Paula Newton

Prospect.4, the fourth iteration of a New Orleans citywide exhibition that opens opens November 16-19, 2017, has announced its list of 73 participating artists, including three Texan artists. The exhibition,…

Yesterday, the Trump administration released its proposed budget for the Federal government for FY 2018. The budget was given the fancy title “A New Foundation for American Greatness” and it…

For the 13th year, the City of Austin has organized the People’s Gallery, on view at City Hall for a full year. Visitors may vote for the “People’s Choice” through…

Late last week, Houston native Solange Knowles presented “An Ode To,” a performance art piece at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. Part installation, part dance, and part concert, the event was…

Art League Houston (ALH) has announced the selection of Dr. Kheli R. Willetts as the new Executive Director effective June 1, 2017. Dr. Willetts joins ALH following a five-month nationwide…

Yesterday, May 17, the State Legislature introduced Texas House Resolution 2132, a bill entitled “2018 Texas State Artist honorees.” Congratulations go out to Fort Worth’s Sedrick Huckaby, who has been…

For fans of American director, screenwriter, producer, painter, musician, producer of the organic coffee “David Lynch Signature Cup,” and founder of a Transcendental Meditation foundation—rejoice! The Museum of Fine Arts,…

The fourth cycle of the City of Austin’s TEMPO public art program has announced its 2017 participating artists. This year, nine artists or artist teams have been selected to create…

Earlier this week, it was widely reported that two students at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland had claimed responsibility for leaving a pineapple in the middle of an exhibition…

Every spring, museum professionals and lawyers get together at a conference called “Legal Issues in Museum Administration,” organized by the American Law Institute and cosponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. This…

Marfa artist Ann Marie Nafziger, who received her MFA degree in painting from the University of Houston in 2008, ran for mayor of Marfa, the West Texas town that most…

The 6th annual West Austin Studio Tour (WEST) returns for two weekends, May 13-14 and May 20-21. Big Medium is celebrating the 6th edition of WEST with 331 participants: 172…

Okay, Plainview, Texas is not quite technically part of the Panhandle, but a city located in Llano Estacado in the Southwest U.S. Boasting a population of 22,194 (at the 2010…

Toilets that have been spray painted gold and labeled “Take a Trump” have been popping up across the country to commemorate President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office. A stencil…

Neo-Expressionist painter, sculptor, and jazz drummer A.R. Penck died Tuesday, May 2, at the age of 77 of “a lengthy illness,” reports Artnews. Like his colleagues Georg Baselitz and Jörg…

For its seventh continuous year, the CineMarfa Film Festival will begin its programming tomorrow, May 4, and continue through May 7 in Marfa, Texas. CineMarfa, which emphasizes the intersection between…

There are all sorts of reasons to explain the plethora of “art barns” on university campuses, ranging from the structure was a former stage for building WWII planes to the…

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth announced the acquisition of a carved limestone Head (c. 1913), by Amedeo Modigliani, one of about 27 surviving sculptures by the artist, reports…

There is no adjective to this headline because Vito Hannibal Acconci was an American designer, poet, landscape architect, performance and installation artist—and not easy to pin down. Acconci died on…

For West Texans curious about the future of Marfa, the Chinati Foundation will present a Master Plan Symposium this Saturday, April 29, at the Crowley Theater from 9am-1pm. The Chinati…