Reclaiming Agency: Joe Harjo’s Indian Removal Act
Sometimes the final act brings resolution and neatly ties up an epic tale. Sometimes the final act leaves little resolution and gives an opening for a follow-up, or nothing at all.
James Russell
A Transformative Century: Black Queer Ecstasy at Art Galleries at Black Studies at UT Austin
It’s doubtful that a mystic Carmelite nun was the inspiration for scientists at the German company Merck when they developed 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as ecstasy and molly, in 1912.
A Sprawling History: Tavares Strachan at the Blanton
Tavares Strachan wants to tell the story of the whole world.
Between Race and Place: Charles L. Davis II considers the Black Home as Public Art at UT
Charles L. Davis II, an associate professor of architectural history and criticism at UT Austin's School of Architecture, researches the relationship between race and place.
Volcanic Revisioning: New Discoveries of Vesuvius at the Meadows
Professor and University of Texas at Dallas’s Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History director Michael Thomas showcases his and others’ decades-long research into the excavation and findings following Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in 79 CE.
Shared Experiences: Patrick Martinez at Dallas Contemporary
The Road to Dallas is Paved with Trees, Plants and Neon
Ground Truth: Women Land Artists at the Nasher
In 2013, at the Dallas Museum of Art, Leigh Arnold curated Robert Smithson in Texas, a first of its kind look at the famous land artist’s finished and unfinished works in the state.
Strength, understanding and resiliency: Karin Broker at the Art Museum of South Texas
So, the Houston artist and Rice University printmaking professor, known for her collages, text-based work and prints and interest in gender roles, seized on her anger and a sense of purpose.
Fort Worth Arts Moves Forward
Among the many changes to the inside of the midcentury visual and performing arts center at 1300 Gendy Street in Fort Worth is that management finally tore out the carpet, a final blow to the carpet lobby’s dominance in the Cultural District.
Acts of Resistance: Black Every Day at The Carter
The scene is the summer of 2020. The country is in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Protestors are outraged by the murder of George Floyd and other Black men at the hands of the police.
Powerful and complex: Jill Magid reflects on Labor and Value at The Modern
Works stemming from the massive public artwork, including sculptures and a film, are displayed in the exhibit FOCUS: Jill Magid at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, which runs through March 20.
The State of the World: Frances Stark at The Modern
Frances Stark hasn’t been this angry and disillusioned with the state of the world in a while—if ever. That’s evident in FOCUS: Frances Stark of the artist’s paintings on display at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth through January 9.