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We’ve been following the ongoing saga of Hobby Lobby, in which the arts-and-crafts monolith and its owners, the Green family, were implicated in a United States civil complaint alleging that the family wrongfully…

Austin’s praiseworthy ICOSA Collective, about two years into its life and about 20 members strong, is being kicked out of its original space adjacent to Pump Project (the entire building…

One of 60 projects selected nationwide, Houston’s Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation (FWCRC) has received a $100,000 National Creative Placemaking Grant, reports Patch.com. This “placemaking” is expected to involve local…

On Saturday, May 19, Dallas’ annual Oak Cliff Visual SpeedBump Art Tour returns, for which “Oak Cliff artists open their studios, clubhouses, pens and dens.” This is a one-day self-guided…

This week, the Rockport Center for the Arts’ former home is being razed due to damages resulting from Hurricane Harvey. There are still many places throughout coastal South Texas that…

There’s currently a campaign to fund and create in Florence, Texas a 20-foot tall limestone monument “…inscribed with the wise words of Michelle McNamara, author and late wife of comedian…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will finally inaugurate its new Glassell School of Art building on Sunday, May 20. Visitors can view the Glassell, The Brown Foundation, Inc.…

We have been following Routine Fables, a yearlong project and collaboration between Houston-based artist Elaine Bradford and poet Sara Cress, since they began it in early 2017. For the project, the duo created…

It has long been rumored that a proper looking middle-aged woman entered the otherwise visitorless Cy Twombly Gallery in Houston’s Menil campus. When she seemed to be in the back…

The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) in Beaumont announced today that it has received some notable and sizable art donations from two Texas-based art collectors. Collector John Gaston Fairey…

Many artists supplement their income with day jobs as art teachers. And most artists have had influential art teachers. Since this is the beginning of “Teacher Appreciation Week,” we would…

In the past few years, Texas cities have been attracting wide-eyed art visitors with their various Yayoi Kusama shows and installations. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Dallas…

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has announced the first 26 winners of the newly launched grant program “Support for Artists and Creative Individuals.” Applications were accepted from all artistic disciplines. Each…

The Dallas Museum of Art has announced the winners of its annual artists awards: the 2018 Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund Award, the Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Award, and…

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has been gifted fifty works by the late American photographer Brett Weston, reports Artforum. Son of photographer Edward Weston, Brett Weston’s career spanned…

The Dallas Museum of Art announced today: Beloved Dallas philanthropist Margaret McDermott died Thursday at the age of 106. Per the Dallas Morning News: “Museum officials say she was the largest…

Contemporary art enthusiasts Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman of the Manhattan-based FLAG Art Foundation have joined with Contemporary Austin trustee Suzanne Deal Booth to create a new art prize. “It seemed…

(Editor’s note, Aug. 14, 2018: This is the original announcement. More details on the prize and how to apply will be announced in the next two days. Stay tuned!) Update:…

If you were a girl who went to camp in Texas, you probably have a bracelet charm designed by James Avery. After he got popular, he created all sorts of…

If any institution in Texas can get you closer in person and in spirit to the work of the great Eugène Delacroix (d. 1863), it would be the Kimbell Art Museum…