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In conjunction with its current exhibition Mark Flood: Gratest Hits, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) will present A World of Our Own: Mydolls and the Houston Punk Scene this…

This August, the University of North Texas Press is releasing Rounded Up in Glory: Frank Reaugh, Texas Renaissance Man, the first full-length biography of legendary and influential Texas artist Frank Reaugh. Widely-known for his plein air…

Today, July 23, from 12-8PM is the fifth annual Dallas Gallery Day! Founded in 2011 by Brian Gibb of The Public Trust as “East Dallas Gallery Day,” the event later went on to…

This past Wednesday, QFest kicked off their 20th annual program in Houston! As always, this year’s festival spans both traditional and non-traditional art venues across the city: Rice Media Center, the MFAH, the…

Few people would think that the paintings of Frank Stella are danceable, but Kerry Kreiman of Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth begs to differ. For the 13th annual free summer Modern Dance…

Yesterday, Zine Fest Houston (ZFH) announced a new partnership with Lawndale Art Center for their 2016 self-published book and zine festival, set for November 19, 2016. In past years, ZFH hosted their program…

The Walker Art Center puts on great exhibitions but, in 2012, its Internet Cat Video Festival broke attendance records. Since then, the Walker has recreated the festival annually. It even…

As you’ve probably heard, Melania Trump lifted chunks of her speech at last night’s Republican National Convention from Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech at the Democratic convention: Trump, who is being…

Intensive research began in 2011 on a study led by the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, and the Museum of…

This past April, Glasstire picked up the story that famous YBA artist and art mogul Damien Hirst’s formaldehyde-filled tanks were leaking poisonous gases. Studies conducted by a scientific research team examining Hirst’s 2012 Tate…

Situated along the Medina River on San Antonio’s far South Side, the Land Heritage Institute (LHI) is a “living land museum,” preserving 1,200 acres for archaeological, cultural (there’s some contemporary…

In the aftermath of the Dallas police shootings last week, Gavin Delahunty, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art, was searching for works in the museum’s collection that…

On Saturday, July 23, the Chinati Foundation will open Robert Irwin’s long-awaited (and currently untitled) permanent installation. The opening weekend of pageantry and festivities includes dawn-to-dusk viewings of Irwin’s work, open…

The DoSeum, the children’s museum in San Antonio that opened in 2015 and has impressive attendance, has announced an artist-in-residency program that kicks in for its 2016-17 season. The DoSeum is primarily…

Shortly after Dana Friis-Hansen left the Austin Museum of Art (now known as The Austin Contemporary The Contemporary Austin), where he spent nine years as executive director, he headed to…

The Dallas Museum of Art went on the hunt for a new director last fall when it parted ways with Maxwell Anderson. Today it announced the appointment of Dr. Agustín Arteaga to…

Tonight (July 14), there’s an opening reception at the Houston Community College Gallery called “Cat/People 2016,” an exhibition of works by McAllen-based artist Carl Vestweber. The show is composed of…

Yes, we already celebrated the 100th anniversary of Dada earlier this year, and that was to commemorate the opening of Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, the home to the Dada movement.…

Under new ownership, the Houston Art Fair (formerly the Houston Fine Art Fair) will take place at Silver Street Studios on September 30-October 2. Last year the Houston Art Fair’s reins were…

Last week, art collective t. Rutt erected a 52-cinder block structure near the US-Mexico border. It’s not exactly huuuge, but it has Trump’s name on it, reports Hyperallergic. t. Rutt…