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If you’re an artist interested in exhibiting at Art League Houston, we have good news: the organization has extended its open call deadline to January 31, 2018. Jennie Ash, the organization’s Visual Arts…

  Americans for the Arts is sending out alerts that the tax reform bill on which Congress has been working will be a disaster for non-profits, including museums and most…

Brooklyn-based record label Mexican Summer and Texas artspace Ballroom Marfa have announced that their annual music and arts festival Marfa Myths is returning for its fifth year in 2018.  The four-day…

The Dallas Morning News reported today on the abrupt resignation of the Dallas Museum of Art‘s Senior Curator Gavin Delahunty. The DMA has released the following statement by Delahunty: “Today…

Pump Project Art Complex, a non-profit art space located in East Austin, has announced that they are planning to relocate on account of their lease not being renewed. The organization…

Today DiverseWorks in Houston announced the departure of Curator Rachel Cook for her new position as Artistic Director of On the Boards in Seattle. On the Boards is a non-profit…

It’s time to bust open the piggy bank and support Houston artists and craftspeople. Just in time for the holidays, hundreds will be offering their wares for gifts for you…

Today the New York Times ran a story about an interesting discovery: a tintype photo circa 1880, purchased by a North Carolina lawyer at a flea market six years ago…

At last night’s Christie’s art auction, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” sold for $400 million ($450.3 million with fees). The buyer is still unknown, but it is the highest amount…

This weekend brings to DFW the 15th annual Cedars Open Studios tour in Dallas. It takes place throughout the Cedars neighborhood, just south of downtown proper, this Saturday, November 18…

  The Joan Mitchell Foundation has announced its 2017 Painters & Sculptors grant recipients, who will each receive $25,000 in unrestricted funds, reports ARTnews. The recipients range in age from…

Ballroom Marfa has announced that its Interim Director, Laura Copelin, has been appointed as the organization’s new Executive Director. Copelin was hired by the nonprofit in 2014 as an associate curator. Before coming to…

San Antonio artist Cruz Ortiz has created the world’s first solar mural installation, reports Texas Public Radio. The four panel installation, entitled La Monarca, has been placed downtown but will…

Texas Artist Harry Geffert died recently, as is reported on his Facebook page, which is filled with condolences from friends, fellow artists, and former students. Geffert was born in 1934…

Race, feminism, history, and sand dunes?  It should all come together this Thursday, November 16, at 6pm. In conjunction with Houston artist Regina Agu’s current exhibition, Sea Change, at the…

Austin-based writer and critic Jeanne Claire van Ryzin has announced the launch of Sightlines, a new online publication covering “arts, culture, news and ideas.” Van Ryzin worked full-time as an arts reporter…

Project Row Houses and the University of Houston’s Center for Art and Social Engagement (CASE) have recently opened applications for the 2018 CASE-PRH Fellowship. Now in its second year, the program invites…

The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio has announced that is has acquired the collection of John M. Parker, Jr., a noted collector of Conceptual and Minimal art, and the museum…

There are two full weekends (November 11-12 and November 18-19) to try and see all the art at East Austin Studio Tour (EAST), but this weekend there are opportunities to…

Earlier this year, David Lindsay, artist and art professor at Texas Tech in Lubbock, developed and launched a clever new smartphone app that allows artists to create site-specific works that play…