Sea & Space: Karen Stokes Mines Houston’s History
All too often choreographers of modern dance present work based on material they without question know and understand: their own life stories, experiments based on individual movement practices, or explorations of thematic content that shoot out of their imaginations.
Learn/Imagine: Pablo Helguera at DiverseWorks
Pablo Helguera's exhibition The Fable is to be Retold at DiverseWorks (on view through Nov. 19) opened with a performance recital in five parts, each of which considers the ways we learn and imagine, evoked through the lens of youth.
Collages of Consumption: Lucie Stahl at Dallas Museum of Art
Lucie Stahl, Critic’s Pick, 2014, Inkjet print, aluminum, epoxy resin. The next person you see rummaging through trash...
Projecting Poetry: Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola’s Eastext
When Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola arrived in the United States from Argentina in 2002, he had with him three hundred dollars and a bicycle.
Houston Makes Room for Two New(ish) Galleries: Capsule Gallery + Cindy Lisica Gallery
Two gallerists have set up shop over the last year on the Houston scene: Cindy Lisica of Cindy Lisica Gallery, and Sarah Sudhoff of Capsule Gallery Cindy Lisica Gallery joined the 4411 Montrose cluster alongside Anya Tish Gallery, Barbara Davis Gallery, David Shelton Gallery, and UNIX Gallery, while Capsule Gallery is located in the Isabella Court complex in Midtown, with neighbors Inman Gallery, Kinzleman Art Consulting, Samara Gallery, Art Palace and Devin Borden Gallery.
Some Memories are Painful: Jenny Vogel at The Reading Room
Jenny Vogel, In the Absence of Bodies. Installation view. Photos by Kevin Todora. Jenny Vogel In The Absence...
Renaissance Woman
This past July, Rebecca Rabinow, who grew up in Houston, stepped into her new role as director of The Menil Collection.
The Honesty of Rocks: Crit Group at GrayDUCK Gallery
Amber Shields, DAY TRIP, 2008, pigment print, 20 x 24 in. Image courtesy of the artist © 2016...
Geography and the Heterogeneity of Mexico City: A Discussion with Leslie Moody Castro
For centuries, Mexico has been an edifying hub and home to many globally recognized talents.
The ACTX Top Ten: September 2016
A+C TX's top ten picks for arts and culture events happening across Texas in September 2016.
‘Dreamless’ Is a Simple Play With a Big Heart
Dreamless, the latest at Ochre House Theater, is a loosely drawn sketch of a play. It’s a free-form...
