News

Mark “Scrapdaddy” Bradford, a Houston-based artist, has opened a new nonprofit art space, called The Mark Bradford Project, in the Independence Heights neighborhood.

Lawndale, a Houston-based multidisciplinary contemporary art center, has announced the artists selected for “The Big Show” 2023.

The City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture will honor the legacy of artist Jesse Treviño, who died earlier this year.

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is one of 23 cultural institutions to receive an art conservation grant from Bank of America.

An obituary for Woodrow Marshall Blagg, Jr., a Pennsylvania-based artist with deep connections to Fort Worth, Texas.

The Mellon Foundation, in partnership with the Alice L. Walton Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and Pilot House Philanthropy have announced over $11 million in funding to museums to increase racial equity in leadership roles.

The Dallas Museum of Art has announced six architectural firms as finalists in its design competition launched to reimagine the museum’s building.

Earlier this week, Sightlines, an Austin-based arts and culture online magazine, announced that it has ceased publishing.

This month, the Kemp Center for the Arts in Wichita Falls is hosting its 19th Annual Sculpture Garden Party, during which the 2023-2024 Sculpture Garden exhibition will debut. 

The Houston Parks Board and the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art will host the city’s 2nd Annual Art Bike Festival on Saturday, May 13.

The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft has announced the appointment of Leila Cartier as its new executive director; she will begin her role this summer.

An obituary for Vernon Fisher, the Fort Worth-based artist and longtime educator.

The Contemporary Austin and DiverseWorks in Houston have each received $75,000 grants for curator-led projects from the Teiger Foundation.

The Houston Endowment, a place-based philanthropic organization, has announced the launch of its Jones Artist Award, a granting program to support local emerging artists.

Glasstire is pleased to announce its 2023 online auction of Texas artists, which will run from April 21-28, 2023.

Earlier this year, Justin Earl Grant and Alexander Squier debuted the East Corridor Gallery, a new public art space at Sawyer Yards’ Sabine Street Studios.

The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University in Dallas has named Vicki Meek as the recipient of the 2023 Moss/Chumley Artist Award.

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston has named Ryan N. Dennis as Senior Curator and Director of Public Initiatives, and promoted Rebecca Matalon and Patricia Restrepo.

The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, will host a book signing and launch party for William A. Camfield and his co-authors, celebrating the recently published volume of Francis Picabia’s catalogue raisonné.

Last week, Daisha Board Gallery opened a second location in downtown Dallas, and this weekend J. Peeler Howell Fine Art will debut a new gallery space in Fort Worth.