Jessica Fuentes

Humanities Texas has published a letter on its website, noting that its federal funding, totaling $2.6 million, has been terminated.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has named Houston-based painter Vincent Valdez and Austin-based author KB Brookins as its 2025-2026 artists-in-residence.

The Rachofsky House, the former main site housing Howard and Cindy Rachofsky’s art collection, is being sold.

At the beginning of April, the City of Brownsville launched a call for proposals imagining “bold new uses” for the former Brownsville Museum of Fine Art.

The 2022 copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Deborah Roberts against artist Lynthia Edwards, Richard Beavers Gallery, and gallerist Richard Beavers, has been “amicably resolved.”

The Fort Worth Police Department has returned photographs by Sally Mann, which were seized from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in January.

Jessica Fuentes reviews an exhibition in El Paso documenting the practice of Un Dique, the Ciudad Juárez-based curatorial team.

The City of Houston has paused rehiring the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Director as it assesses management of the Houston Arts Alliance.

Performing Arts Houston has opened ticket sales for ”Eldorado Ballroom Houston,” a series of programming curated by Solange Knowles for Saint Heron.

Austin Creative Reuse has launched an open call for designers for its fourth reuse fashion show, taking place this September.

The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas has named Carlos Basualdo as its next Director; he succeeds Jeremy Strick, who retired in June 2024.

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced the 198 individuals who are part of the 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship class.

Today: Saddles (as seen at the Dallas Art Fair)

The Dallas Invitational Art Fair has announced the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s acquisition of two pieces from the 2025 fair.

The Tulsa Artist Fellowship, a place-based arts initiative in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has opened applications for its 2026-2028 program.

The Glass Art Society has announced the schedule for its 2025 International Conference, which will be hosted by the University of Texas at Arlington and SiNaCa Studios in Fort Worth.

The Dallas Art Fair and the Dallas Museum of Art have announced the seven artworks selected from the fair to join the museum’s permanent collection.

Jessica Fuentes writes about three arts spaces, in Ciudad Juárez, working binationally to support local and regional artists and creatives.

Landmarks, the public art program of the University of Texas at Austin has announced the composers included in its 2025 “Sound in Sculpture” program.

Lynn Castle, the longtime Executive Director of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont, has announced her upcoming retirement.