It’s nice to be drawn in to a work’s tactile visual appeal before you get knocked upside the head with conceptual weight.

Tonight, April 25, Lawndale Art Center will open the studio doors of its 2017/18 Artist Studio Program (ASP) participants, Regina Agu, Shannon Crider, and Bria Lauren and Morganne Nikole of…

The arts non-profit Big Medium in Austin announced today that applications for the annual Tito’s Prize are now open. The Prize awards one Austin-based artist $15,000 and a solo show…

The prestigious MacDowell Colony has released its list of 84 artists who will receive summer fellowships at its estate in Peterborough, New Hampshire, reports ARTnews. Its mission is “to nurture…

Southern Graphics Council (SGC) International, an organization dedicated to the art of printmaking, has announced that its 2019 conference will be held in North Texas. Headquartered at the Fairmont hotel in…

The 'intuitive mark' is something that Aram observes between the functionally decorative and the conceptually active spaces between Modernism and the legacy of abstract painting.

"I believe artists need stop falling victim to 'progress' and make investments in ourselves, which means purchasing property and educating ourselves in civics."

Tomorrow, April 24, the National Geographic Channel will debut its second season of “Genius,” focusing on Pablo Picasso and starring Antonio Banderas. The “Genius” series began with portraying the life…

Web-based projects and residencies might not be the newest thing happening in the art world, but they’re still pretty cool. Lots of Texas organizations — Big Medium, Co-Lab Projects, and even…

This weekend, San Antonio artist Christie Blizard performed improvisational, synth-driven music at Dirty Dark Place (DDP) in Kyle, Texas as part of her exhibition TRUE SPERM. Her Brave Human World Tour will…

  Today Artpace, the venerable artist residency program in San Antonio established by Linda Pace in 1995, announced the appointment of Riley Robinson to the position of Interim Executive Director,…

“Eat, sleep, dub, repeat,” Marie sang, and the crowd sang back. This is Part Two of a two-part dispatch on this year's Marfa Myths.

This weekend, April 21st and 22nd, printmakers will take over Houston for the annual It Came from the Bayou gathering, show, and sale. Kicking off the festivities today, the 21st,…

Invoking the sentiment that Capitalism = Bad is not doing full justice to what Valenzuela's videos are doing here, which is to allow room for an individual’s resiliency or the power of community within the constraints that a capitalistic system presents. 

Eva Tiamat Medusa, born Richard Hernandez, knew he wasn’t really a boy at an early age. After changing from a “he” to a “she,” she now prefers to be called…

The Dallas Arboretum hosts its yearly Artscape, a fine art and craft fair held at the Arboretum featuring professional and student artists showing and selling their work, art demonstrations by…

Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on the Texas Kitsch Master, a rethink of the NSA, and the ascendence of Fusebox Festival in Austin.

Artists think of the word “art” as their own, but the word is used in many ways (although not as amusingly as the recent and rampant use of “curator” of…

Victoria, Texas’ Art Car Parade (and surrounding events) takes place this Saturday, April 21, and this year there’s a free shuttle bus available to take people from Houston to Victoria…

One of the best things about any music festival is seeing a show by someone you know nothing about who blows you away. This is Myths' strength.