The Varieties of Experimental Experience: Soundings on Marfa Sounding
The thing about writing about “experimental music” is that the phrase “experimental music,” if it means anything anymore, means too many things.
Push, Pull, Play: Kirsten Reynolds’s Site Specific Constructions at Blue Star Contemporary
When we watch the walls of a house go up, we are aware of an implicit narrative in the skeletal studs, a uniformity that allows us to imagine a cozy life being lived inside their orderly framework.
Breath of History: Norman Lewis at Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Almost seventy paintings and works on paper by Norman Lewis are on view through Aug. 21 at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth as part of Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis.
Comfortable Heat Wave: Owen Drysdale at Barbara Davis Gallery
The floating mirages of Owen Drysdale’s Hot Summer Deadly Day are lovely, but bloodless.
Performania: Curious Connections
During an email exchange with Jessica Lang about her collaboration with architect Steven Holl for Tesseracts of Time, I realized that I could hear the sounds of construction of Holl’s new Glassell School, part of the new MFAH campus, from my desk as I was typing.
Design in Texas: Ryan McGettigan
Set designer Ryan McGettigan’s bold designs have graced the stages of many of the theater companies in Houston.
The ACTX Top Ten: July/August 2016
Our top ten picks for arts + culture events happening across Texas in July and August 2016.
Book From the Sky: Xu Bing’s Breakthrough Work Comes to Texas
In Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass (1872), the heroine Alice holds a mirror to the inverted words of “Jabberwocky” and realizes she has entered a mirror world. The quote also serves as an entry point to the Blanton Museum’s upcoming exhibition of Book from the Sky by artist Xu Bing, on view through Jan. 22.
flow: Jae Ko at CAMH
Downstairs at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Zilkha Gallery is a cold space. When it’s empty, the bare white walls and concrete floor can make it feel like an icy cavern buried deep in the Tundra. It’s a suitable place for flow, the latest in a series of site-specific installations by Jae Ko called Force of Nature, on view through September 18, 2016.
The Blanton’s New Deputy Director and Curator Dives Into Collection
A+C TX Q&A with Carter E. Foster
Texas Star Curator Clint Willour Celebrates His Last Exhibitions at Galveston Art Center
Clint Willour is a force in the Texas art world and beyond. His legacy reaches far and wide, through his museum donations, influence on artists and curators, founding of major public art events, and his ability to pull Texas artists into the national art conversation.
Anna Bogatin: New Paintings at Holly Johnson Gallery
In Anna Bogatin’s second solo show, on view through July 30 at Holly Johnson Gallery in Dallas, twelve acrylic paintings executed in the last two years occupy the entry space.