Art
March 12, 2018
Where to Get Your Menil Fix While It’s Closed
With one of Houston’s top museums off limits until fall, here are five other free museums and galleries that you should check out.
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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
January 23, 2018
Jimmie Durham, Unmasked
The 77-year-old Houston painter Jimmie Durham has made a career working with Indian themes that he says are drawn from his heritage. But what if he’s not who he says he is?
Art
January 23, 2018
Boyd Elder Is the Most Famous Artist You’ve Never Heard Of
The West Texan has sold more art than Picasso.
Art
December 25, 2017
See Texas Monthly’s Favorite Photos from 2017
From aerial shots to James Harden to Instagram-worthy plates, these are our favorite images from the past year.
Art
December 21, 2017
Revisiting Mexico’s Microcuentos
A Houston exhibition delves into the history of an obscure corner of Mexican popular culture.
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
December 5, 2017
Meet Bond, Antonio Bond: a Floral Artist with an Edge
A lush new coffee table book highlights the Austin florist’s unexpected designs, which combine found objects like skulls and odd antiques with lush beauty.
Energy
October 20, 2017
Big Oil Meets Folk Art at Eclectic Menagerie Park
The freewheeling sculpture garden Eclectic Menagerie is the most Houston museum in the Bayou City.
Art
October 18, 2017
The Rascuache Work of Alejandro Diaz
David Shelton Gallery presents new works by Alejandro Diaz in November.
Music
October 13, 2017
Solange Is for Us, Even in Marfa
What it meant to be fully present for “Scales" during Chinati Weekend.
Art
October 9, 2017
See the Beautiful, Campy Posters of Meat Fight
Posters that come high in protein.
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.
Humor
September 28, 2017
How the Texas Democratic Party Has Taken Texas
A cartoon about the current state of the gubernatorial race.
Music
September 26, 2017
A Woman-Centric Day for Night Festival
Houston’s innovative music and art festival event is expanding, and it's putting women at the forefront.
Politics & Policy
September 13, 2017
Why Those Texan Congressmen Didn’t Pass the Harvey Aid Package
A reminder of just how much the debt ceiling matters to some of our lawmakers.
Art
September 6, 2017
On Storms and Bathroom Bills
The Lege's special session priorities.
Art
August 29, 2017
Houston’s Theater District Flooded by Harvey
Some of the city’s performing arts companies suffered major damage, but the museums have mostly stayed dry.
Art
August 28, 2017
A Visual Reminder of Hurricane Rita
Just in case you forgot...
Gender
August 2, 2017
Babes Fest: Better The Second Time Around
Acting on the lessons they learned from Babes Fest in 2016, the creators of BossBabes ATX have a better handle on producing a multidisciplinary festival for women.
Art
July 24, 2017
Guten Co.
Meet the San Antonio potter and letterpress operator behind Guten Co.
Art
June 21, 2017
Candid Cameraman
Jason Lee explains why he left Los Angeles for Denton and why, right now, he prefers taking photographs to acting.
Art
May 18, 2017
Who Gets To Keep Austin Weird?
Murals at the intersection of Twelfth and Chicon on Austin’s East Side were painted over recently, while famous images in the city’s tourist neighborhoods have become institutions.
Art
April 7, 2017
10 Texas Artists to Collect Now
By oil, acrylic, pen, or from behind the lens, meet a selection of the state's artists to watch.
Art
February 16, 2017
The Art of Speed-painting
Franco Mondini-Ruiz entrances Houston's upper-class with fast brushes and playful barbs.
Art
January 13, 2017
There and Back Again
The return of Terry Allen.
Art
December 21, 2016
The Checklist
What to read, watch, listen to, and look at to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
Art
December 20, 2016
Day for Night Festival Transforms Former Houston Post Office Into Epic Party
The world’s festival-going legions descended on the city for the festival's second annual showing.
Art
December 12, 2016
Not Forgotten
For years, Austin drivers have passed by a familiar mural on North Lamar that recalls the fatal consequences of drinking and driving. But Mary Boyd and Bruce David Johnson's story isn't just theirs—it's the community's.
Art
November 30, 2016
Home Is Where The Art Is
Charles Stagg walked into the woods and decided to build something. Now, four years after his death, his daughter and grandson are trying to preserve his masterpiece.
Art
November 23, 2016
Wards Matter
Robert Pruitt’s art vividly portrays the lives and dreams of the people who have long called Houston’s rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods home.
Film & TV
November 4, 2016
An Interview With Trevante Rhodes, The Rising Texas Star Of ‘Moonlight’
Trevante Rhodes told himself he wouldn't come back to Texas without a film. Now he's back with the captivating 'Moonlight.'
Art
November 2, 2016
At the Altars
Six ofrendas created by San Antonians to celebrate día de los muertos.
Travel
October 21, 2016
Objects of Our Affection
An armadillo incense burner. An Andy Warhol self-portrait. The keys to the Alamo. Who knew what startling treasures you could find without ever leaving the state?
Art
October 20, 2016
Texas Museum Guide
The state's best repositories of art, historical objects, and natural wonders.
Made in Texas
October 19, 2016
Brad Pearce Glass
Out of the oven and into the credenza.
Art
October 7, 2016
Playwright Horton Foote’s Legacy Lives On
A revival of "The Roads to Home" in New York proves the Wharton native's work is as relevant—and revered—as ever.
Art
September 28, 2016
This Houston Tattoo Parlor Is Run By a Police Sergeant
Prison Break Tattoos, designed to look like a jail cell, caters to law enforcement and first responders.
Art
September 21, 2016
The Checklist
What to read, listen to, watch, and look at this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
Art
September 21, 2016
Border Crossings
Can the Texas Contemporary Art Fair turn Houston into a capital of Latin American art?
Art
September 14, 2016
Fame in the Abstract
Dorothy Hood was one of Texas’s greatest artists, yet her work remains largely unknown. Now, sixteen years after her death, can her fans bring her the acclaim she never received in life?
Art
August 24, 2016
Dream Life
The incandescent unreality of Rocky Schenck is on display in the photographer's second collection.
Art
July 20, 2016
The Statue of Frivolity
Florence has David. Sugar Land has Selfie.
Art
June 23, 2016
From Punk Rock to Folk Art
Painting as a form of social activism.
Art
June 22, 2016
Miracle in the Desert
Robert Irwin’s long-awaited Marfa installation is a work like no other: a massive project that reflects the austere, light-filled beauty of West Texas.
Art
June 3, 2016
Sugar Land Roils Over Selfie Statue
Has a selfie ever been more contentious?
Art
February 19, 2016
Making a Mural
How do you depict the "new Austin" on a magazine cover? By painting a mural on South Congress and photographing it, of course.
Arts & Entertainment
December 23, 2015
How J. Frank Dobie Got His Groove Back
In 1975 the estate of J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964) established an endowment that would allow the University of Texas Press to keep his books in print for decades to come. Forty years later, the arrangement is still in place, and the press annually sells thousands of copies of
Arts & Entertainment
December 23, 2015
The Checklist
What to watch, read, listen to, and look at this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.