Art
September 15, 2021
One of the Country’s First Racially Integrated Fine Art Shows Gets an Overdue Update
A new exhibit in Houston's Fifth Ward is an homage to—and a critique of—one of the country's first racially integrated art shows.
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Art
September 8, 2021
Can a Big, Texas-Wide Survey of Contemporary Art Tell Us Where We Go From Here?
The 2021 Texas Biennial abounds with new monuments for a state and art community in transition.
Art
March 16, 2021
Delita Martin Paints an Invitation Into the Spiritual Realm
The Huffman-based artist’s larger-than-life portraits of Black women are on view at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas.
Art
February 16, 2021
Flying Nuns, Wild Hogs, and Bible Camp Apocalypse: Jennifer May Reiland Paints a Texas Revelation
The Houston-born painter explores questions of faith alongside the myths and legends of Texas history.
Art
October 16, 2020
Diedrick Brackens’s New Exhibition Mythologizes Blackness and Queerness
The Mexia-born artist’s new Blanton Museum show, “darling divined,’’ features striking woven textiles that reimagine stories central to his upbringing.
Art
October 6, 2020
An Oral History of notsuoH, Houston’s Most Idiosyncratic “Work of Living Art”
For nearly a quarter century, this bohemian venue and ”social sculpture” has been a gathering place for poets, performance artists, and even a rooster or two.
Art
April 20, 2020
A San Antonio Artist Is Attempting to Lift People’s Spirits With “Pandemic Lotería”
Rafael Gonzales Jr. has developed a version of the classic game for the age of the coronavirus.
Art
October 16, 2019
On Texas Time: Carter Watkins, Bead Sculpture Artist
The Austin native talks making a beaded guitar for Shakey Graves—and how a skull on the side of the road helped him find his medium.
The National Podcast of Texas
September 23, 2019
Austin Kleon: “Scumbags and Lowlifes Can Create Beautiful Art”
On this week’s National Podcast of Texas, a conversation with the writer/illustrator about sustaining a creative life, the state of self-help, and the perils of cancel culture.
Art
August 27, 2019
‘We Exist, We Have Voices, We Have Stories’: A New Festival Confronts the Borderland’s Complexity
Art and activism intersected at the Rio Grande Valley’s first Encuentro en la Frontera.
Music
March 21, 2019
Premiere: The Final Chapter of Terry Allen’s ‘Pedal Steal’
The Lubbock native talks about his trippy, blood-flecked radio plays, the border wall, and working with Jo Harvey Allen.
Art
November 19, 2018
In Dallas, Ida O’Keeffe Could Finally Escape Georgia’s Shadow
Georgia O'Keeffe's talented younger sister was forgotten by art historians. A new exhibit in Dallas aims to shed light on her work.
Arts & Entertainment
February 15, 2018
Unveiling Ellsworth Kelly’s ‘Austin’
The debut of a destination showpiece on the University of Texas campus marks a turning point for the Capital City.
Art
December 16, 2017
Chelsea Manning and Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Talk Trump, Putin, and Resistance
A summit on art and activism at Houston’s Day for Night festival pulled no punches.
Art
September 29, 2017
Art in the Shadow of Trump at the Texas Biennial
The 2017 Texas Biennial offers work from Texans around the state and across the border.
Art
September 29, 2017
Meet the Vegan Sculptor Responsible for the State Fair of Texas’s Butter Sculpture
Ken Robison has been an artist for decades, but when he was asked to make the State Fair's butter sculpture, he got to use a new medium.
Travel & Outdoors
October 20, 2016
Texas Museum Guide
The state's best repositories of art, historical objects, and natural wonders.
June 17, 2014
Stanley Marsh 3, the Infamous West Texas Eccentric, Has Died
The 76-year-old Amarilloan gained international fame for funding the Cadillac Ranch art installation, which turns forty this weekend. But his legacy was tainted by sordid allegations of sexual abuse.
Art
June 10, 2014
The Saga of UT and Ryan O’Neal’s Battle For Andy Warhol’s Farrah Fawcett Portrait Has Finally Ended
We'll never know who Farrah truly loved, but everybody has agreed that the painting belongs to Ryan O'Neal.
Art
April 7, 2014
Here Are Some Things We’d Like to See George W. Bush Paint
His "World Leaders" series of portraits opened last week at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, albeit to mixed reviews. What should the former President paint next?
Art
February 13, 2014
How Prison Art From Texas Captured the Art World’s Attention
Paños, small cloth swatches decorated with detailed illustrations by inmates, now hang in New York museums and are snapped up by worldly collectors.
The Culture
December 11, 2013
The Checklist
What to see, hear, read, and watch this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
The Daily Post
October 30, 2013
Sulphur Springs’s Glass-Walled Public Toilet Vies to Succeed Buc-ees as “America’s Best Restroom”
What's so special about the Northeast Texas town's facility? It's a room with a view.
Travel & Outdoors
October 28, 2013
Texas’s Love Affair with James Turrell
Turrell, now one of the most famous artists alive, has long captivated the attention of Texas's art patrons, bringing world-class art to the state's museums and universities.
The Culture
September 13, 2013
Did Playboy Screw Prada?
The dustup around Playboy's controversial art installation outside of Marfa revealed regulations that might require the removal of the famous Prada Marfa sculpture.
Style & Design
January 21, 2013
Dallas’s “Elegant” and “Graceful” Museum Tower Would Like to Apologize For Being So Shiny
The owners of Museum Tower took out a full-page ad in the Dallas Morning News Friday to (sort of) apologize that the new building is so shiny.
The Wanderer
August 29, 2012
Houston: James Turrell’s Skyspace
During a recent trip to Houston, I decided to make an early-bird dinner reservation so I could get over to the Rice University campus in time for the evening viewing of James Turrell’s Light Epiphany. Open since June, the site-specific “skyspace” was commissioned to mark the
Web Exclusive
April 30, 2012
Finding Peace and Joy in Austin
How a rare statue in an unassuming temple made the capital city a place to seriously study Buddhism.
Politics & Policy
April 5, 2009
The Vacuum: Who will run the GOP races in 2010?
The conventional wisdom is that Republicans will pick up House seats in 2010, for two reasons. One is that the president's party seldom does well in the first off-year election (George W. Bush in 2002 being a notable exception). Another reason is that Democrats have to defend their recent gains
Art
February 1, 2008
Dario Robleto
He did not grow up planning to become an artist: Robleto was captain of the football team at San Antonio’s Robert E. Lee High School and initially chose biology as his major at UT-San Antonio. But in 1993 he quite literally had an epiphany and turned to making art.
Art
July 31, 1999
Speed, Queen
Austin painter Julie Speed is the latest ascendant to the ranks of art royalty. Talk about a brush with greatness.
Art
March 1, 1998
The Return of the Native
With a major retrospective of his work at three Houston museums, Robert Rauschenberg is once again the talk of Texas. What’s he been up to? A portrait of the artist as an old man.
Style & Design
August 31, 1977
The House That Art Built
What do you do when you have more paintings than walls to hang them on?