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Self Actualization, a Houston gallery that opened only a few months ago, has some big plans for the new year. Founded by Houston-based artist Monte Large and writer Jon Lindsey,…

No one can resist putting out the obligatory year-end listicle, so yesterday Artnet News published “The 50 Most Exciting Artists of 2014.” Art critic/curator Christian Viveros-Fauné states that his selection…

The holidays aren’t over yet! Let’s keep it going because now we’re in the midst of Kwanzaa (December 26 to January 1), an African American and Pan-African holiday that celebrates…

When Henri Matisse began his famous cut-paper works in the 1930s, he noted that “It is no longer the brush that slips and slides over the canvas, it is the…

Edgar Peters Bowron, Curator of European Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston will retire at the end of the year. During 18 years at the Museum, Dr. Bowron…

Sure, some people actually wanted to see the generally-panned, raucous comedy with Seth Rogen and James Franco, but when Sony decided to cancel the release of “The Interview” last week,…

Whether you want to bond with your loving family at your local museum during the holiday season, or want to escape the crazy and re-center yourself with some art, keep…

The in-district migration of Dallas galleries continues. Holly Johnson Gallery is leaving its Dragon Street space of nearly ten years to take up a new space a few blocks away,…

Although it hasn’t been officially announced, several sources confirm that David Breslin will be the new director of the Menil’s upcoming Drawing Institute. Breslin will be joining Houston’s ongoing art…

Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas is relocating in 2015, leaving its space on Slocum St.for a new, bigger 3800 s.f.!) place at 1845 Levee Street @ Turtle Creek Blvd.…

California artist Robert Irwin’s permanent piece for the old hospital building at Fort D.A. Russell in Marfa has been in the works for years, but as it nears actual construction,…

Houston Center for Photography‘s board announced today that Sarah Sudhoff, former Time Magazine and Texas Monthly photo editor and founder of Photohive, has been hired as its newest Executive Director. Via…

The Idea Fund has announced 12 grantees for its seventh round of funding the unfundable in Houston. Jurors for this round of grants were Ben Davis, writer, critic, and Executive…

The San Antonio Museum of Art has announced the appointment of Anna Stothart as The Brown Foundation Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. She’s currently Assistant Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art…

Now that Sony has cancelled the release of The Interview with “no further release plans” for the $44 million comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, there are a lot…

It’s official—Merriam-Webster has declared the 2014 Word of the Year to be “culture.” People in the arts, of course, already knows what it means: a: enlightenment and excellence of taste…

Rice University is set to open up its new multi-use art space, the Moody Center for the Arts, in early 2016 and has put out a call for applications for its…

In conjunction with Science: Photography’s Influence on Science and Medicine, the Houston Center for Photography (HCP) is hosting a lecture by Dr. Eric R. Fossum tomorrow evening, December 17, at…

It’s become common practice for Texas cities to designate artists as pre-qualified for upcoming public art initiatives based on a biannual Call for Submissions. The City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs…

Among the many listings in the recent post “The Almost-Complete List of Texas Holiday Arts and Crafts Fairs,” is the upcoming Holiday Mini Mart & Party at the Art League…