More Sorrow at Rockport Center for the Arts
Not too long after Luis Purón relocated to Rockport, Texas to accept the position of executive director of the Rockport Center for the Arts (RCA),...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
VAUDEVILLE! at the Harry Ransom Center
The ad in a 1911 issue of Billboard caught the eye of 14-year-old Vander Clyde* in Williamson County, Texas. Placed by the Alfaretta Sisters, “World...Read More
Printed Matter Takes Over San Antonio’s Blue Star Arts Complex
Today, June 9, 2018, marks the fourth annual happening of Paper Trail, an event designed to highlight paper-based art, design, and printed media. From 11am to...Read More
Meadows Museum Gets New Curator
The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas has hired Amanda Dotseth as its new curator, reports ARTnews and other publications. Dotseth is a...Read More
New Open Call for Moving Image Programs to be Screened in Huntsville
Lease Agreement is a “nomadic” curatorial project based in Huntsville run by Adam Farcus (it’s a continuation of space Farcus co-ran in Baltimore from 2013-2015),...Read More
Lillian Warren: They Woke Up and Started Dreaming
The first Lillian Warren paintings I saw were at the Pearl Fincher Museum, in Spring, Texas, in 2012. Those paintings were based on photographs she...Read More
DiverseWorks’ New Project Reaches Out to Alief Community
This week, Houston arts organization DiverseWorks announced its newest program, Project Freeway. Developed with the sprawl of Houston in mind, (and named for the abundance of...Read More
Top Five: June 7, 2018
Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on a new Houston space in an unlikely spot, an especially charming nostalgia trip in San Antonio, and an excellent...Read More
A Non-Republican Could Win a Statewide Office in TX for the First Time in Nearly 25 Years
The last time a politician who was not a member of the Republican Party won a statewide race in Texas was in 1994, making Texas...Read More
East Austin Mural Returns!
The City of Austin’s Art in Public Places Program has announced the restoration of For La Raza, an iconic East Austin mural celebrating the Chicano...Read More
[Sponsored] Debbie Stevens: Her Year of the Bird
2018 is the Year of the Bird as designated by the National Audubon Society, National Geographic, BirdLife International, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, timed...Read More
Women & Their Work Announces 2019-2020 Solo Show Artists
The Austin art space Women & Their Work (founded in 1978) today announced its solo artist exhibitions for the 2019-2020 exhibition year. W&TW puts out...Read More
This and That: John McCracken and IKEA
“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: rectangles leaning against the wall Above: an unassembled, boxed IKEA bookshelf Below: multiple...Read More
Another Open Call: This One for South Texas Artists
The relatively new Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art is inviting South Texas area artists to submit work for its first open call exhibition, The...Read More
Ronald Watson’s Voyage
There is a solemnness engulfing Ronald Watson’s show at Fort Worth’s Artspace111. Five days before Voyage, his solo exhibition at the gallery, Watson succumbed to pancreatic...Read More
Margarita Cabrera and Cisco Jiménez at Ruiz-Healy Art
A central question (perhaps unanswerable) hovering above the culture is What is art’s obligation to respond to these bleak times? — rising fascism, racism, state...Read More
For Freedoms’ 50-State Initiative Comes to Texas this Fall
Today, Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman’s artist-run initiative For Freedoms announced the launch of The 50 State Initiative, a project that will run from September...Read More
Texas Artists: Open Call at Artpace, Apply Now
The Texas Open Call is the only way to be considered for Artpace programs and exhibitions, including the International Artist-in-Residence program, Hudson Showroom and Main...Read More
This June: ‘Jazz on Film’ Returns to the MFAH
This month, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is presenting the sixth iteration of its annual Jazz on Film series. Curated by artist, filmmaker, and Glasstire contributor Peter...Read More
