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In an attempt to figure out what the hell has been going on at Texas institutions lately, I’ve been playing around with some numbers. Since the contemporary arts organizations I…

The Chinati Foundation in Marfa is inviting all and sundry to an early morning viewing of Donald Judd’s 100 works in mill aluminum on Sunday, September 5 from 7 –…

2008 Houston FotoFest exhibitor Wu Jialin is back with his first solo U.S. gallery show. "Since 1968 Mr. Wu, with his Chinese government issued cameras, has been documenting the people…

"Feast your eyes upon Marks‘ large-scale ‘sewn drawings’, created intuitively as she fuses patterned scraps of fabric to large cloth backgrounds and then uses an industrial sewing machine to ‘draw’…

Well, it seems like WD-400 is gonna let the art "scandal" go for the holidays, and dammit if he didn’t tie up his reporting with a bow. It looks like…

For It’s Like a Machine, and It’s Meant To Be Repeated, furniture designer/sculptor Michael Mellon and performance artist Jacques Louis Vidal each created a list of artworks (visual, performance, and…

Given the art world’s general indifference to documentary photography, FotoFest‘s devotion of the gigantic exhibition space at Winter Street Studios to just three Chinese documentary photographers seemed like a dubious…

Ethnography, Photojournalism and Propaganda, 1934-1975 This is the first of three essays devoted to FotoFest’s current biennial program, Photography from China, 1934-2008. Next week’s article will examine the Independent Documentary…

On January 19, the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (across the street from the Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center) presents Texas Collects Asia:…

I finally made it out a couple of weeks ago to see Gunther von Hagens’ Body Worlds: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies at Science Place in Fair Park.…

In her current video installation at Sala Diaz in San Antonio, Melissa Longenecker’s consumerist performance is both jarring and cathartic. The Great Wide Flourescence takes its title from the expanse…

This week: a group show addressing the climate crisis and its intersection with equity and social justice issues in Houston, a solo exhibition reflecting on a continuous journey of self-discovery and connection in Georgetown, a solo show of paintings considering a family tradition in Fort Worth, and more.

Gene Fowler reviews an exhibition that gathers work by a wide range of artists that have been influenced by cowboy imagery.

Brandon Zech breaks down the problems that have been plaguing the Texas Biennial throughout its 20-year history, and proposes how to move forward.

From Moody Center for the Arts: “The Moody Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the groundbreaking exhibition Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice, currently on view at the…

Gabriel Martinez talks with Benito Huerta about the evolution of his artwork and his decades-long commitment to culture in the state of Texas.

From the Vignette Art Fair: “After receiving more than 200 entries, Vignette Art Fair 2024 curator Dr. Vivian Li has selected 37 women artists from cities across the state to…

From Amon Carter Museum of American Art: “Cowboy reexamines the popular mythologies surrounding the image and concept of the cowboy. Through the work of 28 artists, which includes Asian American,…

Glasstire talks with Prospect New Orleans's director and curators about the exhibition's history, what to expect from the forthcoming triennial, and how the event incorporates local communities. 

Texas Vignette, a nonprofit organization supporting and promoting women artists in the state, has announced the open call for its annual art fair.