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Congrats to Austin graphic designer and printmaker Ted Ollier (a recent TSU grad, we think?), whose work is in the Boston Printmakers' 2007 North American Print Biennial. The show runs…

We love that Okay Mountain's current shows of international artists are called No American Talent.

Austin high school students are invited to have their portfolios reviewed at Arthouse , get a CD with high-res images of their works, and all for $free$!! Arturo Palacios of…

Fort Worth's Amphibian Productions theater company is doing a reading of Thomas Gibbons' Permanent Collection, based loosely on racial politics at the Barnes Collection. At the MAMFW , Monday, Feb.…

Adair Margo Gallery continues to hold down the West TX fort with a new series on collecting that starts tonight, Thursday, Feb. 8 at 7 pm, with a talk on…

Texas is sending the love and saying can't we all just get along to Tel Aviv, in the form of a video show curated by Danna Taggar. Lone Star Video…

ONE NITE ONLY: Wednesday, Feb. 7, 7pm at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse: Gerald Fox's film about Robert Frank!! Go see the gritty life of one of our grittiest photographers.

Abilene's Grace Museum is getting a 4,100 square-foot teaching facility for art classes and workshops, courtesy of the Dodge Jones Foundation and the Shelton Family Foundation.

Visitors to the recent Modern West show at MFAH will remember two outstanding John Henry Twachtman paintings of Yellowstone sulphur pools; well, the Stark Museum in Orange has gotten one!…

Robert E. Robertson, Chief Financial Officer of the Dallas Museum of Art, has been placed on paid leave of absence for what may be financial "irregularities." [via]

Hey, click on the "blogs" link on the navigation bar to the left to see Bill Davenport's new blog, Houston Artletter!!! As most of you know, Bill was the very…

Fans of Texas antiques will want to attend the rather highfalutingly-named symposium, American Material Culture and the Texas Experience, this Friday-Sunday, Feb. 9-11 at Bayou Bend in Houston. Talks will…

Hooks-Epstein in Houston is doing a big contemporary glass show, and while it's a bit of a mixed bag (which always seems to be the case with glass), the good…

Austin artist Jessica Halonen and former Houston artist Emily Joyce (now in LA) have a two-person site-specific show, PLOT [plot] opening Feb. 10 at Park Projects in LA!! Watch those…

The Blanton has a Book Club! Get the monthly book and meeting info at Book People. Next meeting is Thursday, Feb. 8 at 6 pm on the topic of how…

Someone wants to put a banana over Texas. (And they have a pretty convincing website to do it.)

Creepy ape sculpture guy Tony Matelli is comin' to Dallas to give a talk at the Meadows on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 pm. (Walter Robinson's current Weekend Update on…

Native Texan Eric Niebuhr (whose handsome paintings locals might remember from the now-defunct Mixture Gallery), has been making works in chalk pastel, of all wacky materials. The new stuff will…

Claudia Schmuckli is giving up her PR duties at Blaffer to become the curator there!

In his blog Modern Art Notes, Tyler Green has been criticizing the Judd Foundation for not getting enough Judd into the world (and for charging $30 to view Judd's old…