Intrepid ARTnews correspondents in 22 countries interviewed  dealers, auctioneers, and other collectors to compile their 21st annual list of the most active art collectors, and a handful of Texans are…

Tomorrow, June 7, The International Museum of Art & Science, will hold a dedication ceremony for the giant wind turbine blade parked (next to the Olmec Head) on it’s lawn.…

R.I.P. Cy Twombly (1928-2011) Born in Lexington, Virginia in 1928, Twombly actively distanced himself from the major movements of 20th-century art, both stylistically and geographically. For decades, both critics and…

America’s first graffiti painter Cy Twombly died in Rome Tuesday at the age of 83. Known for his groundbreaking (or wall breaking) conflation of drawing, painting and writing, he is…

Emotions roil and crest like crashing waves in Australian-born artist Tracey Moffatt’s “Handmade,” seven cinematic mashups made from 1999 to 2010 on view through Sept. 11 at Artpace. Her movie…

Embattled antiquities director Hawass said in a statement Monday that images of hunting, fighting and celebrations along the banks of the Nile River drawn on a rock face in Aswan,…

The Ellen Nöel Art Museum in Odessa, made a Smithsonian affiliate last year, is receiving its first shipment of art from the Washington D.C.-based national museum: Upright Leaf Forms (1957)…

The Kimbell’s bust of Isabella D’Este by Romano was tagged in a photograph of the Alt Aussee Salt Mine in Austria, one of many repositories for artwork stolen by the…

Pastelegram, a new Austin-based magazine had its online launch Friday, July 1, with an interview with artist Travis Kent about his show at Domy Books, reviews of Silence and Time…

I’m sure you’re already heard, but  The Houston Fine Art Fair, inevitably to be known as “the first fair” arrives at the George R. Brown Convention Center from September 15-18.…

This summer, the Dallas Contemporary is offering a street art workshop, promising to train 20 young artists, age 13-16 in “all aspects of the artistic process” under the tutelage of…

More fun than a Mexican whorehouse, and probably just as awful. I mean that in a good way.

Paintings are to be enjoyed, but drawings are to be studied: NY’s Morgan Library & Museum is starting its own Drawing Institute, and will partner with the Menil Collection and…

Lawndale Art Center’s Big Show had its big opening on Friday; juror Larissa Harris bestowed three $1000 awards on Rodney Flores, Emily Grenader and Matt Messinger. This year’s big show…

Art and Activism: Projects of John and Dominique de Menil has been selected as 2010’s best book on an art collection by the International Art Book and Film Festival of…

The Independent Arts Collaborative (what an oxymoron!) has made a down payment on is the former City of Houston planning and permits building at 3400 Main St. in Houston as…