Paula Newton

The official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama were unveiled yesterday at the National Portrait Gallery, marking America’s first African-American first couple which were depicted by the first African-American artists…

Valentine’s Day marks the beginning of the fourth annual OUTsider festival in Austin. The city is perhaps best known for its SXSW music festival and film festival, but OUTsider brings…

Houston-born-and-raised film director Wes Anderson is busy curating an art exhibition, according to Konbini.com. Along with his partner—costume designer, novelist and illustrator Juman Malouf—he will present the yet unnamed exhibition…

Yesterday, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)’s first of two major grant announcements of fiscal year 2018 was delivered. More than $25 million in grants across all artistic disciplines…

The Artist Foundation of San Antonio has announced the winners of this year’s grants in three categories: Riley Robinson The Rick Liberto grant for visual arts ($15,000) Aaron Prado The…

Most Americans know that the first date of Michelle and Barack Obama included a romantic stroll through the Art Institute of Chicago. (While working at a Houston museum, this writer…

This weekend, the Will Rogers Complex in Fort Worth will host the Alpaca Fleece Show, reports the Twin City Telegraph. The whole show is bound to be so adorable that…

There’s a pretty interesting event happening tomorrow, February 3, called “The Festival of the Beautiful,” beginning at 5pm. From the Galveston Artist Residency: “We will leave the Galveston Artist Residency…

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the commissioned mural, Euphonia, at the University of Houston’s Moores Opera House and the 50th anniversary of Public Art of the UH System,…

Houston artist Trenton Doyle Hancock will join the University of Texas at Austin Department of Art and Art History as the spring 2018 artist-in-residence. The residency will take place from…

According to our president’s campaign promises, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) should be long gone by now. Yet the NEA joined with the U.S. Department of Defense, the…

A good art advisor balances more intricate relationships and knowledge than one would think. (Read artnet News’ article “Art Demystified: What Is The Role of Art Advisors?”) But now, Sotheby’s…

Glasstire has written much about Marizio Cattelan’s solid eighteen karat gold toilet (here, here, here, and here), from its year-long installation in the fourth-floor restroom of the Guggenheim Museum, to…

As artists and arts organizations are being priced out of Austin, the City Council is studying possible strategies to help them stay in the city, reports Chad Swiatecki of the…

Proposals are now being accepted for Austin’s TEMPO 2018. Art in Public Places (AIPP), a program of the City of Austin’s Cultural Arts Division will commission ten outdoor projects for…

Just as the country recently celebrated its second annual Women’s March, Dallas’ Vignette Art Fair will hold its second annual presentation of work of women from across Texas. And there…

Today is singer-songwriter and artist Daniel Johnston’s 57th birthday. It is also the first annual “Hi, How Are You” Day as declared by Austin Mayor Steve Adler, reports Spectrum News…

San Antonio’s Blue Star Contemporary is seeking applications from artists living and working in Bexar County for three-month residencies in Berlin, Germany. Now in its fifth year, the residency is…

Art book lovers and (no offense to the book lovers) collage artists—rejoice! San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum is hosting its annual McNay Library Book Sale next week, January 25, from…

The Center for Art and Social Engagement (CASE) at University of Houston, along with FotoFest and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, will present artist and advocate Sharon Louden and frequent…