Political and Promising: The 39th MFA Exhibition at Blaffer Museum
There are 15 artists in this year’s 39th MFA Exhibition at Blaffer Museum, which runs through April 22.
Empathy as an Ultimatum at Project Row Houses
My recent visit to Project Row Houses’s 46th round of exhibitions, Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter at Project Row Houses, on view March 25 through June 4, introduced me to a new way to consider empathy: As an ultimatum.
Nameless Sound Brings Amina Claudine Myers to Houston
Usually, when we introduce an artist in a piece of writing, we write “singer” or “composer” and then their name, but the list of things Amina Claudine Myers does and has done is too extensive to be filed under one, two, or even three labels.
Olafur Eliasson’s Green light Welcomes Conversation About Refugee Crisis
Olafur Eliasson is a Danish-born artist who has presented his installations and socially-riveting interventions around the world including The Weather Project at the Tate Modern, Blind Pavilion at the 50th Venice Biennale, and New York City Waterfalls in New York City.
Dallas Art Fair: Student Sunday on April 9th
The Dallas Art Fair in collaboration with Arts+Culture Texas magazine announces Student Sunday on April 9th, a day of free admission for students.
Pop Culture Invasion: ROCOmoji for the Win
Savvy concert goers can count on ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra) to keep up with current cultural trends.
Galerie Frank Elbaz and Meandering Abstractly in Dallas
As a timely acknowledgment of how lively things are in the Dallas art scene, Parisian gallerist Frank Elbaz opened a location in the design district across the street from the sizzling Dallas Contemporary.
Sing Me Another: Gabriel Kahane at Aperio
Gabriel Kahane has a lot to say.
The ACTX Top Ten: April 2017
Arts + Culture Texas' magazine's top ten picks for events happening across Texas in April 2017.
Dust Bowl Dancing: Open Dance Project’s ‘Bout a Stranger
What do you do when a dancer crawls out from under the bench that you are sitting on? Then, a moment or two later, he takes the bench away entirely.
Such is the life of an audience member in immersive dance theater.
Connor Walsh: Houston Ballet’s Yes Man
Now 30, Walsh has spent half of his life in Houston, and over the years, he has become quite the audience favorite.
Daniel Proietto at Dance Salad & CounterCurrent
The award winning choreographer and dancer Daniel Proietto makes a double festival stop in Houston this April, as his solo, Player, is on Dance Salad’s lineup (April 13-15), and he is appearing in Simulacrum by the renowned Norwegian troupe winter guests, as part of CounterCurrent 2017, the annual multi-disciplinary festival presented by University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts (April