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The City of Dallas kicks off its second annual Arts Week next month, April 5-13, during the Dallas Art Fair (DAF). The week will highlight the various cultural activities of…

The personality behind the latest Prada Marfa vandalization is not pleased with the response his efforts of destruction on Elmgreen and Dragset’s 2005 faux storefront have received. “I wish that it was…

An artist known as 9271977 is likely behind the vandalism that befell Prada Marfa Sunday morning, the Big Bend Sentinel reports. Various clues left on the scene led reporters at…

The Art Barn, which was slated to be demolished yesterday, has been granted a brief “stay of execution” for one or two weeks as Rice University considers an option to…

Houston’s First Ward arts district welcomes the new space Chinelli La Fratta Gallery to the neighborhood. The gallery will primarily feature local artists, with a focus on works on paper and 3-D work. Owner Jeanette…

This Tuesday, March 11 at 7 pm, the editors of the innovative digital magazine Triple Canopy, Alexander Provan and Lucy Ives, will be at the Modern Art Museum of Fort…

Of the dozens of artists featured at this year’s Whitney Biennial, only one currently works in Texas, Andrew Bujalski, and he’s a filmmaker. He hails from Austin, a city which…

A joint study by the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) and SMU’s National Center for Arts Research (NCAR), released yesterday, finds that museum directors that are female make lower…

After Three Walls gallery was displaced from Blue Star Arts Complex in 2012, Founder/Director Michele Monseau announced last June that the gallery would not return to the complex but would…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has announced that Caroline Goeser has been hired to lead learning, outreach and visitor-engagement efforts at the MFAH. Goeser comes to the Museum from…

A couple of days ago, the Obama Administration released its FY 2015 budget request to Congress, which includes funding for the nation’s cultural agencies and programs, such as the National…

Hunting PLC has announced that its jurors have whittled down the 2014 Hunting Art Prize entrants to 115 artists to move on to the final round of judging. The panel…

The Herb Block Foundation, which awards the annual Herblock Prize for excellence in editorial cartooning, announced today that Jen Sorenson has become the first woman to win the award. “Winning…

Those who survived the recent Lone Star Explosion, Houston’s International Performance Art Biennale, may have been left feeling creatively inspired or, at least, challenged. Artists don’t have to wait until…

Now that the Olympics and the Oscars are over, it seems a shock to realize that politics as (un)usual have been steadily marching forward in the international community. Politically minded…

In celebration of Hermann Parkʼs centennial year, the Hermann Park Conservancy has started a public art campaign to bring contemporary art installations to the park in 2014. “Art in the…

Saint Cloud, the new ultra-hip boutique in Houston’s Rice Village, is maintaining its art smart cred by launching a guest-curated reading series called “Read This Now.” Its inaugural edition will…

The big Oscars party in Fort Worth takes place at The Modern tomorrow night, complete with red carpet. It’s not quite the same as Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, but that takes…

Mike Russell Parker, legendary typographer, type designer and type historian, has died at the age of 85. Credited with the development of over 1,100 typefaces, Parker is perhaps best known…

Rick Lowe’s “social sculpture” Trans.lation, initiated as part of the Nasher Sculpture Center’s 10th anniversary exhibition Nasher XChange, has been a success so far. There have been workshops, three free-standing…