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Now in its tenth year, Corpus Christi’s K Space Contemporary again presents its Third Coast National exhibition, which opens tomorrow night, September 2, from 5:30-9pm. Internationally renowned (but always based…

Some 30-plus large and spectacular gemstones from the Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection are headed to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas. Some of these rocks have never…

The Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) has a new CEO, reports Molly Glentzer of the Houston Chronicle. After 14 years at Syracuse University, Kheli R. Willetts, Ph.D will…

We thought we’d reached the point at which the political scene couldn’t get any weirder. But yesterday, ET Online announced that former Texas governor and former presidential candidate Rick Perry…

The Galveston Arts Center has been on a multi-month search for a new curator to replace Clint Willour, who is retiring after 25 years with the organization. Earlier today, the GAC announced…

In a statement released last evening, Lisa Cooley announced that she is closing her eponymous gallery after eight years in New York’s Lower East Side. The University of Houston studio…

San Antonio art space Hello Studio is currently seeking residents for their 2016-2017 residency cycle. Benefits of the program include: “a free studio space, an 800-sq-ft exhibition space, and a dynamic art…

The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio has received a $1 million donation from patron Marie Halff. An emeritus museum trustee and trustee of the G.A.C. Halff Foundation, Halff gave the McNay this…

It’s one thing to name a (beloved) Dallas bar after Lee Harvey. But a new privately commissioned mural of Lee Harvey Oswald is nearly complete at the corner of Madison…

Construction has already begun on San Antonio’s $175 San Pedro Creek renovation project, which also includes a permanent public art installation, all of which is planned to be completed in…

First there was Laurie Anderson’s Music for Dogs concert, performed for dogs and owners at the Syndey Opera House in 2010 and early this year in Times Square. This past…

For four days in mid-September, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is hosting a continuous marathon reading of the entirety of Moby-Dick, arguably the greatest American novel. The reading…

The Rauschenberg Foundation’s SEED program is a combination of risk capital and value added support to early stage, groundbreaking projects in ten (non-NYC and L.A.) cities across the United States.…

It keeps happening every year and it starts up again tomorrow! The Houston Fringe Festival kicks of with a performance by Cirque La Vie. They “showcase their communal love of…

A few days ago, Artnet News reported that pop superstar Madonna wants to take an art world virgin and their lucky plus-one on an all-expenses-paid vacation to Art Basel Miami. There’s one…

For years and years, Houston’s Lawndale Art Center’s Retablo show (in conjunction with its Día de los Muertos celebration) has been the most open-call-show-all exhibition around. But like most utopian…

Today, August 21, from 12pm to 2pm, Deborah Colton Gallery is hosting a closing party and Skype interview featuring artist and filmmaker Jonas Mekas in conversation with UH art history professor Natilee Harren…

If you have yet to receive your yearly dose of Tibetan Monk sand mandala art, never fear—the Asia Society Texas Center has you covered. For the next three days, monks from the Drepung…

(Via the Dallas Observer): The Dallas Art Fair‘s founder, Chris Byrne, has created a new director position and filled the spot with Kelly Cornell, an SMU grad who started out…

Multimedia artist Peter Svarzbein grew up in El Paso, went off to New York to attend the School of Visual Arts (SVA), and eventually made his way back to El…