Paula Newton

The artists on the not-so-short list for the Hunting Art Prize have been waiting since mid-February for the evening awards gala this weekend, when the winner was announced. The annual…

This weekend, the Bayou City Art Festival is back at Houston’s Memorial Park with over 300 artists selling their art and crafts. Sometimes it’s a lot of fun to look…

For quite some time now, pet portraits have been edging their way out of their status as 100% embarrassing kitsch and into the world of quaint, hipster art. It probably…

Longtime Houstonians were devastated to learn that the beloved Cleburne Cafeteria burned down early Tuesday morning. Owner George Mickelis vows to rebuild and reopen, but says that the most devastating…

Performance art is definitely in in Houston this week. First of all, performance art night returns to notsuoH tonight, April 26, from 9pm-12am. It will feature performances by Jennifer Free,…

Right around Valentine’s Day this year, Lubbock made national headlines when a banner with Arabic writing was hung from a city building. Lubbock Mayor Glen Robertson was so alarmed at…

Prince was not a visual artist, but he was certainly visual. And pure artist. Prince Rogers Nelson, 57, died yesterday, April 21, after he was found unresponsive in an elevator…

If the art world needed to be reminded that it’s filled with tons of ill-distributed money, Italian artist Marizio Cattelan has come to the rescue.The artist has created an 18-karat…

A sassy New Jersey gallerist’s federal lawsuit over an Englewood city code violation it received for displaying artwork of a partially nude woman is making the rounds of national news.…

The sleepy little town of Rockport (pop. about 10,000) in South Texas was long invigorated by the presence of Glasstire contributor John Aäsp, who served as visual arts director at…

Yet another new Texas art space will be opening, this time in Lubbock. A press release via EverythingLubbock.com states that there will soon be a new building in town. The…

While Houston is gearing up for its annual Art Car Parade Weekend (April 7-10, with the big parade on Saturday, the 9th), the city of Victoria is getting ready for…

San Antonio’s Witte Museum will soon have a gigantic new exhibition space with 10,000 square feet and 17-foot-high ceilings named the Mays Family Center. The center, designed by Lake |…

The Dallas Arts District announced yesterday that Dallas arts leader and educator Lily Cabatu Weiss has been named as the organization’s new executive director. Weiss, who is currently artistic director…

For those who have not heard of one of Texas’ most eccentric painters or seen the 1999 award-winning documentary about him, Austin’s Big Medium at Bolm will screen Forrest Bess:…

The Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) has announced the 2016 Individual Artist Grant (IAG) awardees. The IAG is open to artists living in Houston, working in all media and at any…

Artist Amanda Parer’s 23-foot tall inflatable installation of a group of rabbits, entitled Intrude, has been shown in many places throughout the globe and now it’s on a U.S. tour.…

Okay, no wins a million dollars or any dollars at all; the winning team will receive a “custom designed trophy.” Houston’s artist-run Box 13 art space is hosting “Trivia Box”…

An online competition calling for architectural proposals for a Donald Trump-inspired border wall design has sparked much controversy in the architectural world and border communities, reports Sukjong Hong in today’s…

It took forever, but semigloss. Magazine’s latest issue, SOUND finally came out last December and celebrated its release at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. This was followed by the “semigloss.…