The evening was a master class of egomaniacal, whirling selfishness, and appalling disregard for the audience’s time and patience.

This weekend, the Bayou City Art Festival is back at Houston’s Memorial Park with over 300 artists selling their art and crafts. Sometimes it’s a lot of fun to look…

Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on Houston's favorite son, the absurdist power of Wegman, and where all the cool people will be this Saturday.

For quite some time now, pet portraits have been edging their way out of their status as 100% embarrassing kitsch and into the world of quaint, hipster art. It probably…

    We’ve already reported that the long-running Art City Austin arts festival, which opens today and runs through Sunday, has added an art fair to its lineup of attractions.…

Longtime Houstonians were devastated to learn that the beloved Cleburne Cafeteria burned down early Tuesday morning. Owner George Mickelis vows to rebuild and reopen, but says that the most devastating…

Pierre Krause can work the veneer of humor like a pro, but it’s in service to the fact of how terrifying one person’s longing, hope, and disappointment can be.

Performance art is definitely in in Houston this week. First of all, performance art night returns to notsuoH tonight, April 26, from 9pm-12am. It will feature performances by Jennifer Free,…

It’s that time of year again: Dallas’ 500X Gallery has an open call for their Hot & Sweaty Open Show that will happen this summer, from June 11th through June 26th.…

The court painter might be the least naïve kind of artist. Franz X. Winterhalter presents a relevant prism through which to examine our contemporary social moment.

Right around Valentine’s Day this year, Lubbock made national headlines when a banner with Arabic writing was hung from a city building. Lubbock Mayor Glen Robertson was so alarmed at…

It seems that Texas is back on a James Surls kick, or maybe it’s that Surls is back kicking around Texas. The artist has been popping up a lot recently—a month…

Two shows in Austin make an unlikely pair. Jean-Pierre Verdijo and Joyce Howell can’t get past the surface of their artwork, and this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Today, from sunrise (6:46 AM) to sunset (7:53 PM), Houston-based artists Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin will be performing in conjunction with their current exhibition at Devin Borden Gallery. The duo, who…

Lawndale Art Center in Houston has opened its call for entries for this year’s juried Big Show, which is an annual tradition and truly a big, big friggin’ show. (Pretty…

I recently attended Fusebox Festival in Austin and CounterCurrent in Houston. Here are five ways for festival organizers to make their festivals even better for performers and audiences.

Prince was not a visual artist, but he was certainly visual. And pure artist. Prince Rogers Nelson, 57, died yesterday, April 21, after he was found unresponsive in an elevator…

Damien Hirst uses real formaldehyde as the preservative in all his be-tanked dead-animal art. (He could use something less toxic but seems to prefer old-fashioned, real-deal formaldehyde.) Museums and large private…

If the art world needed to be reminded that it’s filled with tons of ill-distributed money, Italian artist Marizio Cattelan has come to the rescue.The artist has created an 18-karat…

Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on a real-life Rainman at the mall, prints made by steamroller, and a show that will evolve during its run.