A Houston Outsider Art Center Beloved by Dominique de Menil Is Expanding Into an Eight-Acre Campus for Offbeat Creativity
For 40 years, Houston’s Orange Show Center for Visionary Art has been the guardian of experiential art environments in the…
A Texas Marketing Company Is Opening a Juneteenth Museum, Promising an Interactive History of the New National Holiday
A National Juneteeth Museum is opening in Fort Worth, Texas, on the site of an existing institution that commemorates the…
The Oldest Human Footprints in North America Could Redefine Prehistory as We Know It—and It’s All Thanks to These Tiny Seeds
New data on prehistoric footprints suggest they are the earliest ever found in North America, dating to 23,000 years ago—thousands…
Three Amoako Boafo Paintings Were Just Launched Into Space Aboard Jeff Bezos’s Rocket Ship
Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo is headed for the stars. And no, we’re not talking about his unbelievable market. This morning,…
‘The Work Is So Icelandic’: The Artist Known as Shoplifter on Building a Museum of Fantastical Hair in Reykjavik
The artist Shoplifter, known for her work with colorful synthetic hair, is about to make a big mark on her native…
Editors’ Picks: 9 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Show of Cringeworthy Art to a Christie’s Conference on NFTs
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. In light of the global health…
Dallas blows out the rest of the country in earmark requests
The Dallas-Fort Worth area is being targeted for the largest collective earmark request in the country, according to a detailed…
Armed Counter-Protesters Confront Anti-Racism Demonstrators in Texas | NowThis
Violent altercations reportedly erupted between protesters and counter-protesters during a rally to remove a racist Confederate statue in Texas (warning:…
Why Trump’s ‘Border Crisis’ Is Nonsense | NowThis
‘My message for President Trump is, is it too much to ask for one opportunity?’ — Just listening to this…
19 Black Women Elected Judges in One Texas County | NowThis
Meet the 19 Black women who made history when they were all elected judges in a single county. » Subscribe…