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Last week, San Antonio’s Linda Pace Foundation broke ground on its new two-story, 14,000-square-foot building. Set to be completed in late 2018, in conjunction with the city’s tricentennial, the building will house the…

The Irish News has been collecting artwork posted on social media in honor on the London attacks on Saturday night, including Captain Britain (above) by Texas artist Sam Wilson. “What…

Yesterday, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston kicked off its fifth annual Jazz on Film series. In case you’re unfamiliar, the MFAH’s film department consistently presents some of the best programs in…

Today, June 3, 2017, from 11AM to 3PM, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is hosting the 13th annual Empty Bowls Houston event. The concept is simple: ceramics artists from across…

Valerie Cassel Oliver, senior curator of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, is leaving Houston to become the new curator of modern and contemporary art at the Virginia Museum of Fine…

Once a year in the summer the excellent Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon stays open very late, turns out the lights, and lets visitors explore the museum by flashlight, where they’re…

The 2017 Houston Artadia awards finalists were announced yesterday: Regina Agu, Catherine Colangelo, Gabriel Martinez, Kaneem Smith, and Sarah Welch. Artadia is a national non-profit organization that supports visual artists…

Today the Austin American-Statesmen reported that the Contemporary Austin will transfer most of its permanent collection to the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas. This collection of 700…

For a few hours yesterday, the popular and controversial Fearless Girl bronze statue on Wall Street, who faces off against the iconic Charging Bull, endured having her left leg urinated on by Pissing…

Austin’s KXAN.com has reported that another company is stealing the artwork of independent artists. Artist Robert Hurst told KXAN about yet another website that has stolen his creations for their…

Earlier this month, the Art Space Assistance Program was brought before the Austin City Council. The program, which comes after Mayor Steve Adler’s proposals last year aimed at strengthening the city’s music…

  Donations to non-profits can be a tricky business, especially when it comes to naming rights. The Dallas City Council voted 14-1 recently to recognize a $22 million gift offered…

Earlier this week, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opened a new underground parking lot, reports the Houston Chronicle. Located under the museum’s still-in-progress Glassell School of Art building, the garage, which offers…

The Southwest School of Art has hired Chad Dawkins to replace Mary Mikel Stump as their director of exhibitions. Stump left the school earlier this year to become the director of audience engagement at the Washington State…

On May 28, the Dallas Museum of Art will open the exhibition Visions of America: Three Centuries of American Prints from the National Gallery of Art. The show is made up of more than…

  A few years ago, Glasstire wrote about Mark Flood’s art featured on the CBS show Elementary. Now, Dallas artist  has hit the big time on the popular show Empire,…

Solange Knowles is releasing an art book/album companion publication called A Seat at the Table, which is available to order through the Marfa Book Company for $30, and will ship in June.…

Prospect.4, the fourth iteration of a New Orleans citywide exhibition that opens opens November 16-19, 2017, has announced its list of 73 participating artists, including three Texan artists. The exhibition,…

The Menil Collection in Houston has announced that Reem Fadda has been awarded the eighth Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement. The Palestine/Jordan-based curator “will receive a $20,000 stipend and…

Yesterday, the Trump administration released its proposed budget for the Federal government for FY 2018. The budget was given the fancy title “A New Foundation for American Greatness” and it…