The Dallas Morning News recently ran an unprecedented, front-page dissection of the Dallas Museum of Art’s financial woes by Michael Granberry. The piece, printed on Aug 10, gives a detailed…

The famous Green Curtain Dress worn by Vivian Leigh in the movie Gone With the Wind, now residing at UT’s Harry Ransom Center in Austin, is undergoing conservation work, along…

Remember the IMAGINE PEACE Billboard along I-45 north just before I-10?  It was an artwork by peacenik Yoko Ono, brought to Houston by Deborah Colton gallery. Now, for the anniversary…

Daniel Burns is  a plein-air painter who lives in Austin.  He cranks out loose, colorful street scenes and landscapes in the traditional style; like many artists, he’s  built a studio…

Houston Arts Alliance is busy down on the Bayou these days; two projects focus on Houston’s waterway as economic engine and natural system: a new project, Working the Port, a…

Acro-Cats, a trained animal show featuring -you guessed it- cats (and a chicken), will be performing at the Josephine Theatre in San Antonio on Sept. 21-25. It’s return engagement, following…

The first phase of Texas sculptor Margarita Cabrera’s retrospective that opened at the El Paso Museum of art on Sunday has already garnered some press attention from an unlikely source-…

Doc, a 27-year old  orangutan artist, died Tuesday at the Houston zoo, euthanized after a battle with heart disease. Doc’s paintings were sold in several of the zoo’s Pongos helping…

Houston Microcinema Aurora Picture Show has named the pioneer video and performance artist Joan Jonas as its 2011 Aurora Award winner. The award will be presented at the $250 -a-plate…

    Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation recently awarded The University of North Texas Department of Art and Art History  a $40,000 grant to fund the “MFA Professional Practices: Staying in…

Sue Graze, director of Arthouse since 1999 has resigned as Executive Director to become Director Emeritus. Graze has  has shepherded the org through a name change,  an ostentatious makeover, a…

  The Art Guys, in association with Hear Our Houston, a project by artist Carrie Schneider that asks people to “Ttake a walk: record your thoughts, observations, stories, memories, and…

Flash art is polling its readers (and everyone else) to find out who to put on their annaul top 100 artists list. In the past they’ve asked curators and critics,…