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Arts and Culture Texas magazine is a free periodical for the community with a focus on the contemporary visual and performing arts and how it affects life and lives in Texas.

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Disappearing Acts

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Jonah Bokaer responds to Lee Ufan For some, dance’s ephemeral quality is a problem. For Jonah Bokaer, it’s a choreographic challenge that drives the engine of his work, and often poses questions of time, space, objects [...]
DanceFeaturedHouston

Made in America and Beyond

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Houston Ballet Blurs the Boundaries Does it matter where a ballet is made? Houston Ballet’s trio of works under the banner of Made in America, followed by Giselle and Romeo & Juliet, offer a rich discussion of regionalism in ballet [...]
DanceHouston

Pump Up the Volume

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The Quiet Genius of Harvey Bott and the DoV “All ‘straight’ lines bend through space,” Harvey Bott tells me. That sounds like something having to do with math, and [...]
HoustonVisual Art

artiFACTS: May 2012

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The Houston Metropolitan Dance Company has been invited to perform on Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Inside/Out stage on August 25th. This is only the second time a Houston troupe has performed on the prestigious outdoor stage [...]
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Film Review: ‘Compliance’

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There were rumors surrounding Craig Zobel’s film Compliance--unsettling rumors that piqued my interest. The word on the street was that people were walking out of the film in protest and disgust. After a long day of watching relatively [...]
Dallas/Ft WorthFilm

Review: Adam McEwen

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One of the most intriguing things about the Goss-Michael Foundation — and there are many — is their willingness to ruffle feathers. They stir things up. Because they concentrate on British art, their contemporary shows often allude to Western mythological stories and archetypal [...]
Dallas/Ft WorthReviewsVisual Art

Review: Roberta Harris

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Eighteen new paintings by Houston artist Roberta Harris find inspiration in geometric forms in her recent show at Kirk Hopper Fine Art in Deep Ellum. Harris paints bold, textured, edgy, and haphazard paintings. She leaves a trail of her work process — drips, splats, impasto elements [...]
Dallas/Ft WorthReviewsVisual Art