Bill Davenport

TODAY! Wednesday morning November 26 The Beacon, a 28-foot obelisk by San Antonio artist Angel Rodríguez-Diaz will be installed at the intersection of Blanco Road and Fulton Street in the…

 Patricia Covo Johnson, ex-Houston Chronicle arts writer, ex-gallerist and widow of artist Lucas Johnson must have some pretty nice art, and some good books. she’s clearing some of them out…

In related news, artist, instigator, and legendary clown Dolen Smith is disbanding his Museum of Weird on 24th St. He’s sold the property (although the new owners may keep the…

All right, I’ve got to do another blog about the whole Wayne Dolcefino undercover Eyewitness News 13 thing. First the apologies: I suppose Dolcefino’s got space to fill, and his…

Jesus Moroles‘ tireless quest to cover the earth with bland granite monuments has brought him the National Medal of Arts from President Bush last Monday in a ceremony at the…

Friday, LA philanthropist and art collector Eli Broad offered a $30 million bailout to the financially stressed LA MOCA, an offer that came a couple days after there was talk…

Arthouse curator Elizabeth Dunbar has had an opening and a son, all in one weekend.  “Rapture in Rupture,” an exhibit of work by Lauren Kelley, Shiri Mordechay, Mindy Shapero, and…

Suzanne Weaver, the Dallas Museum of Art’s coolest curator, on the job since 1995 is leaving town to be Curator of Contemporary Art at the Speed Museum of Art in…

The Houston Arts Alliance has created a Hurricane Ike Arts Fund to help artists rebuild and repair. One-time grants will reimburse artsits up to $2500 for documented and verified expenses.…

What with the economy and all, think handmade this holiday season- Dallas artists and crafters celebrate holiday shopping, with arts, crafts, shopping, food, drinks, and karaoke at Etsy Dallas’ first…

The fifth East Austin Studio Tour , from 10am-5 pm November 22 & 23 features over 80 artists in that diversified neighbothood, and nifty graphics, too. Parties abound fore and…

The 16th annual Warehouse Art Crawl 10am-8pm all over the downtown warehouse district. No shuttle busses this year, so take along your bike, skates, ricksha, or shank’s mares.  Meanwhile, Via…

A three-dimensional surrealist mural featuring an empty chair with ten 10 plaster arms  reaching towards it will be installed in the foyer of the University of Houston’s Graduate College of…

Plans for the expansion of the beloved Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth by architect Renzo Piano have been published, discussed and, surprisingly, mostly approved! Sure, the lawn’s got to…

This Thursday night, November 20, University of Texas art historian Richard Shiff will unravel the moldy mysteries of Cy Twombly’s Untitled [A Painting in Nine Parts], AKA "The Green Paintings,"…

Slideluck Potshow, another syndicated New York art-related social event (Dr. Sketchy, Craft Mafia, etc. . .) is coming to Austin, Texas Nov 21st, for it "East Texas" launch the day…

Tuesday night, November 18, San Antonio’s Sala Diaz will be screening three of Ken Adam’s earlier works: Alien Dreamtime (1993, 60 minutes) 7 PM, Strange Attractor (2003, 85 minutes) 8:15 PM, Imaginary…

Tuesday night’s panel at the MFAH, Insiders’ Perspectives on Contemporary Art: Discerning between Trends and Timelessness,  will have a piquant edge amid the collapse of the art market and the…

The Kimbell Art Museum will unveil its Renzo Piano addition in a press-fest on Tuesday, November 18.

2,500 new pieces of original art from Austin’s homeless will be on display at the16th Annual Art From the Streets Sale on Saturday, and Sunday, November 15-16 from 12-5 p.m.…