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An anonymous gift to Austin’s Central Presbyterian Church has led to the upcoming unveiling of a new permanent public sculpture on church property at the corner of 8th and Brazos streets downtown.…

Saturday, Feb. 21 is Art Afternoon among the Upper Kirby Galleries. Formerly Houston’s principal “gallery row” on Colquitt St., the venerable culture nexus has rebranded and expanded to include nearby…

California-based sculptor Robert Irwin has spent 14 years planning an installation for the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, and construction for the project is set to begin this summer. This follows…

Like many cities, Austin has fallen prey to the same homogeneity created by the constant influx of young, white people with way too much money. That’s why those “Keep Austin…

SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas and Pastelegram, the non-profit art annual based in Austin, are collaborating on a new online art magazine called Coronagraph. The publication will feature “in-depth interviews between…

Bill Camfield may have retired from teaching at Rice University in 2002 (where he had taught art history since 1969), but he hasn’t quit working. Over the years, Camfield has…

The City of Houston is seeking input from residents on its Art & Cultural Plan, a 2-year initiative begun in early 2014, through a series of “Community Conversations.” There are…

The excellent and popular long-running artist talk series, Tuesday Evenings at the Modern in Fort Worth is starting up its new season this week with guests Janet Zweig and Dan Maginn. The…

After last month’s shootings at the Charlie Hebdo Paris headquarters, the remaining staff continued publication and the issue sold out seven million copies in six languages, in contrast to its…

The Southwest School of Art in San Antonio, the only independent art college in the state of Texas, is currently accepting applications for the fall 2015 class of its new…

The Nasher Sculpture Center has announced its Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Microgrants program, which will distribute small-sum grants to North Texas artists. Twice a year a jury chosen by the Nasher…

Dallas’ RE Gallery is looking for some outside help with a couple of upcoming projects: it launched its first open call for proposals for a “temporary intervention in the everyday…

Guerrilla Girls‘ member “Käthe Kollwitz” (a nom de guerre, n’est pas) will be at Texas Women’s University (Denton) to give a talk in the Margo Jones Performance Hall on Feb. 26.…

by Cait Munro, Wednesday, February 11, 2015 United Talent Agency, the Beverly Hills-based talent agency known for representing actors like Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, and Gwyneth Paltrow announced the launch…

The Dallas Art Fair, entering its seventh year, has released a list of 2015 exhibitors due at its usual Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.) venue starting April 9th. You can read the entire…

However one celebrates Valentine’s Day may or may not be a private affair (and may consist of grumpily ignoring the entire day). Whatever you do on February 14th is fine,…

Today the Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs released a statement that the anticipated engineering study is complete on Tom Orr and Frances Bagley’s public sculpture White Rock Water Theater (2001).…

San Antonio’s Witte Museum held a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday for the second phase ($60 million) of its ongoing expansion (total $100 million), reports the San Antonio Express-News and KSAT.com. The…

Later this month, the Chicago-based video blogging/comedy group Everything is Terrible! will come to Houston and (and two other Texas venues) for the first time to present an omnibus of…

In the past few days, there have been a couple of announcements from museums that are snatching up some Texas art folks. First, the Tampa Museum of Art announced that…