Is it too soon for happy art?

Every now and then, we notice trends in job openings across Texas. About a year ago, multiple organizations in Houston were in need of an executive director, and just last…

The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) recently announced grants to support artists and organizations’ projects throughout 2017. A total of $309,500 has been distributed between three granting programs: the NALAC…

He represented a kind of painting-uncle figure to me in many respects because of what and how he painted. From early on, his paintings gave me permission.

In anticipation of its upcoming exhibition, From Selfie to Self-Expression (March 31-May 30), London’s Saatchi Gallery and Huawei launched the #SaatchiSelfie competition this past January and there are only two…

My feeling of dread has been validated in a series of grotesque tableaus that have been almost elegant in their cruelty and stupidity. I believe we are living in the universe of Greenaway’s masterpiece 'The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.'

  Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio has announced the four SA artists who are going to Berlin in 2017/18 for three months as part of its residency program partnership with Künstlerhaus…

Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on beautiful people in Marfa, hippies in Houston, and, after a major controversy, the return of Contemporary Art Month in San Antonio.

British abstract painter Howard Hodgkin died today at the age of 84, reports The Guardian. Well-known for his vivid colors and broad brushstrokes that often crept out onto the frame,…

Louise Hopkins Underwood, the namesake and co-founder of Lubbock’s Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA), passed away yesterday, March 7th, at the age of 97. In addition to being a…

While March 8th is celebrated annually as International Women’s Day, this year’s observance is markedly different. The organizers of January’s Women’s March have declared March 8th “A Day Without a Woman”…

Dallas’ Fair Park came to fruition in 1936 with the Texas Centennial Exposition, a big world’s fair held in the midst of the Great Depression. Most all of Fair Park’s famed Art…

Here’s what the Paris Review has to say about your new best friend: Fran Lebowitz’s trademark is the sneer; she disapproves of virtually everything except sleep, cigarette smoking, and good…

“Seen in a certain way, the history of art and literature is a history of all this love.”

The annual Marfa Myths festival kicks off this Thursday and runs through the weekend, and one point of programming we like is Dirty Gay Movie Night at the Crowley Theater on…

We enjoyed this piece in the New Yorker about all their covers that have poked fun over the years at the socializing and art-ignoring that goes on at gallery openings.…

Former CEO of the School of Rock Matt Ross is now diving into the art school business. This School of Rock began in 2002 and has expanded into 145 U.S.…

"One dealer said it was a cry for help that they were exhibiting at NADA."

The Orange Show recently announced that actor Cheech Marin will serve as Grand Marshal for the 30th annual Houston Art Car Parade. While he is most famous for the satirical comedy duo of Cheech and…

Dallas artist Thor Johnson shares a surprising tale about a brazen attempted art theft of the Ritchie collection, circa 1980s, involving Belgian criminals, a helicopter, Uzis, and (VERY) armed ranch hands.