Paula Newton

In a statement released last evening, Lisa Cooley announced that she is closing her eponymous gallery after eight years in New York’s Lower East Side. The University of Houston studio…

Construction has already begun on San Antonio’s $175 San Pedro Creek renovation project, which also includes a permanent public art installation, all of which is planned to be completed in…

First there was Laurie Anderson’s Music for Dogs concert, performed for dogs and owners at the Syndey Opera House in 2010 and early this year in Times Square. This past…

The Rauschenberg Foundation’s SEED program is a combination of risk capital and value added support to early stage, groundbreaking projects in ten (non-NYC and L.A.) cities across the United States.…

It keeps happening every year and it starts up again tomorrow! The Houston Fringe Festival kicks of with a performance by Cirque La Vie. They “showcase their communal love of…

For years and years, Houston’s Lawndale Art Center’s Retablo show (in conjunction with its Día de los Muertos celebration) has been the most open-call-show-all exhibition around. But like most utopian…

Multimedia artist Peter Svarzbein grew up in El Paso, went off to New York to attend the School of Visual Arts (SVA), and eventually made his way back to El…

“Changarrito” is an art vending cart based out of Mexico. There are multiple Changarrito carts circulating throughout the world— all with the same objective of promoting original artwork to the…

Houston, what’s the big deal about the Big Show, Lawndale Art Center’s annual open-call juried exhibition? Well, if you missed last week’s presentation, you missed half of the story. But…

On August 1, a law went into effect in Texas that made it legal to carry concealed firearms into public university campus buildings. Next week, students at the University of…

The Sustainable Arts Foundation is offering awards of up to $6,000 to writers and artists with children. The money can be used for costs such as childcare, workspaces, new equipment,…

As recently reported by the Houston Chronicle and Artforum, Rice University’s new Moody Center for the Arts (MCA) will open to the public in February 2017. Although last year’s press…

Well, we’re ashamed to have missed International Cat Day on Monday, August 8, but we’ll try to make up for it by sharing an article from the Austin American-Statesman about…

According to Eater Houston, there will soon be a new gallery in town. Why is Eater reporting on this? Because it will also be a café. And an art school.…

Sigmund Freud explained artistic motivation from the viewpoint of a psychoanalyst (a defense mechanism protecting against neurosis), but now Jason Horejs, founder of Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, has explained…

Last month, a 90-year old retired German dentist, identified only as Hannelore K., visited Nuremberg’s Neues Museum, where a 1977 creation by the Fluxus artist Arthur Köpcke was on display,…

Aside from the plethora of Daniel Anguilu murals blanketing downtown and midtown (and elsewhere), Houston has had tons of mural activity recently. The Houston Chronicle reported on Gonzo247’s latest mural…

The Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington asked the Pokémon game developers to remove the Pokéstops from the museum, stating, “Playing Pokémon Go in a memorial dedicated to the victims of…

Artists: you can use your skills without the pesky burden of creativity. Today, August 2, is National Coloring Book Day! Sometimes it’s a relief to color inside the lines. Anyone…

The Museum of Ice Cream opens today! Unfortunately, the pop up museum (up through August 31) is not located in Texas, but in New York‘s Meatpacking District. NYC has not…