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Austin artist Jessica Halonen and former Houston artist Emily Joyce (now in LA) have a two-person site-specific show, PLOT [plot] opening Feb. 10 at Park Projects in LA!! Watch those…

The Blanton has a Book Club! Get the monthly book and meeting info at Book People. Next meeting is Thursday, Feb. 8 at 6 pm on the topic of how…

Someone wants to put a banana over Texas. (And they have a pretty convincing website to do it.)

Creepy ape sculpture guy Tony Matelli is comin' to Dallas to give a talk at the Meadows on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 pm. (Walter Robinson's current Weekend Update on…

Native Texan Eric Niebuhr (whose handsome paintings locals might remember from the now-defunct Mixture Gallery), has been making works in chalk pastel, of all wacky materials. The new stuff will…

Claudia Schmuckli is giving up her PR duties at Blaffer to become the curator there!

In his blog Modern Art Notes, Tyler Green has been criticizing the Judd Foundation for not getting enough Judd into the world (and for charging $30 to view Judd's old…

The Art Guys' latest project: selling themselves.

Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts is doing a free lecture to help Houston artists get a handle on the tax code: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 6:30 to 8 pm…

The Museum of Arts & Design's show Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting doesn't include work from the original knitting taggers Knitta Please! Not to harp — again — on the…

Congrats to Austin furniture designer Wells Mason of Ironwood Industries, who's been selected for the 2007 Smithsonian Craft Show!

Fans of William Eggleston, the photographer of the exquisitely banal, are in for a treat with his upcoming show Cadillac at Lora Reynolds in Austin! The show will include 13…

The great Maya Lin is speaking at the Menil Collection Friday, Feb 2 at 7 pm — but to go, you have to get your free ticket at the museum…

Here's a great-looking project from Dallas artist Chris Jagers: SlideRoom is designed to facilitate portfolio submission and review, both for artists and organizations. Looks really good!

One of our favorite up-and-coming TX artists is San Antonio goofball Jimmy Kuehnle, known for his humorous performance pieces and compulsive mail art. Houstonians will have a chance to see…

If you can't afford one of San Antonio artist Hills Snyder's artworks, now you can get a wearable piece of Snyderphernalia: his iconic smiley cross is available as a sterling…

Speaking of jewelry, a funny little snafu at Houston's Peel Gallery: they sent out a newsletter featuring scrimshawed ivory jewelry by Jessica Kagan Cushman, stating that the material was imported…

Code Z, a webzine on "Black Visual Culture Now," this month features five African American women artists in Austin discussing the challenges of working there.

Elizabeth Dunbar is the new (and first full-time) curator at Arthouse!! A TX native, Dunbar comes from the Kemper Museum in Kansas City, where she curated the 2005 exhibition Teresa…

Hard to believe, but our beloved Menil Collection will be 20 years old this June! They’re celebrating their b-day with a slew of predictably innovative and great-looking shows, including Everyday…