The Standout: Hedda Sterne at Amon Carter Museum of American Art
“Hedda Sterne was a prolific and wildly adventurous artist...."
Nancy Zastudil
What remains to be seen: Houston’s Aurora Picture Show at 20
Once identified as the oldest microcinema in the Southwest, founded by then-MFAH Core Fellow Andrea Grover and situated in a church-turned-screening venue on Aurora Street in Houston’s Heights neighborhood, Aurora Picture Show has since grown into a full-fledged media arts center.
What’s happening?: Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston
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.
Taking it personally: Artists lead the way with poignant, political works at CounterCurrent
Let’s be honest, things are a bit crazy right now, no matter which side of the political aisle you’re on.
Persona Euphonia: A Messaging Makeover for Public Art of UHS
So what’s a fitting shape for public art to take, especially in Texas, on the urban campuses of a public institution?
Between Love and Madness: Mexican Comic Art from the 1970s Lawndale Art Center
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
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.
Texas Studio: Joey Fauerso
“There’s a war today?” It’s a question that begs an answer. But it also suggests a casual if not ambivalent conversation.
Designing Women: Dallas Gallerists Shape the Design District’s Contemporary Art Scene
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.
Texas Studio: Jennifer Ling Datchuk
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.
Over the Borderline: Exhibitions at Artpace Address Contemporary Divisions
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.
Live Data: Clay Odom Represents Austin in UNESCO Media Arts Exhibition
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.