The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston has announced that their 2017 Mitchell Artist Lecture will feature The Yes Men (Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno). Known for…

News via the Bowerbird: The Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene has put out a call for submissions for its first annual juried exhibition. This year’s juror is artist Randy Meador, and…

Horn’s translucent forms continue the artist’s long-held preoccupation with reflection, and culminate in a show that playfully fudges the line between objective and subjective art.

This week, the Galveston Artist Residency (GAR) announced the three artists participating in the organization’s 2017-2018 artist-in-residence cycle: Pamela Council, Kristina Estell, and Justin Raphael Roykovich. Pamela Council is a Bronx, NY-based artist who…

The artists in 'Daydreams and Other Monsters' turn their social critique back onto us to expose the demons lurking within our society.

An opera based on the dramatic lives of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. It seems so obvious. Why didn’t someone think of this before? The Fort Worth Opera has announced…

On Sunday, August 13 at 11 a.m., DFW artist/musicians Bruce Blay, Gregory Ruppe and Danny Skinner will perform a sound-based interpretation of Doug Aitken’s current retrospective at the Modern Art Museum…

According to Wikipedia, one of the earliest recorded uses of macramé-style knots as decoration appeared in the carvings of the Babylonians and Assyrians and macramé was most popular during the…

Brandon Zech and special guest Deborah Roberts are in Austin discussing a grand artistic rivalry, a political artist on the rise, and an artist with an unlikely background.

Cindy Sherman, the legendary photographer and filmmaker famous for taking staged portraits of herself in which she embodies archetypal female roles, recently made her Instagram account public. The account was…

The abstract truth of “driving through America” has fundamentally shifted in the 14 months since I was on the road gathering photographic material for the project.

Who knew that it’s National Coloring Book Day? In the seventies, it was all about Doodle Art, but suddenly coloring books are the new craze. According to the official National…

Earlier this summer, Houston’s Menil Collection announced that on Monday, February 26, 2018 the institution plans to close its main building for eight months for maintenance work that includes the sanding, staining and…

The effect of this show is like walking into a tight, hot political pressure cooker, but with a safety valve of humor.

Although best known for their work in film, many artists of all mediums have been highly influenced by Sam Shepard and Jeanne Moreau—a few millennials and tons of baby boomers.…

The Home Depot online gardening section has gotten a lot more tranquil. There are two spectacular GIFs on the main page for the “Outdoor Power Equipment” and “Lawn Care” sections that take on…

The new-media arts organization Rhizome has opened its annual call for applications for its microgrants, which range from $500-$1500 per project. It’s truly an open call, though of course Rhizome’s ideal…

San Antonio native and long-time folksinger Tish Hinojosa aims to convert her childhood house into a “Home For The Arts,” featuring intimate concerts, art exhibitions, songwriting and music workshops, kids…

No artist ever woke up one morning and spontaneously said, “I sure wish I could decorate an electrical box!”

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has announced that they have been gifted 31 portrait photographs created by American filmmaker and photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. The works, which are large-format prints from Greenfield-Sanders’ Latino List…