Austin native Daniel Dove’s latest solo show at Los Angeles’ Cherry and Martin features eight oil paintings that hint at apocalyptic aftermath, their subjects [...]

Austin native Daniel Dove’s latest solo show at Los Angeles’ Cherry and Martin features eight oil paintings that hint at apocalyptic aftermath, their subjects [...]

This place used to be off limits, man, ‘cause some drunk freshman fell off. He went right down the middle, smacking his head on every [...]

Will I make it through this quick review of Shawn Smith’s "Vicious Venue" at Lawndale without referencing Jean Baudrillard more than once? I think [...]


It’s time for Halloween, and do we even have to finish this introductory paragraph? You know what’s coming. Let’s get to it. [...]

So I’ve been playing Hi, How Are You, the iPhone game based on the drawings and music of Daniel Johnston, for a couple weeks [...]

In honor of Clint Willour’s look at what Lawndale’s been doing in the past five years, a.k.a. “Lawndale Art Center 30th Anniversary Exhibition,” [...]

In honor of the opening on Thursday, August 13, of Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, I thought it’d be fun [...]

By now you’ve probably seen Dan Lacey’s paintings of President Barack Obama, naked, with a unicorn, among other things. [...]

Curated by Austin artist Sloke, "Texas Heat" offers a primary- and secondary-colored look at the possibilities and limitations of gallery work that’s strictly inspired [...]

The iPhone app store’s first birthday is July 11, and what better way to celebrate than by downloading apps created by Texas animators? (Okay, there [...]

Councilmember Sue Lovell recently announced the City of Houston’s new graffiti website, complete with surprisingly detailed fast facts. For example, did you know [...]

…except for when he wasn’t. An oversimplication? Yeah, sure. I assume there’s more of the picture at "Dr. Seuss Wants You!" the exhibition [...]

In honor of Andrea Grover’s upcoming screening of Astrodome movies at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, I’ve composed a brief ode to the Eighth [...]

All cultural products mirror their society, but perhaps none more so than television. After all, when’s the last time you went to Mexico and didn’t [...]

A couple of Houston public-art deadlines loom: The Houston Arts Alliance and the convention folks are looking for short videos to be displayed on flat-screens [...]

So there’s this swine flu thing, maybe you’ve heard about it… I was feeling topical yesterday evening, and I started doing my thing on [...]

If you don’t know what Twitter is, you’ve probably never been on the Internet, but you’re somehow reading this sentence, and, well, that’s what you’d [...]

Some thoughts on street artists who also sell T-shirts, listed with numbers in front to feign intellectual rigor: 1.) I don’t think there’s [...]

Where’s our bailout? Oh, wait, here it is. The Texas Commission on the Arts, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, has [...]





