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Since the Art League Houston (ALH) announced an open call for exhibition proposals for two shows per year, artists will want to make sure that the ALH folks receive a…

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! In honor of Dr. King’s birthday, there are a number of parades and celebrations throughout the state this morning and afternoon. This evening, the…

Houston art lovers who don’t hang out at hip nightclubs have probably still experienced the sounds of Andre Sam-Sin, known as DJ Sun of Soular Grooves. DJ Sun has been…

The University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts is organizing a brand new festival of experimental performances called CounterCurrent 14, which will debut on April 9-13. Karen…

Houston Mayor Annise Parker and her long-time partner, First Lady Kathy Hubbard, were joined in marriage today in a sunset ceremony held at a private home in Palm Springs, California. “This…

Three years ago, Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) was in big financial trouble and, after an attempted merger from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, it launched…

Only a couple of weeks after the iconic Daniel Johnston mural was defaced and only a couple of blocks away, vandals defaced the historic mural at Austin’s Renaissance Market, located…

February 1st will mark the first anniversary of the death of Houston artist Bert L. Long, Jr. and a bunch of artists and Long fans will be celebrating his life…

Submissions are due at the end of next week for the 16th annual Stars of Texas juried art exhibition. Started in 1999, the exhibition has grown from a one-week local…

Like many cities, San Antonio receives most of its public funding for arts and cultural events through tourism and hotel taxes. The basic thinking behind this structure is that exciting…

In the early 1970s, two University of Houston (UH) student artists came up with a plan to celebrate Mexican-American culture as a project of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO).…

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) today announced the appointment of Gavin Delahunty as the new Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art. Currently the head of exhibitions and displays…

The Contemporary Austin is wasting no time in getting its 12-acre lakeside estate ready for the future Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, for which it was…

The term “social practice” has been getting more and more popular among artists in the past few years, although it still seems only slightly more defined (but definitely more user-friendly)…

The Houston Center for Photography (HCP) has announced the recipients of its 2014 fellowships. Winners will receive a $3,000 cash grant, a feature in Spot Magazine, a write-up in Fraction…

Poet, playwright and activist Amiri Baraka died on Thursday at the age of 79. There are a number of in-depth obituaries chronicling Baraka’s long career, but the Gallerist’s Andrew Russeth…

For the most part, good artists and good galleries have good relationships, but it is no surprise to most gallerists that there are a few disparaging rumors floating around about…

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) announced yesterday that its board has approved the initial details of its major building expansion project. In April, the MoMA made a similar announcement…

Ten days ago, 17-year-old high school senior Zak Ziebell posted an old art project on Reddit and now it’s gone viral—not just passed-around-Facebook-a-bunch-of-times viral, but picked up by newspapers and…

After much anticipation, the Menil Collection announced the results of its café naming contest this morning. In October, the Menil threw down a challenge to name its future bungalow café…