Arts and Culture Texas magazine

What’s happening?: Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston

Nancy Zastudil·April 23, 2018

Thank goodness, because one thing our arts communities do not need is another wannabe dictator (ditto the world for that matter). Give us a little room for curiosity, however, and we’ll happily run with it.

Houston San Antonio Visual Art

Taking it personally: Artists lead the way with poignant, political works at CounterCurrent

Nancy Zastudil·March 17, 2018

Let’s be honest, things are a bit crazy right now, no matter which side of the political aisle you’re on.

Dance Houston Visual Art

Persona Euphonia: A Messaging Makeover for Public Art of UHS

Nancy Zastudil·January 23, 2018

So what’s a fitting shape for public art to take, especially in Texas, on the urban campuses of a public institution?

Houston Visual Art

Between Love and Madness: Mexican Comic Art from the 1970s Lawndale Art Center

Nancy Zastudil·December 8, 2017

Lawndale Art Center’s exhibition Between Love and Madness: Mexican Comic Art from the 1970s, on view Jan. 18-March 25, is comprised of approximately 380 works

Tierra. Sangre. Oro.: Rafa Esparza at Ballroom Marfa

Nancy Zastudil·December 6, 2017

An adobe brick archway made by artists Rafa Esparza and Beatriz Cortez reorients and frames the entrance of Ballroom Marfa for the exhibition Tierra. Sangre. Oro., on view through March 18.

Visual Art West Texas

Texas Studio: Joey Fauerso

Nancy Zastudil·September 22, 2017

“There’s a war today?” It’s a question that begs an answer. But it also suggests a casual if not ambivalent conversation.

San Antonio Texas Studio

Designing Women: Dallas Gallerists Shape the Design District’s Contemporary Art Scene

Nancy Zastudil·September 15, 2017

The art scene in Dallas has long been influenced by avant-garde women: From the The Betty McLean Gallery, which opened in 1951 as one of the first modern art galleries in Texas, to Valley House Gallery, founded by Peggy and Donald Vogel, to the visionaries of today who show no signs of slowing down.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Visual Art

Texas Studio: Jennifer Ling Datchuk

Nancy Zastudil·June 22, 2017

Eyebrow-plucking as critique of conventional gender roles; wigs that mimic authenticity but question identity; porcelain mugs in service of social awareness: These are just a few of the recent artworks by Jennifer Ling Datchuk that provoke important, if not awkward, conversations.

San Antonio Texas Studio Visual Art

Over the Borderline: Exhibitions at Artpace Address Contemporary Divisions

Nancy Zastudil·June 20, 2017

It could be argued that art is limitless. But is it borderless? This summer, Artpace embraces this question with two solo exhibitions of work by Sabine Senft and Doerte Weber, artists who are addressing global issues of migration and geopolitical borders.

San Antonio Visual Art

Live Data: Clay Odom Represents Austin in UNESCO Media Arts Exhibition

Nancy Zastudil·May 25, 2017

City as the “common denominator” is the main consideration of DATA CITY, an international UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) exhibition of new media installations by artists from members of the organization’s Creative Cities Network (UCCN). Austin artist and designer Clay Odom has been invited to represent the Texas state capital.

Austin Visual Art

Funny (But Not Too Funny): Katherine Bernhardt at The Modern

Nancy Zastudil·April 21, 2017

Contemporary art lovers have until July 9 to see more than two dozen of Katherine Bernhardt’s colorful, large, curious paintings on canvas and paper at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Visual Art

Hiding in Plain Sites: CounterCurrent Artists Reveal Stories throughout Houston

Nancy Zastudil·March 20, 2017

In 2014, the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts blazed a trail into the world of festival programming.

Dance Houston Music Theater Visual Art

Visual Art

Value in Hu(e)manity: Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe

Performative and All-encompassing: David-Jeremiah: The Fire This Time

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Performa/Dance Marks Their 10th Anniversary with ‘ANTHROPOCENE’

Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet

Unbind Your Imagination: TITAS/Dance Unbound invites global dance into Dallas for 2025-26 season

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet

Twists of Fate: Myths, Drama, and Phenomenal Voices in Ars Lyrica Houston’s New Season

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet

Outcast Heroes and Storybook Musicals: Broadway Across Texas

Nancy Zastudil

What’s happening?: Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston

Taking it personally: Artists lead the way with poignant, political works at CounterCurrent

Persona Euphonia: A Messaging Makeover for Public Art of UHS

Between Love and Madness: Mexican Comic Art from the 1970s Lawndale Art Center

Tierra. Sangre. Oro.: Rafa Esparza at Ballroom Marfa

Texas Studio: Joey Fauerso

Designing Women: Dallas Gallerists Shape the Design District’s Contemporary Art Scene

Texas Studio: Jennifer Ling Datchuk

Over the Borderline: Exhibitions at Artpace Address Contemporary Divisions

Live Data: Clay Odom Represents Austin in UNESCO Media Arts Exhibition

Funny (But Not Too Funny): Katherine Bernhardt at The Modern

Hiding in Plain Sites: CounterCurrent Artists Reveal Stories throughout Houston