Colette Copeland visits the Durga Puja festival in India, which is known as the world's largest global public art festival.

A video tour of an exhibition by artist Ansen Seale, on view at the Rockport Center for the Arts.

Public Art of the University of Houston System and Madison Square Park Conservancy have commissioned a public art work by 2006 MacArthur Fellow Shahzia Sikander.

Michelle Kraft reviews an exhibition featuring landscape paintings of the West by artists Christopher W. Benson and Russell Horton.

Big Medium, an Austin-based arts organization, named Suzanne Wyss as the first resident of the 2024 LINE Residency season and launched an open call for additional residents for the program.

Seyde Garcia reviews the exhibition "Chai’n Brai Laika Daimon," organized by Los Outsiders, on view at the Laredo Center for the Arts.

Jessica Fuentes reviews “Afro-Atlantic Histories,” a large-scale traveling exhibition currently on view at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Brandon Zech talks with the Blaffer Art Museum's outgoing director, Steven Matijcio, about his approach to curating in peripheral art cities, engaging with local communities, and what he'll miss about Houston.

The El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, in partnership with the Paso del Norte Community Foundation, has broken ground on “Star Ceiling,” a $5.5 million art installation by El Paso-raised artist Leo Villareal.

Artpace San Antonio, a nonprofit residency program, has announced Melissa Joseph, Patrick Quarm, and José Villalobos as its Spring 2024 International Artists-in-Residence.

Valentin Diaconov reviews two exhibitions by artist Carris Adams, which are on view at Basket Books & Art and Art League Houston.

The North Texas Community Foundation, a nonprofit organization that serves 11 counties through charitable investments, has awarded $73,000 in grants to Arts Fort Worth, Gallery of Dreams, and Kinfolk House.

On the occasion of an upcoming film screening and night of performances, Peter Lucas writes about the life and work of the musician Pauline Oliveros.

This week: a series of conversations featuring local artists, architects, art historians, and critics in Houston; an artist's first solo museum exhibition in Dallas; a group exhibition exploring the symbology of femmeness in Austin; and more.

The Transart Foundation for Art and Anthropology is hosting "Houston Hauntology," a three-day symposium organized by Valentin Diaconov addressing the city's ever-changing cultural landscape.

Art Center Waco, Dallas Contemporary, Fusebox, and The Long Center have announced eclipse-themed events and commissions in celebration of the solar eclipse taking place this April.

Houston-based Aurora Picture Show and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston are among the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ fall 2023 awardees.

A video exhibition tour of a show of works by Yuni Lee, on view at Women & Their Work in Austin, Texas.

Joseph R. Wolin reviews an exhibition in Dallas featuring work by the influential Mexican artist Abraham Ángel.

Fire destroyed part of Big Medium's gallery last Monday, damaging artwork by Robert Hodge and Tim Kerr.