Check out ex-Blaffer director Terrie Sultan in today’s New York Times: after leaving the Blaffer 3 years ago, she became the director at the Parrish Art Museum on the East…

“Internationally unknown” Houston performance/event artist Emily Sloan is re-incarnating her piece “Wash” as a “Hair Washing Benefit for Japan” on Saturday, March 20, from 10am-6pm at Gallery 1724, 1724 Bissonnet…

Art critic and historian Leo Steinberg died Sunday, March 13 in New York at age 90. Best known in academic circles for provocative analysis of the sexuality of Christ images…

Arnold Leon Schroeder Jr., sole heir of art collector and socialite Wendy Reves, is suing the Dallas Museum of Art and co-defendants Kern Wildenthal, Edward A. Copley, Harry S. Parker…

Last friday, a panel discussion in Denton re-hashed the potential of the North Texas metroplex as a major player in the international art scene. The talk, titled “DFW is the…

Longtime UT art professor Kelly Fearing died Sunday of heart failure. Fearing was part of the Ft. Worth circle in the early 40’s, but abandoned social realism for the abstracted…

Jessica May has been  promoted from Assistant to Associate Curator of Photography at the Amon Carter museum in Ft. Worth, which has a surprisingly extensive collection. The high-powered May joined…

The Dallas Museum of Art is looking for worthy Texas artists of varying ages to grant with funds from several annual awards: ages 15-25 can apply for the Clare Hart…

On March 3-4, 2011, I attended the “Art as a Way of Knowing” conference at Exploratorium, San Francisco, the legendarily creative, hands-on science museum founded by Dr. Frank Oppenheimer in…

Artpace has just released a self-produced documentary on Vimeo and YouTube. The smooth, eight-minute mini-doc by Mark and Angela Walley tells the Artpace story in the words of famous artists…

Meditate in the art of Mary Temple at a 30-minute session of guided meditation with Micki Fine at the Rice University Art Gallery in Houston. Noon today, March 14. No…

Beginning Wednesday, March 9 the The 7th Annual Houston Jewish Film Festival takes place March 9-20. The Festival, a collaborative venture with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and…

This weekend, for the second time, Galveston’s most prominent artists are opening their studios for public tours. The first tour was organized by Artist Homestead Galveston Island, and was aimed…

Houston gallerists Devin Borden and Hiram Butler are parting ways, after a 20 year partnership. A brief statement about the split accomanied their announcement of the last joint opening, Shane…

Sala Diaz has initiated Casa Chuck, a residency program for artists, arts writers and curators at Chuck Ramirez’s former residence and studio in San Antonio. Casa Chuck aims to support…

A couple weeks ago, Austin’s Arthouse presented its second round of exhibitions in its newly renovated and expanded building. Opening night was packed with people moving back and forth through…

Austin’s KXAN news reports that “this week, fine arts students from across the state swarmed the Texas State Capitol to tell lawmakers their curriculum is not extracurricular.” The fear is…

There’s now scientific proof that even nonspecialists can distinguish serious abstract painting by humans from hackwork done for pay by monkeys, elephants or gorillas. Researchers at Boston College tested 40…

Ex-Texan curator and ex-longtime MFAH staffer Janet Landay abruptly left her new post as executive director of the American Association of Museum Directors. Her resignation was announced Monday in an…

Fort Worth Public Art is looking for quotes from qualified conservators or preservationists to provide condition assessments for six ceramic tile murals included in the City of Fort Worth’s Public…