Rainey Knudson

Sorry for the quiet week around here — we're back on track to bring you daily news updates!!

Reminder to artists of some upcoming deadines at Lawndale: the Big Show drop off is Wednesday/Thursday, June 27/28 (tune into our message boards for griping about Lawndale's guidelines), and proposals…

The long-awaited reopening of the contemporary galleries at SAMA will be held Saturday, July 7! The collection had been looking a little tired for some time, so it will be…

Hey everybody! Thursday, June 21, 7-9 pm, come on out and treat yourself to a little art at the Glasstire/Arthouse 5×7 Art Splurge!! Sonja Roesch Gallery hosts this year's fun-filled…

Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band will be playing in Marfa on Saturday July 7, 9pm at Liberty Hall!! Cover is $20. A trip out to Marfa sounds like…

Congrats to Houston sculptor Katy Heinlein, finalist for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award! The winner of this $10,000 prize, to be announced in September, will become part of the…

We've got another open directorship in Houston: Jesse Otto Hite today announced she's retiring from the Blanton Museum next March! Along with openings at the Nasher, CAM and Kimbell, that…

Today the Houston Chronicle reports that two of the Gee's Bend quilters are suing Tinwood Ventures for "exploiting the quiters' naivete about the art world and product licensing." There were…

The CAM has named Linda Shearer, former director of Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center and the Williams College Museum, as interim director while they conduct an extensive search for a permanent…

Congrats to 2007 Artpace travel grant recipients Sabra Booth, Margaret Craig, Mimi Kato, and Chris Sauter!! Each has been awarded a $5,000 grant towards travel and participation in residencies.

Something fun this weekend: the Hello Lucky indie/craft fair at Poison Girl in Houston, Saturday June 16, noon – 7:30 pm!

This weekend MFAH is screening Killer of Sheep, the most important and respected film you've never heard of unless you're a hard core film buff (according to Wikipedia, it was…

Describing the Dallas Contemporary's Legend Awards as "the equivalent of an Oscar in Dallas' art world" (as their press release does) seems to edge a bit too close to delusional…

Rice University has been awarded a $10 million grant from the Brown Foundation to develop a PhD program in art history! As a local insider put it: "Thank you [MFAH…

Check out Houston artist Randy Twaddle's new blog Shine and Rise, which will document a drawing commission he's received from UH!

Some interesting upcoming shows at CAM: Nexus Texas, a group show of TX artists, opens this August, and curator Toby Kamps comes out with his first CAM-curated show, The Old,…

Fun newish blog out of Boston focusing on prints and multiples: Art & Sex & Music has more-than-occasional flashes of brilliance.

The Menil Collection, considered by many to be overall the best museum in Texas, is 20 years old this month!! Even as we celebrate this milestone and all the people…

Now that the dust has fully settled around this year’s Hunting Prize, it seems appropriate to have a second look at this notable art event.

Sculptures by Houston artist David Chien are on view at Buffalo Bayou Art Park now through July 20! Chien created Spamgraffiti as a Glasstire Virtual Residency in '04 and was…