Art Alliance Austin has announced the three Austin artists awarded fellowships funded by "The Perfect Recipe: Bake Sale Tea Party," artist Paul Druecke‘s fundraiser that took place in April as…
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The Dallas Museum of Art has been designated as a "certified cargo screening facility " (CCSF) by the Transport Safety Administration, making it much easier for the museum to ship…
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A Veterans for Peace Memorial to Military and Civilian Losses in Iraq and Afghanistan Wars will be on display from May 29-31 at Houston’s Discovery Green park, near the Waste…
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A mess of museums (art and otherwise) in Texas are partnering with the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families to offer free admission to all active duty…
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NY Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff gives us a first peek at the Kimbell Art Museum’s Renzo Piano addition, unveiled today: after admitting that any alteration of the hallowed Louis…
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Lawndale Art Center’s annual Big Show, juried from open submissions from art-makers living within 100 miles of Houston is coming up. Like a drop in spay-and-neuter clinic, artists drop off…
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Nick Cave, performer and director of the graduate fashion program at the Art Institute of Chicago, is bringing his Soundsuits, wearable sculptures that make noise when shaken or stirred, to…
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Georgetown, Texas’ Arts and Culture Board has donated $1800 to the Texas Society of Sculptors, to increase the prizes offered for the juried sculptors’ summer show at the Georgetown Public…
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With the immanent departure of the Grover-Lama family from the Houston art scene comes the aftermath: the original Aurora Picture Show Buiding is up for sale. The hybrid church/microcinema/single family…
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Thanks to the City of San Antonio’s Office of Cultural Affairs, artists in Bexar County are eligible to apply for a spot at the upcoming FREE Creative Capital Professional Development…
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Folklorist Alan Govenar, author of Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound, has won a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to support research for and a…
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In response to the recent specatacular (and still unsolved) Paris art theft, Steven Thompson of Culturemap reminisces about his brief career as a shoplifter, and cases the most stealable art…
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Last Friday, the Frisco Tea Party moved to block the construction of the proposed Collin County Arts Hall in nearby Allen by turning in a petition urging a reconsideration of…
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A videotaped confession by Ernesto Ivan Martinez, the 20-year-old man accused of the 2009 murder of former Brownsville Museum of Art Director Barry Horn, will be allowed as evidence at…
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Five well-known paintings were stolen in a classic Pink-Panther style art heist from the Paris Museum of Modern Art Thursday. Video cameras caught a lone masked burglar removing a Picasso,…
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You’ve got until Friday, May 28 at 4pm to apply for a residency at Houston’s Lawndale Art Center. The one-year hitch includes studio space, a stipend, a materials budget, and…
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Saurday, May 22, at high noon Houston’s Menil Collection is selling off a boatload of old catalogs at $10/bag, and you can bring your own bags! The sale will take…
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The Chinati Foundation is inviting all Big Bend area residents and visitors to a community celebration on Sunday, May 23 from 10am-2pm, with free brunch, a giant art-making project, and…
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On Saturday, May 22, Springboard, an open studio event in East Austin, reveals 80 artist’s studios at Pump Project, Big Medium, and Art Post. At 5pm sculptor Hank Waddell will…
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Pakistan temporarily blocked access of its citizens to Facebook in honor of "Everybody Draw Mohammad Day" scheduled for today, Thursday, May 20. The controversial event was created last month in…