Suddenly, it seems the Austin collective Okay Mountain is everywhere: after their big splash at the 2009 Pulse fair in Miami (their installation Corner Store [...]

The people in Dallas who know about these things have all heard of Dan H. Phillips, but I figure most everyone elsewhere in the state [...]

Peter Marzio, the longest-serving director of the Museum of  Fine Arts Houston, died Thursday night from metastasized cancer. He was 67 years old. Marzio began his tenure [...]

San Francisco sound artist Pamela Z will be doing her thing tonight at the brand new, not-even-open-yet Houston Museum of African American Culture! Click here for details — in the [...]

Congratulations to Jamal Cyrus, Will Henry, and Jeff Williams, just announced as the finalists for the $30,000 Arthouse Texas Prize. Cyrus is a member of the Otabenga Jones [...]

Starting tonight through Sunday, Spacetaker is hosting their annual Winter Holiday Art Market (WHAM) with an explosion of goodies from Houston artists (including our own Bill Davenport)! You [...]

San Antonio artist Chuck Ramirez died today from injuries sustained in a serious bicycle accident. He was 48 years old. For nearly two decades, Ramirez was [...]

The Austin Museum of Art has announced their roster for their fourth triennial of new art in Austin. Congratulations to Miguel Aragon, Jesus Benavente/Jennifer Remenchik, [...]

This just in: Ron Tyler is retiring as director of the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth. Tyler has bookended his career at the Amon [...]

Services have been announced for Houston artist Edsel Cramer, who died on August 31, 2010. A viewing will be held at The Mabrie Memorial Mortuary, 5000 Almeda Road, Houston, [...]

Houston artist Edsel Cramer died on August 31, 2010. He was 86 years old. Born on May 6, 1924 at the old Jeff Davis Hospital [...]

  Today the Houston art world is a-twitter with the announcement that Toby Kamps, Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, will be taking [...]

 Lawndale’s Big Show has been the first line item on many a Houston artist’s resume. It’s the one time every year that Lawndale sets aside [...]

It’s one thing to know that there are places on this planet that never get dark at certain times of year. It’s quite another thing [...]

Dallas Artist Chapman Kelley, who asked the Dallas Museum of Art to sell his work back to him because he didn’t like the way it [...]

{Sponsored event} We’ve giving away 2 free tickets and a $50 gift certificate to the Glassell art sale preview party next Thursday, May 20. Anyone [...]

Sad news today for the Houston art community: Liz Alexander, grants coordinator for the Houston Arts Alliance, died this morning at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She [...]

These snapshots are from Andrea Dezsö’s show "Sometimes in My Dreams I Fly" at Rice University Art Gallery. The photos don’t do the show justice: [...]

I recently asked a curator what she thought of the contemporary art world. She looked at me blankly. I pressed: you know what I mean, [...]

Renowned curator Ted Pillsbury’s untimely death on March 25 has been ruled a suicide, not a heart attack as has been previously reported, according to [...]