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Storytelling, news, and reviews about works of art and the artists behind them
Plus, a Houston rapper’s freestyle, a San Antonio native’s bittersweet debut album, and an Austin photographer’s colorful Instagram.
Art and activism intersected at the Rio Grande Valley’s first Encuentro en la Frontera.
A project by local activists has many drivers raising their heads.
The Dallas-based sculptor talks about what fuels her creativity, her favorite Texas hikes, and more.
Plus, a North Texas photographer’s Instagram and Brockhampton’s new music video.
The creative duo recently went viral for the pink seesaws they installed at the border wall near El Paso.
Austin rockers Montopolis will premiere The Living Coast—an audiovisual homage to the Texas Gulf Coast—on August 2 in Austin.
The couple’s Dripping Springs ranch is a country dream with antiques, art, and lots of animals.
MFAH curators added an emphasis on diversity and Lone Star celebrities to the special exhibit, ’Icons of Style,’ since its LA debut.
Plus, an immersive art experience, a song nostalgic for hometowns, and a Southern Gothic rom-com.
Plus, Brené Brown’s Netflix special and the Vincent van Gogh exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
A new exhibit at UT-El Paso displays works by young people held last year at the immigration detention center.
One of three Texans to earn a fellowship this year, Jennifer Garza-Cuen explores the interconnections of place and identity in her stunning images.
Artist Matt Tumlinson is putting Texas musical icons all over the walls of the state, including this one in San Antonio.
The most iconic facial hair in Texas sports has proven to be a creative muse for Filip Peraić.
Plus, a hip-hop powerhouse from Houston, an immersive history exhibit in Austin, and a fictional boy genius in East Texas.
The artist's collaborative creation, like her other work, is deeply rooted in the communities she works with.
The Lubbock native talks about his trippy, blood-flecked radio plays, the border wall, and working with Jo Harvey Allen.
Plus, Tom Morello’s SXSW magic, a cancer researcher celebrated, and hand-painted jean jackets.
RAICES brings a challenging immersive experience to an event overrun by corporate brand ”activations.”
On the latest National Podcast of Texas, the newly minted Texas Medal of Arts winner offers behind-the-scenes glimpses of classic sessions with Kurt Cobain, Willie Nelson, and Donald Trump.
Plus, explosive photography from Austin, instrumentals from Billy Preston, and a podcast investigation of Anna Nicole Smith.
As government land seizures roil the Valley, a German-born artist points to stark historical parallels.
Ruby City, Adjaye’s first building in Texas, is the vision of the late Linda Pace, and will house her personal collection.
‘The Upshaws of County Line,’ a new book and exhibit currently at the Museum of the Big Bend, chronicles a safe haven established by African American Texans.
In "Texas From Above," photographer Jay B. Sauceda captured the varied edges of Texas, from South Padre Island to the Panhandle.
It’s Whataburger as we always imagined it.
James Surls has a storied legacy as one of Texas’s greatest living sculptors. But at age 75, the eccentric artist is far from finished.
Georgia O'Keeffe's talented younger sister was forgotten by art historians. A new exhibit in Dallas aims to shed light on her work.
The San Antonio Twitter legend mobilizes a quarter-million followers to advocate for social justice (and sell a few books).
Troy Aikman can finally get the plate of his dreams.
The $40 million building is the most significant addition to the Menil campus in decades.
How a New York guerrilla artist has been stumping for Beto O'Rourke through mysterious coins.
An exhibition on police brutality prompts allegations, shutdown after curator is dismissed.
After six months of renovations, the Houston cultural institution is back.
For his latest book, photographer Randal Ford took a walk on the wild(life) side.
The first two installments of Vincent Valdez’s The Beginning Is Near trilogy—on view now in Austin and Houston, respectively—paint a picture of a fight for America’s soul.
The campus chapter of It’s On Us brought awareness to its community by displaying the clothing that survivors were wearing when assaulted.
The Nextdoor for Houston's Candlelight Oaks neighborhood isn't just for finding lost dogs anymore.
Texans are no strangers to long drives. Whether cruising from Mission to South Padre Island to spot great kiskadees, from Turkey to Lubbock while blasting Waylon Jennings, or catching the remote vistas from Marfa to Chinati Hot Springs, Texans often get to
The show, playing in Dallas May 24 through 26, explores how people communicate with emergent technologies.
Call it a comeback—for now.
"I think women want to be seen on the same world stage as any male artist, any white artist—any artist at all. There’s no push to take identity away in art as a means to address bias, but every artist wants their work to be taken out of a demographic."
On our latest podcast, Andy Langer talks to musician Nina Diaz of Girl in a Coma, then celebrates the late Chuck Ramirez with documentarians Angela and Mark Walley.
To make the illustrations for Lawrence Wright’s new book, California-based David Danz had to get to know the Lone Star state.
Artists Ana Fernandez and Cruz Ortiz on finding inspiration in their hometown.
Morton, renowned eco-philosopher and co-curator of a new art exhibit at Ballroom Marfa, sees global warming as a new beginning, not an end.
The author of a new biography on John and Dominique de Menil tells the story of how one of the world’s great museums wound up in Texas.
Anish Kapoor's sculpture has prompted an unusual conversation between the two cities with the biggest inferiority complexes in America.
We talked to William Middleton about his double biography of Dominique and John de Menil, which has been over a decade in the making.