Bill Davenport

The Houston Chronicle ran an editorial yesterday dissecting the racial politics behind Texas Southern University’s conflicted behavior. TSU painting over two 1971 Harvey Johnson murals on its campus  two weeks…

Conservation of the Watts Towers, Simon Rodia’s famed folk-art environment in Los Angeles, has hit a snafu: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which was to undertake the work,…

The 48th Annual National Championship Indian Pow Wow will take place Friday-Sunday at Traders Village in Grand Prairie. Dancers in full regalia of feather, buckskin, beadwork and bells compete in…

Commemorating the Rothko Chapel’s 40th anniversary, The Rothko Chapel: Writings on Art and the Threshold of the Divine, a 124-page collection of Dominique de Menil’s thought-provoking speeches, interviews, letters, and…

Aurora Picture Show is hosting a free party at the Art Car Museum in Houston on Friday September 10 from 7-9pm to celebrate the release of Aurora’s new DVD "Andy…

There’s more than one way to make an acquisition: Young Man with a Flute, long owned by the Dallas Museum of Art, has been re-attributed by the reigning art authorities…

Cloud Deck, a swarm of 2000 translucent ovals like Japanese kites by New York artist Jacob Hashimoto has just been installed at the University of Houston’s Downtown campus, in the…

MASS Gallery and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at UT, Austin have teamed up to present Methods of Entanglement this Thursday, September 9, from 7-10pm at the ACES Visualization…

Two murals by longtime professor Harvey Johnson were painted over last week by Texas Southern University. The pieces, painted in 1970-71 as Johnson’s required graduation mural project may or may…

David Hickman began teaching art at the University of Houston in 1969. He passed away on august 23, 2010, after a long illness, but the popular teacher’s passion and his…

The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth has spiffed up its non-art amenities. The museum store has been renovated to include a cafe, a children’s section and the usual art-inspired…

The Angelika Film Center, one of Houston’s two for-profit venues for independent films, closed last week. The chain, which had been at Bayou Place in downtown Houston for 13 years…

Seymour Fogel’s 1954 American National Bank Mural is saved! The Starr State Office Building at 6th and Colorado streets in downtown Austin, which houses the 11×30 foot piece was recently…

The United States Grand Prix organizers have unveiled the track layout for the upcoming-ten year stint of Grand Prix Racing in Austin. Designed by Formula 1 track architect Hermann Tilke,…

The Lago Vista Independent School District northwest of Austin has a new "exemplary" rating from the Texas Education Agency so of course they celebrated with a giant sand sculpture. Local…

Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas will open a new gallery space on Park Avenue in Manhattan, where passersby will be able to preview some of the rare coins, fine art,…

The Chinati Foundation in Marfa is inviting all and sundry to an early morning viewing of Donald Judd’s 100 works in mill aluminum on Sunday, September 5 from 7 –…

The new Visual Arts Center at UT Austin has announced its premier lineup, a slew of shows scheduled to begin later this month, when the center opens its doors. Five…

Even the renowned Huffington Post is calling for an end to the madness! In a lengthy and well-researched blog, Daniel Grant interviews dozens of critics, dealers, curators and artists who…

The latest email from Dallas artist Tracy Hicks has him two weeks into his Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, looking for a $1000 microscope attachment to photograph the skins of frogs…