Arts & Culture Texas

Against Erasure: Shahzia Sikander at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Nancy Zastudil·February 16, 2022

Shahzia Sikander recognizes the many forms that the erasure of women can take, whether historically or in contemporary life. And she has focused her art practice on changing that reality.

Art Houston

Keep an Eye on It: Neva Mikulicz’s Sci-Fi World at Anya Tish Gallery

Nancy Zastudil·December 2, 2021

Artist Neva Mikulicz sees a growing “anti-science” attitude in our culture, and it creeps her out.

Art Houston

This Time ʼRound: Jennifer Ling Datchuk at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Nancy Zastudil·October 20, 2021

San Antonio-based artist Jennifer Ling Datchuk reminded me of Brecht’s riddle-like assurance while discussing her current exhibition Later, Longer, Fewer: The Work of Jennifer Ling Datchuk, on view at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft until Jan. 8, 2022.

Art Houston San Antonio

Show Up: Nic Nicosia at Erin Cluley Gallery

Nancy Zastudil·October 13, 2021

The everyday is extraordinary, or so it seems in artist Nic Nicosia’s exhibition homemade stories 2020-2021, on view at Erin Cluley Gallery through Nov. 13.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth

Immersive Nature: Anila Quayyum Agha at the Carter

Nancy Zastudil·October 8, 2021

A Beautiful Despair, Agha’s exhibition commissioned by The Carter, is on view at the museum through Jan. 9, 2022.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth

Make It So: Texas Biennial Centers and Connects Visionary Artists

Nancy Zastudil·October 6, 2021

From slabs on the scene to teeter-totters at the border, and all manner of complexity in between, what happens in Texas does anything but stay put.

Art Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Lone Star Stories San Antonio

Power Surge: Christopher Blay’s Solo Exhibition at Austin’s Big Medium

Nancy Zastudil·September 17, 2021

Language is everywhere,” says Christopher Blay, artist, art critic, and newly appointed chief curator at Houston Museum of African American Culture.

Art Austin

Room to Move: Nicole Eisenman at The Contemporary Austin

Nancy Zastudil·March 14, 2020

Emotion, individualism, unfettered expression, fruitful rebellion, and spontaneous movement are not often the makings of everyday life. But sometimes the storm and stress of life bring such things into being.

Art Austin

The Not-So-Secret Life of Objects: Hillerbrand+Magsamen’s Devices Spread Throughout Texas

Nancy Zastudil·February 22, 2020

Houston-based artists Stephan Hillerbrand and Mary Magsamen, known collectively as Hillerbrand+Magsamen, address topics of family, communication, and consumerism, most recently through their ongoing body of artworks called The Devices Project.

Art Austin Houston Theater

State of the Art 2020: San Antonio Artists at Crystal Bridges and The Momentary

Nancy Zastudil·February 18, 2020

San Antonio is having a moment, and it’s a good one.

Art San Antonio

Seeing Language: Ed Ruscha at Blanton Museum of Art

Nancy Zastudil·January 17, 2020

Hollywood. Angel. Zoo. Just a few of the word-image artworks created by American artist Ed Ruscha, a master of using language as form, symbol, and material—and bringing words to the forefront.

Art Austin

Graphic Nature: Prints from Self Help Graphics at The Blanton

Nancy Zastudil·November 14, 2019

Two years ago, the Blanton Museum of Art received a gift of more than 350 prints from collector Dr. Gilberto Cárdenas, who holds one of the largest private collections of Latinx art.

Art Austin

Art

‘Hyperreal: Gray Foy’ Draws Devotion at the Menil

Seeing Things: Sarah Fisher at landSPACE in Austin

Texas Studio: Carlos Donjuan transforms grief and loss

Music

The Great Lone Star Way: Broadway Across Texas

Stepping into Joy: Performing Arts Houston’s lively 23/24 Season

Art All Year: Texas Performing Arts teams up with Fusebox for 2023-24 season

Dance

Stepping into Joy: Performing Arts Houston’s lively 23/24 Season

Art All Year: Texas Performing Arts teams up with Fusebox for 2023-24 season

Live From Dallas: TITAS/Dance Unbound lures global stars and eager audiences back to Big D

Theater

The Great Lone Star Way: Broadway Across Texas

Stepping into Joy: Performing Arts Houston’s lively 23/24 Season

Art All Year: Texas Performing Arts teams up with Fusebox for 2023-24 season

Film

Radical Visions Play Out at Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2022

Moving Bodies, Moving Cameras: Frame x Frame Expands to Three Locations

Texas Studio: Sarah Fox’s Bad Bunny Gets Real

Books

A Meeting to Remember: Aaron Landsman and Mallory Catlett’s new book on ‘City Council Meeting’

Society for the Performing Arts Goes Digital

Novels, Poems, Memoirs!: Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown Reading Series Addresses Our Complicated World

Nancy Zastudil

Against Erasure: Shahzia Sikander at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Keep an Eye on It: Neva Mikulicz’s Sci-Fi World at Anya Tish Gallery

This Time ʼRound: Jennifer Ling Datchuk at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Show Up: Nic Nicosia at Erin Cluley Gallery

Immersive Nature: Anila Quayyum Agha at the Carter

Make It So: Texas Biennial Centers and Connects Visionary Artists

Power Surge: Christopher Blay’s Solo Exhibition at Austin’s Big Medium

Room to Move: Nicole Eisenman at The Contemporary Austin

The Not-So-Secret Life of Objects: Hillerbrand+Magsamen’s Devices Spread Throughout Texas

State of the Art 2020: San Antonio Artists at Crystal Bridges and The Momentary

Seeing Language: Ed Ruscha at Blanton Museum of Art

Graphic Nature: Prints from Self Help Graphics at The Blanton