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The University of Houston Libraries Special Collections recently announced that it has acquired the papers of longtime Houston artist Ben DeSoto. DeSoto has been on the scene for over 30 years, woking…

Today, June 9, 2018, marks the fourth annual happening of Paper Trail, an event designed to highlight paper-based art, design, and printed media. From 11am to midnight, more than 40 artists…

The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas has hired Amanda Dotseth as its new curator, reports ARTnews and other publications. Dotseth is a scholar of art of the…

Lease Agreement is a “nomadic” curatorial project based in Huntsville run by Adam Farcus (it’s a continuation of space Farcus co-ran in Baltimore from 2013-2015), and right now Lease Agreement…

This week, Houston arts organization DiverseWorks announced its newest program, Project Freeway. Developed with the sprawl of Houston in mind, (and named for the abundance of asphalt across the city), the…

The last time a politician who was not a member of the Republican Party won a statewide race in Texas was in 1994, making Texas the state with the longest…

The City of Austin’s Art in Public Places Program has announced the restoration of For La Raza, an iconic East Austin mural celebrating the Chicano heritage of the Holly Shores…

The Austin art space Women & Their Work (founded in 1978) today announced its solo artist exhibitions for the 2019-2020 exhibition year. W&TW puts out an annual call for entries…

The relatively new Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art is inviting South Texas area artists to submit work for its first open call exhibition, The Victoria Show: DECODE 361. Submitting…

Today, Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman’s artist-run initiative For Freedoms announced the launch of The 50 State Initiative, a project that will run from September to December of 2018. Initially…

The Texas Open Call is the only way to be considered for Artpace programs and exhibitions, including the International Artist-in-Residence program, Hudson Showroom and Main Space exhibitions, special projects, such…

This month, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is presenting the sixth iteration of its annual Jazz on Film series. Curated by artist, filmmaker, and Glasstire contributor Peter Lucas, the series features six…

San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum announced a major acquisition of a portrait by Alice Neel. Julie and the Doll depicts a slight Hispanic girl with large brown eyes cradling a…

Austin Film Society, founded in 1985 by filmmaker Richard Linklater, has brought some stellar screenings to Austin of late (such as: Wim Wenders’ early work; a screening of Toshio Matsumoto’s Funeral…

The Lawndale Art Center has opened a call for entries to its annual Big Show, the usually jam-packed extravaganza of works by artists within a 100-mile radius of Houston. Although…

Inaugural Acquisition with the Marguerite and Robert Hoffman Fund for Pre-1700 European Art and Marks the First Work by the Artist to Enter a US Museum

The St. Elmo Arts Residency is a new joint project of the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Art and Art History and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center…

In 2015, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth spun its ever-popular Tuesday Evening lecture series into a year-round endeavor by turning the normally quiet summertime into film-series time. The…

Animation director, producer, artist, and educator Gerard Baldwin died April 18 at his home in Kingwood, Texas, reports the Animation World Network (AWN). Baldwin is known for his work on…

Austin art non-profit Pump Project announced today that its current space, a warehouse building located at 702 Shady Lane, has been sold by the building’s owner, meaning that Pump Project will move…