Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on an artist's troubled childhood, what makes a real painter, and opera's art invasion.

Nostalgia is the air this week at two different art spaces. Today, November 2, Wedge Space will present a “performance/talk” in conjunction with the current exhibition The Scene: (Houston 1969-1981)…

Today, Art League Houston (ALH) announced that its Executive Director, Dr. Kheli R. Willetts, has stepped down. Dr. Willetts was hired by the organization in May of this year following a five-month…

The sky grows so very suddenly dark. The air inside the truck seemed to be sucked out and replaced by a vacuum made of utter silence.

And we thought we were clever when we posted the two different stories of “head art,” as manifested by fans of the Houston Astros versus the L.A. Dodgers. It turns…

Art historian Linda Nochlin died at the age of 86, reports ARTnews. Perhaps best known for her essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” from 1970, Nochlin changed…

Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees discuss their experience and impressions walking through a big group show installed in repurposed rice silos.

This coming weekend, from November 2-5, the 2017 International Quilt Festival Houston is overtaking the George R. Brown Convention Center (GRB). Founded in 1974, the annual festival features hundreds of exhibitors, talks, special…

Early this morning, October 30, an open letter was posted on the website not-surprised.org, signed by almost 2,000 arts professionals. In response to the recent sexual misconduct scandal involving Artforum…

Plainview, Texas doesn’t seem a likely site for a new contemporary art museum, but on November 10 the town will inaugurate CAMP — the Contemporary Art Museum Plainview.

The Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) has announced that they are beginning to accept applications from organizations and artists who were affected by Hurricane Harvey. Of the grant money available…

"Listen, Donald Trump should be the president of Sharknado."

Jimmy James Canales’ playful and brilliant show cleverly finds the patterned bridge of the vanity of male fantasia.

Starting this weekend, multiple art spaces across Texas are hosting exhibitions and special events celebrating the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). While this year’s holiday officially…

Southern Methodist University today announced RESPOND: Puerto Rico, a local initiative by Dallas and Puerto Rico-based based arts groups and non-profits “to provide ecological, sustainable options to the Puerto Rican people that…

Fung's work is full of the contradictions of nature + technology.

Fort Works Art is going the extra mile to support and engage emerging and established artists in the region.

ARTillery Houston is presenting a three-day multi-location art festival called “Blast the Walls.” Around the Jenson Drive area, there will be “multiple walls, multiple artists, music and much much more.”…

In August the El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) and the Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez (MACJ) announced the fifth Transborder Biennial 2018, and now the institutions have opened the call…

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Misplacement Occasionally, objects are intentionally placed in a way that doesn’t make sense. Other times, however, the misplacement is…