Rainey Knudson

This coming weekend is a good one for art in TX, and I'll be featuring shows the rest of the week that you should see. We'll start off with Aurora…

Sol Lewitt died this weekend. Here's Michael Kimmelman's obit in the NYT.

Ceramics collectors Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio (of Garth Clark Gallery) have supported Texas institutions for some time now: they've twice given pieces to the San Angelo Museum, which…

Hey, send in your videos to our Video Station — we'll pick our favorite from the month of April and send the winner 100 clams!!! And even if you don't…

Suzanne Weaver at the DMA is putting together a Phil Collins show for this fall, with a great-sounding catalog to be published in late October… It's transition time for the…

The Fort Worth Modern's been getting a lot of press for their outstanding, edgy show Pretty Baby. Kudos to curator Andrea Karnes for putting it together (and to Fort Worth…

It's Ram nite at the Hometown Artist's Rodeo in San Antonio, Monday, April 9, 7-11pm, as they celebrate the remarkable concentration of Aries in the local art scene (including Linda…

Five and a half years after unveiling the new Philip Johnson addition to its original 1964 Philip Johnson building, the Amon Carter is closing for three months (starting May 21)…

They ain't letting the grass grow: the newly-formed Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas have announced their first-ever art fair this May 18-20, at Three Three Three First Avenue in Deep…

Tonight, Wednesday, April 4, 9:45pm is a screening of 8-Bit, a film about art and video games, at the downtown Austin Alamo Drafthouse. Sponsored by AMODA, with a chance to…

After days of speculation in the local art scene about the death of Houston artist Robin Utterback, the Houston Chronicle today reported that he was stabbed by his roommate Clifford…

Well, it seems the typeface Helvetica is now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art — that is, they own the original lead forms and a bunch of…

Ex-Core fellow Sigrid Sandstrom is speaking Tuesday, April 3, 6:30 pm at SMU's Meadows Museum!

The MFAH, Menil Collection and the Rice chemistry department have received a joint $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support conservation research. Heads of the conservation departments at the…

Artist Mel Ziegler is leaving UT Austin to head up the studio program at Vanderbilt! We'll miss you, Mel!!

Fans of the late artist Luis Jimenez should head to Austin's Creative Research Laboratory on Wednesday, April 4, 7:30pm for a discussion on his career sponsored by Texas Folklife. Panelists…

Yesterday we reported that Rick Lowe had received an Altoids Award, when he in fact is one of the nominators for the award… Sorry for the confusion. We still think…

Alex Irvine, whom many of us remember from her days at Blaffer Gallery, is returning to Texas to head up the Galveston Arts Center!! We're thrilled to have her back…

Congrats to Project Row Houses' Rick Lowe, winner of a $25,000 Altoids Award!

Longtime Houston artist Robin Utterback died early this morning from injuries sustained during a fire in his studio yesterday. Utterback was an influential painter and mainstay of the Houston art…