Rainey Knudson

To our non-Houston readers: recently, a local investigative reporter has been doing a series of "exposes" about arts funding in Houston. Last night Mr. Dolcefino claimed that Houston residents "help…

This just in: Suzanne Weaver is leaving the DMA after nearly 13 years as the Hanley Associate Curator of Contemporary Art. Weaver departs in mid-December, leaving yet another endowed curatorial…

It seems auction houses (and, perhaps, galleries?) can no longer get away with charging big bucks for so-so work: the NYT reports that yesterday’s "Modern Age" auction at Christie’s was…

Galveston’s Buchanan Gallery has relocated to Houston after surviving Hurricane Ike! Visit their new digs at 2907 Ferndale when they reopen on Saturday, Dec. 6.

Ted Pillsbury, the chairman of fine arts at Heritage Auction Galleries, is in the news today after authenticating a Sebastiano Ricci painting that the auction house will sell on Nov.…

One of the nice things about Houston is that it never had its own spinoff of the ubiquitous and irritating "Keep Austin Weird" motto (irritating because Austin ceased to be…

So I’m reading the NYT holiday movie section just now and this catches my eye:   I find this on their website:  Heartland Truly Moving Pictures, a non-profit organization, recognizes…

Check out Art at Our Doorstep, a recent-ish publication of San Antonio writers and artists. It’s an impressively hefty tome with good paper and nice color plates (or whatever you…

Next year’s Texas Biennial will feature four solo shows in addition to the larger group shows. They’ve just announced the artists: Lee Baxter Davis (Greenville), Jayne Lawrence (San Antonio), Kelli…

Houston blogger Sean Carroll (a.k.a. b.s. art houston) is now blogging for Glasstire!!!!!!!! Check it out below! 

OK, here’s the skinny from the town hall meeting last week. Big kudos and thanks to Houston Arts Alliance for putting this together!   1. The The City of Houston…

Hey, as of 3 pm today, Hello-Lucky has power!!! Which means the party there tonight, "Home is Where You Make It" will be comfortably lit and air-conditioned. Come on out…

In between foraging for wifi and ranting about the SEC’s colossal failure to address the short selling crisis, we’re assembling photos of the hurricane — snap anything visually interesting you…

Gordy Grundy, the LA artist who showed at Sala Diaz last year, made this video as part of his Fellowship of Fortuna project (a feel-good fest wrapped in quasi-fascist trappings)……

Gordy Grundy, the LA artist who showed at Sala Diaz last year, made this video as part of his Fellowship of Fortuna project (a feel-good fest wrapped in quasi-fascist trappings)……

Hi readers — we are working to keep the Houston events listings updated! As of Wednesday am, most openings scheduled for this weekend are still up in the air (though…

Hi readers — we are working to keep the Houston events listings updated! As of Wednesday am, most openings scheduled for this weekend are still up in the air (though…

The Glasstire party at Hello-Lucky has been rescheduled for Friday, September 26!! We’re updating the Houston events page as notices come in for this weekend’s events. Stay dry, coastal Texans!

The Glasstire party at Hello-Lucky has been rescheduled for Friday, September 26!! We’re updating the Houston events page as notices come in for this weekend’s events. Stay dry, coastal Texans!

OK, here’s what I saw during the rest of my DFW trip: The Design District In the past few years, no fewer than seven Dallas galleries have moved to this…