RIP Hunting Art Prize
It was announced this morning that the Hunting Art Prize is no more, at least for the time being. The juried prize, which for each of the...Read More
Pierre Huyghe Wins the Second Annual $100,000 Nasher Prize
Tonight in Dallas the Nasher Sculpture Center announced that French artist Pierre Huyghe has won the 2017 $100,000 Nasher Prize. (The 2016 recipient, for its inaugural year,...Read More
Naked Donald Trump Statue for Sale
Remember last month when statues of a naked Donald Trump popped up in NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cleveland and Seattle? Well, one of those statues is...Read More
Rienzi Gets a New Director
It was announced recently that Christine Gervais has been appointed the new Director of Rienzi, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s off-site museum for European decorative arts. Gervais has...Read More
Rice Engineer and MFAH Artist Are 2016 MacArthur Geniuses
Earlier this week, the MacArthur Foundation released their list of 2016 “genius” grant winners. This year’s round of fellows includes biologists, computer scientists, and many professions in-between. Of the...Read More
City of Georgetown Calls For Public Art Proposals
The Georgetown Arts and Culture Board has put out a call for submissions for “grant proposals for art, music, theatre, and cultural heritage events or...Read More
Project Row Houses Announces Next Artist Round
Project Row Houses in Houston has announced the artists for round 45 of its Artist Rounds series, which will open on October 22. Artists Rounds is...Read More
Top Five: September 22, 2016
Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on a trampoline as idiot art, mechanical bulls, and a show in a top-secret location.
Blue Star Hosts a Public Berlin Brunch
On Saturday, October 1 at 11 a.m. Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio will host a brunch that will connect the public to its ongoing...Read More
Get Paid to Show at Art League Houston
Art League Houston recently announced their 2016 fall call for proposals. Open calls for ALH are put out twice a year—this round’s deadline is November 30,...Read More
An Overview of the New National Museum of African American History and Culture
Earlier this week, the New York Times published a beautiful article about the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture. The museum, which has...Read More
Edward Albee, 1928 – 2016
The playwright Edward Albee died Friday at his home in Long Island, New York. He was 88. The author of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,”...Read More
A One-Day Comic Book Creation Party in Houston
Today, September 17, is the second annual Comix Gauntlet at Houston art space Alabama Song. For seven hours today, a select group of artists will each...Read More
San Antonio Gets a New Photo Festival
San Antonio is about to inaugurate a photography festival called 4×5 Photo Fest. It’s on September 25 at Brick at the Blue Star Arts Complex. Here’s a description: “4×5 Photo...Read More
Menil Loses Curator to the Whitney
One year before the opening of the Menil’s much-anticipated Menil Drawing Institute, the Institute is losing its (still-new) chief curator David Breslin. He’s headed next month...Read More
Top Five: September 15, 2016 with Emily Peacock
Brandon Zech and guest host Emily Peacock on miscommunication, pushing boundaries in photography and painting, and a show called Hostile.
Both Art Lovers AND Haters Look Forward to Pooping Inside a Sculpture
The very popular Maurizio Cattelan retired from art making after his big, well-received Guggenheim retrospective in 2011-12. But five years later, including some production delays, he’s debuting...Read More
Here’s What We Believe is (Finally) the Exhibitor List For the Texas Contemporary Art Fair
Though no official press release has gone out yet (still), the Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston, which opens in 15 days, has now added...Read More
GalleryHOMELAND Gets a New Big Space in Houston
A few days ago, Houston’s galleryHOMELAND announced that it will be moving to a new space in the city’s developing East End. Located at 3401 Harrisburg, part...Read More
The Modern Announces Fall Lecture Series
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth recently announced the speakers for this fall’s Tuesday Evenings at the Modern lecture series. The program kicks off this...Read More
