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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…

San Antonio’s Artpace announced that Francesca Rattray is joining its staff as the director of development and communications. The position will provide leadership, strategic direction, and management for all of…

Artist Don Snell died peacefully at his Georgetown home on Monday morning at the age of 91, reports his partner Ruth Roberts. “Don lived a rich life, full of fun and…

Artist and Port Arthur native Robert Rauschenberg formed the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in 1990 to promote awareness of the causes and groups close to his heart and, before he died…

It’s not as crazy cold as it is up north, but most Texas cities will not get too far above freezing today. In the northeast China province of Harbin, though,…

pant·i·soc·ra·cy (noun):  a utopian community in which all rule equally On Saturday night, the Amarillo Museum of Art (AMoA) opened Open, an exhibition of absolutely every artist who wanted to…

Good chefs will agree that most dishes require the perfect combination of a few select ingredients—whether traditional or experimental, and enthusiastically throwing in too many ingredients can often dilute the…

The French & Michigan Gallery in San Antonio’s Beacon Hill neighborhood has been shut down and sitting in limbo for several weeks now. Although not zoned for commercial use, the…

The 27th Annual Houston Art Car Parade is holding an open call for artwork submissions to be the official emblem of the 2014 parade, represented on all its merchandise, advertisements,…

Even most people who attended November’s Houston Cinema Arts Festival missed the screening of Cutie and the Boxer because there are simply too many films in too short of a…

For those who didn’t quite jump out of bed on New Year’s Day morning to join their fellow citizens for Commitment Day (5K runs held in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio,…

Unit B, which opened its San Antonio location in 2006, has announced that it will close its doors indefinitely “to ponder the future of the gallery and life in general.”…

The Museum of Cultural Arts Houston (MOCAH) has announced that it will be closing, effective December 31. The Houston-based organization, founded by Reginald Adams and Rhonda Radford-Adams, has been dedicated…

Houston philanthropist and oil executive Jack Sawtelle Blanton died on Saturday at the age of 86. Blanton’s son-in-law told ABC13 that he passed away peacefully at his vacation home in…

The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) was formed a few years ago to archive 35mm film prints, focusing on the exploitation era of independent cinema—the 1960s through the 1980s (think…

It’s been months now since Detroit filed for bankruptcy, provoking art world nervousness as many eyed the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), the second largest municipally-owned museum in the United…

Since 2009, Houston artist Carrie Schneider has been working as an arts facilitator for refugee youth from Burma and, for the first time, is receiving funding from the City of…