Sometimes we encounter things in the world that look like they should be (and could be) art. And sometimes, even, they are better than art. Cue the #betterthansculpture hashtag on Instagram. While…

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on some choice documentaries, an art star’s homecoming, and the pleasure of drawing shows.

Houston Arts Alliance (HAA), in collaboration with the Houston Mayor’s Office, has been hammering out a new Arts + Cultural Plan. The thrust of this is “to create grants services that are…

As the show’s title suggests, the curatorial impetus of the show is a renewed and revised consideration of the landscape, and an assertion of a female presence in that landscape.

This Friday, March 31 at 10am, Houston’s Fresh Arts (in partnership with the Center for Art and Social Engagement at University of Houston) will present a workshop called “Funding Strategies…

A three-year residence at the Dallas Contemporary of Richard Phillips’ Playboy Marfa is coming to a close. The Dallas Contemporary has announced that the piece, which was installed for Phillips’…

Charles Bukowski was a great writer, great lover, and a great drunk. The following passages are from the 2015 collection of his letters titled “On Writing,” edited by Abel Debritto. Bukowski…

Fort Worth-based artist Christopher Blay, who may be better known as his alter ego Frank Artsmarter, will soon be artist-in -residence at the Dallas Museum of Art’s Center for Creative…

People who don’t know anything about painting should sit down, shut up, and listen to the the artists and critics who have given their lives to understanding painting.

The compelling Nancy Grossman (b. 1940) is perhaps best known for her meticulously hand-made leather masks and torsos. She made these two in the late 1960s, well before Pulp Fiction,…

New York City’s Department of Transportation announced recently that The Fearless Girl, a bronze statue by Kristen Visbal that was installed facing Arturo Di Modica’s iconic Charging Bull sculpture on Wall Street, will…

Despite the visual consistency of this show and production, the ideas and tone are wildly inconsistent.

The San Antonio Express-News reports that it will run “Breaking Cat News” seven days a week, beginning today, March 27. About 100 other newspapers will also start carrying the comic…

The small coastal town of Rockport, Texas has a population of roughly 10,000 (although it increases when the northern “snowbirds” arrive), so it is quite remarkable that the city is…

The Houston Rodeo is wrapping up this weekend and auction results are out for this year’s Rodeo School Art Program auction. Last year, we reported that the grand champion artwork sold for $185,000,…

"People of color don't really need white people to speak for them in the art world right now."

This weekend, the Bayou City Art Festival returns to Houston’s Memorial Park. Featuring nearly 300 artists from across America hocking their wares, the festival is an event where you can go…

Since 1985, the City of Houston has awarded more than 780 Houston artists more than $4.5 million through individual artist grants. Yesterday the Office of the Mayor announced the list…

Artist Corrina Mehiel, age 34, was found murdered in Washington, D.C. Her body was found in a basement apartment the afternoon of March 21, reports artnet News. She had been…

Being the exclusive US partner to Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio sends every year four lucky artists from Bexar county to Berlin. The artists are staggered and follow each…