Paula Newton

At the end of last month, the Artadia jurors announced that they had whittled down the 225 applicants from the Houston area to ten finalists and the second round of…

Of course there were exhibitions, lectures, and events on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, but yesterday marked the 52nd anniversary and the fascination still continues. Newspapers…

When the Houston Festival Foundation announced a couple years ago that it was pulling out of Houston’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for financial reasons and, indeed, had already sold off many…

As Glasstire reported earlier this month, DiverseWorks signed a lease at the new Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH) and will be moving in about a month. So tomorrow…

In February of 2015, the  SMU Meadows School of the Arts announced the Detroit-based artist collective Complex Movements as a recipient of their annual arts prize, which includes a residency…

When it drops 10 or 20 degrees below the sweaty humiliation known as summer in Texas, we realize the holiday season is sneaking up on us. For those getting anxious…

Researchers from the University of Houston (UH) have analyzed brain activity data collected from more than 400 people who viewed an exhibition at the Menil Collection, offering evidence that useable…

Yesterday, the Huffington Post reported on the Monster Project, an Austin-based start-up group that pairs elementary school students with professional artists. The results are even cuter than it sounds. The…

Houston-based investigative reporter Wayne Dolcefino has launched the “Erase the Marsh Madness” social media campaign urging the removal the thousands of mock traffic signs sprinkled throughout the Amarillo area, reports…

Yesterday, Houston Mayor Annise Parker selected Debbie McNulty as the new Director of the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) to replace Minnette Boesel, who is resigning the position effctive December…

As Peter Schjeldahl predicted in the New Yorker, “the Frank Stella retrospective at the Whitney Museum will likely provoke varied opinions, on a scale from great to god-awful.” But reviews…

A small group of European architects, engineers, and scientists have proposed an incredibly ambitious “Colossus of Rhodes Project,” seeking to rebuild the ancient statue of the Greek god Helios, which…

The Rockport Film Festival begins tonight with a red carpet party and an outdoor screening of the documentary Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made. (If you…

It’s now official: DiverseWorks will be moving into the new Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH). It hasn’t been a huge secret that DiverseWorks has been seriously considering moving…

A few days ago, U.S. News &World Report obtained an internal 112-page document from the less-than-inspired Jeb Bush presidential campaign. Among the many strategies outlined for the upcoming months was…

With all the hoopla surrounding the Artadia Houston awards (the ten finalists were announced a few days ago in all the national art magazines), the rest of Texas might be…

According to the Artadia Houston 2015 timeline, applications were due October 15 and Houston awardees will be announced at the end of November. But ARTnews reports that the jurors have…

Menil Curator of Collections Paul R. Davis will talk with D.C.–based artist Sam Gilliam tomorrow evening at 7pm about his work in the Menil’s current exhibition, Affecting Presence and the…

Yesterday, the Houston Chronicle posted an editorial called “Bad impression” and the folks at the Chronicle don’t seem to have a very good impression of the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA).…

If you’ve never seen more than a still or a clip from Andy Warhol’s 1963 avant-garde film Sleep, now is your chance to experience the full 5 ½ hour epic…