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As the City of Austin prepares to demolish and rebuild its convention center, it has deaccessioned four public art pieces within the building and will not pay for the removal of the works.

The Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas has opened a call for its 2026 Artists-in-Residence cohort.

Dallas gallerist James Cope recently closed his decade-old gallery, And Now, and has opened a new gallery under his own name.

The San Antonio-based National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures has announced an open call for applications for its 2025 NALAC Leadership Institute.

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has named Halona Norton-Westbrook as its next Director. She will succeed Marla Price, who has held the position for 30 years.

San Antonio emerging artists take note: Contemporary Art Month has partnered with Mercury Project in announcing a new residency program.

Meow Wolf, the arts and entertainment company with locations across the U.S., will launch the Texas Takeover Artist Talk Series on Wednesday, February 26.

The Blaffer Art Museum has canceled the previously scheduled “Guadalupe Maravilla: Mariposa Relámpago” exhibition due to the University of Houston’s Centennial Renovation project.

Big Medium, a nonprofit organization in Austin, has announced that it is closing after more than two decades of supporting the local arts community.

The City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs has awarded funds totaling nearly $15 million through various arts and culture grant programs.

The ACLU of Texas, along with two other civil rights organizations, have sent a letter to the Fort Worth Police Department demanding the release of Sally Mann photographs confiscated from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s Diaries of Home exhibition.

Dallas Contemporary’s Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Lucia Simek as the organization’s Executive Director.

The Houston Arts Alliance has appointed Taylor Jackson as its next CEO; she succeeds John Abodeely, who stepped down from the organization in 2024.

The Cedars Union, a nonprofit artist incubator in Dallas, has named Emma Vernon as its new Executive Director.

Houston Endowment, a private foundation that supports the city’s arts, public parks, civic engagement, and public education needs, has announced the 2025 recipients of its Jones Artist Award.

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced the 49 recipients of its 2024 grants, including DiverseWorks and the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, and the Art Galleries at Black Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Warehouse Dallas Art Foundation, a nonprofit art foundation, opens its inaugural exhibition featuring works from The Rachofsky Collection and the Hartland & Mackie / Labora Collection.

As the San Antonio Museum of Art looks toward its future, the 44-year-old museum has selected notable architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron to create a comprehensive campus plan.

Various Small Fires (VSF), a gallery with locations in Los Angeles, Seoul, and Dallas, has announced it will open a new space in California and also take a hiatus from all art fairs.

Frontera Arts in Bloom, a nonprofit organization that runs the Flower Shop Residency in Brownsville, has launched a call for Texas artists to participate in its Spring program.