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Renowned British land artist Richard Long was in Dallas over the weekend to install a massive wall piece in the lobby of the new building that anchors Hall Arts, developer…

On Thursday evening, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is presenting another of its Art+Cuisine series, this time on Persian cuisine. The program begins with a brief presentation and conversation…

The Dallas Arts District is throwing a Summer Block Party on Friday, June 19 from 6 p.m. to midnight; Flora and Harwood will be given over to pedestrians, and it…

On Saturday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the appointment of Kelly Baum as the new curator of the department of post-war and contemporary art. Houstonians may remember Kelly Baum…

Geert Wilders is at it again. The Dutch far-right politician who was the keynote speaker at the “Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest” last month in Garland, Texas that prompted an attack and left two…

Every two years FotoFest in Houston, as part of its big international Biennial, offers photography based artists an opportunity to receive honest feedback on their work  from more than a dozen visiting art professionals.…

Last night, the Asia Society Texas hosted the Mayoral Forum on Arts and Culture with Houston’s seven mayoral candidates. They spoke about the importance of arts and culture to the…

If you happen to be in Los Angeles this weekend, you are SO lucky because CatConLa takes place this Saturday and Sunday. CatCon is exactly what it sounds like: cat…

Dallas-based artist/photographer Misty Keasler’s work has been acquired by the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and features in its current show Framing Desire, alongside works by international biggies such…

The winners of the 2014-2015 Austin Critics’ Table Awards, given by an informal group of arts writers from the Austin American-Statesman and the Austin Chronicle, were announced last night. The…

First, a qualifier: I am a huge Beatles fan, and have been since I was little. Would I go see this show on my own? I doubt it. There is…

According to the weather reports, Houston should be dried out by Wednesday evening, so it will be a great time for an outdoor screening (but bring the bug spray!). In…

For 31 years, the Lawndale Big Show has been the most important opportunity for emerging artists in a 100-mile radius of Houston to exhibit their work. It’s often the first…

The good people at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information are making themselves available to advise flood victims on how to best salvage important family heirlooms. Via…

This past Memorial Day weekend, while Texans were busy posting stunningly awful images of the relentless rain and flooding, an image of an innocuous statue on the San Antonio campus…

The longtime, ever-popular lecture series Tuesday Evenings at the Modern (at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth) usually only runs through what we think of as the school year.…

San Antonio’s Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, in partnership with the National Performance Network, will present performance artist José Torres-Tama during a week-long residency in mid-June. The residency will include three days…

Certainly Houston Arts Alliance has gotten its share of public criticism lately from artists and more, and its new website isn’t complete yet, but in the wake of all the region’s…

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) announced yesterday that Jennifer and John Eagle have donated $3 million to the DMA for the renovation of the Museum’s North Entrance. John Eagle,…

The Austin-based Rude Mechs (really Rude Mechanicals) is one of the most important things to happen to underground theater and performance in the state and really the country; since 1995…