It’s not Texas, but it’s an idea whose time has come: the Art Handling Olympics are being held this Sunday in New York. For every [...]

It’s not Texas, but it’s an idea whose time has come: the Art Handling Olympics are being held this Sunday in New York. For every [...]

Today we’re having one of those "Saving Private Ryan" moments when the secretary recognizes the dead soldier’s name on a letter and starts hunting for [...]

The insane number of openings in Houston this week can only mean one thing: it’s Fotofest time! This year, the theme of the mega biennial [...]

This is Rainey Knudson’s presentation from the National Arts Journalism Summit. Friday, October 2, 2009 Click here for the Summit website: http://najp.org/summit AGENDA [...]


This Sunday, May 17, Big Bend area residents and visitors can genuflect before Judd and Flavin at the The Chinati Foundation’s Community Day. Held on [...]

The Rothko Chapel and Yoga for Peace (as opposed to Yoga for Thinner Thighs) will host a kirtan event at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May [...]

Our best guesses for Spring 2009… Austin Heyd Fontenot: Office in the Front, Party in the Back Art Palace January 31 – March 7, 2009 [...]

BEST: The Houston Arts Alliance weathered Wayne Dolcefino’s tabloid journalism and debuted 8 new public art projects, refuting his accusations of lack of production. WORST:The [...]

BEST: At the Menil Collection, How Artists Draw: Toward the Menil Drawing Institute and Study Center included all of the usual suspects of modern art. [...]

WORST: 20 to Watch at the Austin Museum of Art should have been 5 to Watch. The first two incarnations of the triennial exhibition set [...]

First, a preview to the preview: Sam Taylor-Wood Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston through October 5, 2008 This show doesn’t technically count as a preview, as [...]

Compiling a "best of" piece in advance of a season is always challenging and fraught. There will always be shows that exceed expectations or disappoint [...]

Houston got the big old shaft in a recent New York Times article on Texas art style. Did it deserve it?

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