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A wide-angle photograph of James Magee's The Hill, a large-scale art installation featuring four stone buildings in a cross shape on desert land against a bright blue sky.

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The Doors Open on The Hill of James Magee

By Chi Pham
August 5, 2026
Two duotone silkscreen paintings held by the Menil Collection that portray the same image of Jermayne Macagy holding a cigarette, in green/purple and red/blue color schemes.

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The Warhol Woman Who Taught Houston ‘How to Make an Exhibition’

By Chi Pham
July 28, 2026
A black-and-white illustration of a smiling woman in red glasses holding a camera with two men on horseback behind her

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Photographer Laura Wilson on the Beauty of Texas

By Dina Gachman
May 11, 2026
A painting of a nighttime scene with four men in a rowboat being saved by a firefighter during a storm

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The Painter Who Documented the Tragedy of the Galveston Hurricane

By Chris O’Connell
May 6, 2026
An artist painting while sitting on a wooden platform

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Texas Artist Tom Lea Captured the Heartbreak of War

By Julia Jones
March 16, 2026
A blue telephone booth-looking TARDIS structure, with the words POLICE BOX visible near the top

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A ‘Doctor Who’ TARDIS Appears Outside Big Bend National Park

By Sarah M. Vasquez
February 25, 2026
A blonde woman with glasses looking at a framed painting on a wall.

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Fort Worth Is Home to Michelangelo’s First-Known Painting

By Clayton Maxwell
February 9, 2026
A smiling man with his arm around a woman

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Modern Art Star Robert Rauschenberg’s Texas Roots

By Layne Van Vranken
January 27, 2026

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The Friendly Yarn Bollards of Port Aransas

By Isóbel Perez
December 2, 2025

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A World of Wonder Awaits at Julie Speed’s Marfa Studio

By Sallie Lewis
October 8, 2025
Several marble busts of people, a goat, and other figures on a green background

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A Roundup of Italian Masterpieces Comes to Cowtown

By Sallie Lewis
September 11, 2025
A UFO-shaped object sits on a beach backlit by a descending sun

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The ‘UFO’ That Washed Ashore On South Padre Island

By Isóbel Perez
August 13, 2025
A black dinosaur with orange and yellow markings around its eyes and mouth stands in a green grassy field

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The Allen Company That Brings Prehistoric Creatures to Life

By Alice Scott
August 8, 2025
Five sculptures, resembling dancing human forms made of red wires, are placed several feet from each other in a grassy area with tall leafy green trees in background.

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‘Rich Soil’ Makes Texas Premiere at Houston Botanic Garden

By Caleb Bell
June 18, 2025
A path cuts through a lush green forest

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New Surls + Locke Museum Has Big Plans for East Texas’ Art Scene

By Layne Van Vranken
June 17, 2025
A large, winding arrangement of hay, sticks, and seed sit in the center of a large white shiplap room filled with sunlight.

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La Cuna Center Connects Art and Nature in the Hill Country

By Sallie Lewis
June 3, 2025

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Inside Texas’ New James Turrell Skyspace Installation

By Courtney Thomas
May 15, 2025

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The Hill Country Painter Who Inspired LBJ and Lady Bird

By Alexa Ura
April 7, 2025
A herd of elephant statues on a lawn stand before a skyscraper

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The Great Elephant Migration Taking Over Houston

By Layne Van Vranken
April 3, 2025
A concrete tank covered in graffiti sits in a desert setting under a rocky mountain

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In Admiration of El Paso’s Graffiti Art

By ire’ne lara silva
March 31, 2025

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The Houston Art Car Parade Is a Carnival of Weird

By Paula Mejía
March 10, 2025
A person uses a long pole to put lettering on a lit-up marquee outside of a historic theater

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Houston’s River Oaks Theatre Gets a Second Act

By Matt Zoller Seitz
February 28, 2025
The sun shines behind two large stones in a desert setting

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Ballroom Marfa Celebrates 20 Years as a Desert Oasis for the Arts

By Chris O’Connell
November 7, 2024
A towering skeleton statue dressed in a colorful dress and hat stands in the center of a crowd. Multicolored papel picado banners wave overhead.

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San Antonio Debuts the Largest Catrina Statue in the U.S.

By Cat Cardenas
October 31, 2024

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