I am preparing myself for something very dull—an exhibition Staring at the Wall:  The Art of Boredom at the Lawndale Art Center in Houston. But, I wasn’t bored. In other words, I didn’t feel a sense …

Almost alien, skinny, young white women hardly clothed with a look of wanting in their faces and perfectly messy hair—these are the muses of fashion photography. We’ve seen spread after glossy spread of them. Pretty Much …

Exposing the somewhat humorous turmoil of psychodramas has been a recurring theme in photographer Nic Nicosia’s works, many of whose early photographs look as if staged behind the scenes of a television set gone wrong [the …

Tiny Park, a previously small gallery in north Austin, expanded this year. I first visited the gallery, which was in the founders Brian Willey and Thao Votang’s home, in March and was impressed by the couple’s …

Today, Currents—the international new media festival—hosts 90 artists including 26 international participants, also 11 venue partners this year, which will feature off-site events in tandem with the festival. Founders Mariannah Amster and Frank Ragano will attest …

Louis Grachos has been named executive director of the Austin Museum of Art-Arthouse, and will take on his fulltime job responsibilities in Austin on January 1, 2013. Grachos has resigned his post as director of the …

The Dallas Museum of Art received a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, they announced yesterday. The monies will “support the newly created position of Chief Conservator, ensuring the launch of a strong conservation …

Artforum told us that the “VIP MFA Awardees Announced” yesterday, and that “The panel of six judges was composed of Matthew Higgs, director of White Columns; artist Diana Al-Hadid; Kate Fowle, director of ICI; RoseLee Goldberg, …

New Nature, an exhibition by Austin-born Calder Kamin, opens this Saturday, June 2. “Fabricated ceramic fauna” and collected trash enliven Co-Lab’s exhibition space. The artist will also walk guests through the nearby neighborhood to collect trash …

Let’s talk about New Mexico Experimental Glass Workshop (NMEGW)—an innovative, non-profit organization founded by artist Stacey Neff in Santa Fe. The goal of NMEGW is to introduce, through workshops, hot glass to artists that don’t work …