Since the early 1980s, the San Antonio native has made highly eccentric painted reliefs, sculptures, and installations featuring loony, childlike imagery that’s often cleverly encoded with biting social commentary.

Private museums have certain advantages. Let’s face it—most museums can’t afford to unambiguously implicate big donors no matter how hard they try to adhere to the principles of freedom of…

Is there a pattern of city council members dissing public art? We recently reported on the Houston City Council’s problem with Ed Wilson’s $830,000 commission at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Some…

Like ancient art, Modern art depicts the power, glory and terror of being human in our time. It has painted the darkest, most seductive portrait of humanity in all recorded history.

We are all explorers in our own way. Whether it’s an expedition to a distant asteroid, meticulous research revealing the inner workings of a tiny cell, or the creation of…

The Houston Chronicle recently reported that a mural by legendary Houston artist John Biggers is in danger. The work, titled Contribution of Negro Women to American Life and Education, currently sits under water-stained…

If silence speaks volumes, this artist speaks libraries.

Yesterday Dallas’ Goss-Michael Foundation announced that it’s relocating in mid-March to a “newly renovated warehouse site at 1305 Wycliff Avenue at Monitor Street.” Through the move, the Foundation will join new neighbors Galleri Urbane,…

The decision by the GCAC to pull out as the venue for the CAM Perennial shows a lack of respect for a history of collaboration, and its irresponsibility will be felt citywide.

While it fights a lawsuit brought against it by its former director Jenni Rebecca Stephenson, Fresh Arts in Houston has today named its new executive director: Marci Dallas. Dallas “has previously held curatorial…

Given the drop in the price of oil, 2017 and 2018 may be key years for the survival of Houston’s art institutions.

Amazon Studios has given a pilot order to I Love Dick, a half-hour comedy pilot directed and executive produced by Transparent creator Jill Soloway, according to Deadline.com. Based on Kris…

“It’s all a little bit funny, and… " “Dark. It’s terribly violent and very, very bloody.”

Okay, it’s not Nina Simone’s birthday yet. The American musical genius, civil rights activist, and all-around bad-ass would have been 83 years old this Sunday, February 21, had she not…

The Galveston Artist Residency is in its fifth year and is currently accepting applications for the 2016-17 season. There are three artist slots. Residencies last 11 months and begin September 1…

Today the Houston organization Fresh Arts released a statement calling a lawsuit brought by former Executive Director Jenni Rebecca Stephenson “baseless” and vowing to “set the record straight.” The statement reads in part,…

"If I made this a musical composition no one would want to listen to it."

March is Contemporary Art Month (CAM) in San Antonio and everyone knows what that means—some lucky person will be crowned Miss CAM Antonio! The contest is open to anyone currently…

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has teamed up with Art in America to create a writing fellowship “to support arts and culture writing in regions of the country that are often underrepresented…

I’m not seeing a lot of new revolutionary art yet (yet!), but I’m not seeing too much pablum, either.