Op Ed

I recently attended Fusebox Festival in Austin and CounterCurrent in Houston. Here are five ways for festival organizers to make their festivals even better for performers and audiences.

Stefan Simchowitz may enjoy the controversy he stirs up, but he does not fundamentally recognize why what he does induces cringes from artists and people who love art.

This is the second installment of Studio Sounds. I hope you can find some time to give these records a spin in your studios (whatever they might be).

We're bringing the great William Wegman to Houston on April 30th!

The market can be cynical, cruel, and fickle, and to think otherwise would be naive. But no one forces artists to play that game.

I’m increasingly convinced that too much contemporary art making is becoming cultic and pseudo-religious.

"I believe they're wantin' to know: How bad do I want this? How bad do I NEED this?"

Here's a little doozy from the ineffable Dallas duo.

I’d argue that 90% of the most resonant art over the last two centuries has (at least) started out as someone’s particular shot of whisky.

A recent video entry for the upcoming ArtSmarter Prize.

Artists would do well to tap their inner revolutionary. The darker chapters of history have a nasty habit of repeating, and disgust is forever.

The newest installment from Frank ArtSmarter.

That $4 million we’re planning to spend on public art this year is apparently THE straw that will break the city’s $2.5 billion total budget.

"There’s no area in the world that has a lock on the great people, or on the shit people, either."

One wonders why ArtPace and the Linda Pace Foundation don't just join forces?

Like ancient art, Modern art depicts the power, glory and terror of being human in our time. It has painted the darkest, most seductive portrait of humanity in all recorded history.

If silence speaks volumes, this artist speaks libraries.

The decision by the GCAC to pull out as the venue for the CAM Perennial shows a lack of respect for a history of collaboration, and its irresponsibility will be felt citywide.

Given the drop in the price of oil, 2017 and 2018 may be key years for the survival of Houston’s art institutions.

Frank and Houston-based artist, curator and publisher Sally Glass discuss what they've done for love.