This story was too good to pass up: recently, a resin statue of a gnome was stolen from Florida’s Cornell Art Museum. “Please bring the Gnome home. He is missed dearly by…

via The Browser:

People who advocate for “reconceptualizing personhood” by eliminating property and ownership are dangerous.

Oh, I love him so. Here’s the Guardian link. Enjoy! https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/video/2016/may/23/martin-creed-new-single-understanding-video-premiere

We're interested in, and dismayed by, this notion that elitism is a bad thing—that wanting to be elite and to associate with the elite is negative.

Founded in 1966, the University of Houston’s public art program is comprised of about 520 works of art by many national and internationally known artists, including Frank Stella, Carlos Cruz-Diez, and Luis Jiménez,…

The shows: Paradise Elsewhere & Laura Latimer: Dispersal The venue: BOX 13 ArtSpace The city: Houston The date: May 28 Photographs by Lizette Belen Soto              

The Old Jail Art Center in Albany, TX has recently announced the appointment of Patrick Kelly as the organization’s new Executive Director. Kelly has a long history at the OJAC—he first began working for…

Ronald L. Jones screened various films at Box 13 Art Space. This snippet is taken from “Ten:”, a film documenting Houston artists and their creative process. “I’m careful to choose…

The HCCC residency is the only one of its kind in Texas.

Storms and floods have left some soggy messes and tragedies throughout Texas; yesterday, the governor declared a state of disaster across 31 counties. Meanwhile, in Paris (France, that is), the…

As reported in The Atlantic, a new Russian app called FindFace makes it possible to identify total strangers on the street using your cameraphone and its facial recognition software. The article…

Matty Mo, also known as “The Most Famous Artist“, is selling cash as art for his most recent project titled “One Hundred Thousand Dollars”. Each piece looks to be a…

Witch hunt or public service? Via the Art Newspaper: Last November, the US Senate Finance Committee chaired by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) sent letters to 11 private-collector museums across the country…

Recently, researchers have concluded that the blade of a dagger found buried with King Tut was made using iron from a meteorite: Using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Italian and Egyptian experts found that…

Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on toxic-meets-charming paintings, finally answering the question: “What would you do for love?,” and a new approach to medical body-scanning imagery.

Jerry Ruiz, executive director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (GCAC), has announced his resignation, reports the San Antonio Express-News. Ruiz, who was hired in May of last year, will…

Louisiana Channel, a web platform for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark, is a wonderful resource. “The Louisiana team produces videos about art and culture on an ongoing basis, and new…

The voyeur inside any viewer can look as long as they wish without having to be hosed down by the authorities afterward.