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The Rockport Center for the Arts (RCA), destroyed by Hurricane Harvey six months ago, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Rebuild Texas Fund to aid in rebuilding efforts.…

A statue (sculpture?) of a gorilla, which has been in place “for years” has been removed from a playground in Corsicana. This, via NBCDFW: “City officials said they removed a…

A couple of months ago, Glasstire reported that 14 Pews, the art-house cinema space run by Cressandra Thibodeaux since the summer of 2010, was going up for sale when Thibodeaux…

The deadline for applications for the Harvey Arts Recovery Fund‘s (HARF) second granting round is fast approaching. Houston-area artists and organizations who are in need of assistance in recovering from the effects of Hurricane Harvey need to…

Circles, circles, and more circles. The name of the Nasher Sculpture Center’s affinity group for practicing artists in the north Texas area is “Artist Circle.” (Many affinity groups describe themselves…

CounterCurrent, the annual performance festival organized by University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, has just announced the lineup for its 2018 program, which will run April…

First, Houston’s Nameless Sound teamed up with the Lawndale Art Center for a series of Monday evening performances called “They, Who Sound.” Tonight, February 26, Lawndale’s doors will open at 7pm…

The Galveston Artist Residency has announced that it is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 residency year. As always, the organization will award three artists fully-funded eleven-month residencies. Each artist-in-residence will receive…

This weekend is your last chance to see the Menil Collection’s main building before it closes for eight months. During the closure, which begins on Monday, February 26th, the institution…

On March 8 and 9, the Meadows Museum at SMU in Dallas will host an international group of scholars for a symposium titled The Medieval World in a Spanish Context. These talks…

Houston’s Orange Show Center for Visionary Art—which oversees the Orange Show Monument, the Beer Can House, the Houston Art Car Parade, and Smither Park—is being properly honored by Saint Arnold’s…

In December, the University of Texas in Austin announced it has moved and continues to move tens of thousands of fine art books, collection materials, periodicals, and music scores from UT Fine…

This Sunday, February 25 at 2pm, the Nasher Sculpture Center will screen the 1984 Academy Award-nominated documentary Streetwise (1h 31min), followed by Streetwise filmmaker Martin Bell in conversation with founding…

Two strange things occurred in the past week in Picasso world. First, new science has helped to discover the history of the making of a well-known painting. Secondly, a Picasso…

The Contemporary Austin’s has big plans for improving and revitalizing its 14-acre Laguna Gloria campus in northwest Austin; it has announced it will break ground on Phase I of its…

It was announced yesterday that a San Antonio couple, art collectors Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt, will begin its inaugural Bennett Prize, the largest prize offered solely…

On Thursday, February 22nd, the 15th annual No Idea Festival will kick into gear in Austin. Featuring musicians and sound artists from around the world, the four-day festival will take place…

Glasstire has given Solange Knowles much press this past year (here, here, here, here, and here) because she has been very busy expanding her art to include installation and performance…

The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University in Dallas recently announced that it purchased a painting in honor of the institution’s late curator Nicole Atzbach. Atzbach, who had been with the museum…

Two years since Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner took office and a year since Jonathon Glus left the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA), the two offices have come together to announce its…