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Art.Science.Gallery, one of the nation’s first art galleries to feature exclusively science-related artworks, will open in Austin on April 12 with its first exhibition. Called Geo_____ , the show will…

Joseph Magnano, the Waco artist behind the recent Prada Marfa vandalism, a project he calls TOMS Marfa, has released an open letter to the art world. In it, Magnano speaks about…

You know that thing where you stay up late drinking with friends and you find yourselves getting funnier and funnier as the night wears on? And you know how sometimes…

The New York Times recently highlighted the finesse and acumen of the Dallas Museum of Art’s Islamic Art advisor, Sabiha Al Khemir, on the cusp of the upcoming exhibition she has…

There has been a good deal of conversation lately on the role of public art in cities and the ways and means that city governments commission works and then maintain…

After five years in business, the Austin Center for Photography has decided to close, citing insufficient funding as the main reason for the shuttering. “Over the past year we attempted…

A 45-year-old Alvin High School art teacher, Houston artist Scott Burns, was arrested yesterday on charges of possession of child pornography, KTRK-TV reports. His arrest followed his removal from the…

Waco artist Joe Magnano was arrested by the Texas Department of Public Safety yesterday on charges of criminal mischief in connection with the recent Tom’s Marfa/Prada Marfa vandalism incident near…

Some of the artists who work in the small historic arts village of La Villita, which is located in downtown San Antonio, have been there for decades. A new city initiative…

After last week’s media blitz about the most recent defacing/art-application (up to you!) to Prada Marfa by an artist/vandal (also, up to you!) called 9271977, Ballroom Marfa, the art organization tasked…

Dallas’ Office of Cultural Affairs has announced that it will hold two public meetings in order to discuss the proposed removal of the White Rock Lake Wildlife Water Theater, a…

Last year, artist Alison Jardine founded The Dallas Arboretum’s Artists’ Garden Artist-in-Residency program and served as the program’s first candidate. The aim of the residency is to help strengthen the…

The University of Houston’s Center for Arts Leadership will host a arts summit designed to grow and sustain the energy of Houston’s arts scene, helping ensure that it have a robust future.…

Last August, Glasstire writer Darryl Ratcliff penned a piece about the mysterious letter, dubbed “The Black Letter,” that showed up at various Dallas galleries and private addresses last summer. The letter…

Today marks the one month countdown to Tax Day, so it’s time for all the tricky strangeness that defines the income of artists and writers–grants, honorariums, scholarships, and untaxed payments for…

A new art space called Zhulong Gallery is slated to open in Dallas’ Design District next month. The gallery, founded by artist Chris Lattanzio and directed by Aja Martin, will…

When a mysterious website called SellYouLater, which quickly changed to the less gauche ArtRank, hit the interwebs last month, it caused a flurry of anxiety in the art world, rendering people…

In Dallas, using art to activate empty storefronts is something that has managed to get developers, artists, museums, and city boosters all excited about art. There was the Dallas Contemporary’s…

Due to the Prada Marfa vandalism that occurred earlier this week, there has been a lot of talk lately about art’s role in bettering society, what with the vandal’s mission to…

SMU announced today that José Bowen, dean of the Meadows School of the Arts since 2006, will begin a new appointment in July as president of Goucher College, a small liberal…