Paula Newton

Twyla, the newish contemporary art site for exclusive limited-edition prints, today announced Thomas Galbraith as new CEO. He replaces co-founder and acting CEO Brian Sharples who continues to serve as…

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated 50 years ago this April. He was born on this date, January 15, in 1929. The Stevie Wonder video below, from 1980, called…

Big Bend Now reports that “Marfa Contemporary shuts its doors this Saturday with a final performance by New York-based artist Autumn Knight and special Marfa guests.” While Houston may be…

[Since publishing the news post “Disappeared Sol LeWitt Painting Slowly Reappears in Houston Home” two days ago, I have been schooled by the Menil Collection and others very knowledgeable about…

The only permanent art collection in The Woodlands (a master planned community outside of Houston) is at The Woodlands High School (TWHS), a public school. Over the past 7 years,…

  For more on this article, see the follow-up UPDATE: Why “Unerasing” a Sol LeWitt is Impossible. – Ed. Swamplot has a great article on the slow reappearance of a…

So says artist Christoph Büchel, reports artnet. Büchel has started a petition calling for their preservation and protection, comparing them to Stonehenge or 20th-century land art. He is now giving…

As Glasstire reported in April, the for-profit Santa Fe-based arts company Meow Wolf is expanding nationally. After the success of its immersive, interactive installation (read: huge, trippy grownup playground), Meow…

Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre will start a short US tour, including Houston and Dallas, reports Digital Journal. He will play Houston on April 10, the same city where he…

The painted graffiti hanging over southbound drivers on I-45 freeway through downtown Houston declaring “Be Someone” has been has been a matter of discussion since it went up in (probably)…

On Christmas Eve, Swedish artist Carolina Falkholt painted a four-story penis on the side of a building in New York’s Lower East Side, reports The Independent. Commissioned by a street…

Happy new year and take care of each other! (And recover from the festivities because tons of exhibitions are opening this weekend.)    

Tim Rollins died of natural causes on Tuesday, December 26, reports Hyperallergic and ARTnews. Rollins is probably best known for his collaborative works with Kids of Survival (K.O.S.). After graduate…

This trash alert should begin with the fact that this story comes from Fox News. Also, the lawyer had a Sherman tank on his front lawn for a while, had…

For those who have kids who are now stir-crazy, over-sugared, or over-tryptophanned, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is presenting a way to get them to sit still in the…

Houston’s 14 Pews is going up for sale in late February, reports the Houston Chronicle. Cressandra Thibodeaux has run the space since the summer of 2010, but will leave for…

In response to the one year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, many activist artists are planning nationwide readings, panel discussions, workshops, and a special Spotify “creativity boost” playlist curated…

Box Office Warehouse Suites, which the NB Herard calls “Fort Worth’s most innovative and controversial business park to date” (Is there a contest for this?), will be hosting a graffiti…

Houston’s Fresh Arts is bringing back its Artist INC training seminar for artists, an eight-week program that addresses the specific business needs and challenges artists of all disciplines face every…

It took more than six years and 125 artists, but Loving Vincent is finally being shown by The Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s Film department this weekend. Loving Vincent is…