Artist Deadline Approaching: More Parking Meter Art For Dallas
Over the past couple years, local governments in a number of Texas cities have commissioned artists to adapt their work to various “urban canvases”: parking...Read More
Ten Texas Artworks About America
The concept of "America" is hard to pin down. Artists have ways of showing us what we look like, what is lost, and where we're headed.
Austin’s MASS Gallery Will Lose Its Current Space; Move Further East
MASS Gallery, a longtime Austin-based artist-run space, learned this past spring that it will lose its current home to “make room for an internet startup.”...Read More
Thanks to Solange, 12 Third Ward High Schoolers are Traveling to D.C.
Project Row Houses (PRH) announced yesterday that it will be taking 12 Third Ward-area high school students to Washington, D.C. this summer, in part thanks to...Read More
In Advance of Storm Season: An Arts & Culture Hurricane Preparedness Toolkit
If Texas’ 2017 bout with hurricanes is any indication of what we can expect in the coming years, the state will need all the help...Read More
Applications Now Open for MASS Gallery’s Hotbox Residency
MASS Gallery in Austin, Texas recently put out an open call for its annual Hotbox residency program. Now in its sixth year, the program capitalizes on...Read More
Dario Robleto’s Artwork for the New Wild Moccasins Album
This week, the Houston-based indie band Wild Moccasins released a new album, Look Together. The band has been a part of the state’s music scene since its...Read More
Texas Contemporary Art Fair Seeking Exhibitors
The Texas Contemporary Art Fair sent out an email recently announcing that exhibitor applications are now open for its 2018 fair. Scheduled to run October 4-7,...Read More
More Billboard Art: Giovanni Valderas Opens Public Art Project in Bronx
Last week, Dallas-based artist Giovanni Valderas debuted a new public artwork in the Bronx, New York. Part of the project 14X48, which repurposes vacant billboards as public art...Read More
Civic TV Laboratories to Lose its Current Space; Begin Nomadic Programming
"In our four years of operation we have occupied three different spaces, all of which we have lost to development."
Pump Project to Move into New Space Across Lady Bird Lake
Over the past months, we’ve been following the story of the Austin art non-profit Pump Project as it learned that it would be forced to...Read More
Bobby: The Best Show Ever II: Electric Boogaloo
Where your “heart” is? Where your memories are? How does a place change things? How does a place change people? How does the design of the built environment colonize space and nature to manufacture desire in the landscape of capitalism?
This and That: Ellsworth Kelly and a Tex-Mex Restaurant
“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: stained glass Above: interior views of El Tiempo Cantina, a Tex-Mex restaurant on Navigation...Read More
UH Special Collections Acquires Archive of Houston Artist Ben DeSoto
The University of Houston Libraries Special Collections recently announced that it has acquired the papers of longtime Houston artist Ben DeSoto. DeSoto has been on the scene...Read More
The Czar Of Bizarre: an Interview with Johnny Meah
In this podcast, Brandon Zech interviews circus performer and artist Johnny Meah about his life, his work, and how carnivals have changed over the last 50 years.
This and That: Mirror Balls
“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Mirror balls ...Read More
The Magic of Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum
Smith is the real deal. His creations come from a deep-seated desire to share his message with the world, and in his later years, his life has become synonymous with his work.
Sticks and Stones: Works by Helen Altman at the Tyler Museum of Art
This is the best exhibition of Altman’s work I’ve seen to date, partly because her art works especially well when it’s in dialogue with itself.
The Story of Houston’s FIX OVEN A/C Signs
If you're unsure if the signs are still active or not, there's one simple way to resolve that: there's a phone number painted right on them. You can call it.
Highlights from UH’s 40th Annual Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Every year, the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston hosts the school's exhibition of graduating MFA candidates. Here's some of the things I liked.
