and Glory Glory.
100 seats
Everything included
Thursday + Friday
All Access
$150
50 seats
Come to everything. The Thursday tour with Untitled Art, all of Friday, and Glory Glory, the live scenario game where the room decides.
Get early access On sale August 17. The interest list buys 48 hours early, at early-bird pricing.
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 Patreon-powered 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.

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Before you ask

Everything you need to know.

2025 sold out in 6 days.
Last 100 seats this year.
Secure checkout.
Tickets emailed instantly.
Fully transferable.
Change the name up to Oct 1.
Real humans.
Reply to any email, we answer.
Hotel Saint Augustine, Montrose, Houston Host hotel · Montrose
The host hotel

Stay where it happens.

GloryLand takes over Hotel Saint Augustine, Bunkhouse’s first Houston hotel, in the heart of Montrose. The stage, the reception, and the late nights all under one roof. Book a room and you never have to leave, and the conversations that spill into the lobby are the ones you came for.

  • The venue itself, no cabs, no commute
  • About 10 minutes from Untitled Art at the George R. Brown
  • A GloryLand room block for ticket holders
  • 71 rooms in Montrose, near the Menil, from $379 a night
Book the block Get the block-rate code first
Flying in · the Houston guideHotel Saint Augustine, Montrose

Houston, when you arrive.

You’re staying at the host hotel. Here’s the rest, the drives in and the dinners worth booking.

Also worth it

Hotel ZaZa Houston

Museum District sister hotel. Walk to the MFAH on Sunday for the aftermath.

From $189/night · 12 min from venue See rooms
The airport

Fly into IAH or HOU

Hobby (HOU) is closer to downtown, 25 min. Intercontinental (IAH) has more direct flights, 40 min.

Uber from either: ~$35–55 Airport info
Where to eat

The Dinner List

From Theodore Rex to Tatemó, the rooms collectors actually book when they fly in.

Curated by Eater Houston See the list
Wear the investigation · Glory Goods

Glory Gang Merch, dropping soon.

Limited drops, made in Houston. Every piece funds the next year of programming.

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Coming soon

First drop launches with Gloryland 2026.

Apparel · Tees · Headwear · Totes · Print editions. Subscribers get 48-hour early access before the public drop.

Moriah Alise, Founder and Executive Producer, Dear Glory
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.