Soy de Tejas: Traveling exhibition unites the Lone Star State in Fort Worth with Latinx art
In a state as vast as Texas, how do you go about building a survey that encompasses the Latinx population’s art?
Beyond East West Opposition: Raqib Shaw at the MFAH
Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West, on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston June 9 through Sept. 2, features works like the one described above, each painting ornately blending Eastern and Western influences, depicting hope and despair.
Consumed by Love: Houston Grand Opera’s New Season of Romance and Passion
“What is it about opera that keeps everybody thinking in a romantic frame of mind?” That’s a question Khori Dastoor, General Director and CEO of Houston Grand Opera (HGO), pondered while deciding the theme for HGO’s 2024-25 season.
Unique and Determined: ISHIDA Dance brings ‘Mutability’ to the Asia Society and The Long Center
Austin-based choreographer Brett Ishida boasts a whirlwind June with performances of her company ISHIDA Dance in “Mutability” on June 7-9 at Asia Society Texas Center in Houston and June 12-14, 2024 at The Long Center in Austin.
Love, Power and Gold: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Performs Wagner’s Epic Ring Cycle
If you take it at face value, it’s an epic tale of gods and gnomes, fighting over a gold ring that confers supreme power over the world. But there’s a more compelling way to look at The Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle.
Space Signal: Dario Robleto’s Quest to Know the Human Heart Unfolds at a new exhibition at The Carter
Life, love, and death. Each of these states of being is intrinsically tied to a process of transformation, molecular to ethereal, scientific to spiritual.
A Lifelong Exploration: Director Sasha Maya Ada navigates a new path for DFW theater
Listen to how she says “pecans,” and you’ll know immediately that Sasha Maya Ada is not a native Texan.
Canyon Dancing: Open Dance Project’s Annie Arnoult takes us inside a Georgia O’Keeffe painting
I’ve come to the Open Dance Project’s Houston-based studio to watch an early rehearsal of company artistic director and founder, Annie Arnoult’s latest creation Red Landscape: Georgia O'Keeffe in Texas 1912-1918, and the dancers have put me to work, the work of representing the audience that is.
TX Studio: Megan Harrison Looks for the Defining Moments
San Antonio-based artist Megan Harrison knows about change. “I spend a lot of time outdoors, in nature. I’m drawn to the natural world because it’s more complicated than I can really understand,” she tells me during our recent conversation about her work. “It’s always unfolding and changing.”
Texas Studio: Evita Tezeno on collaging Black joy
“I came out of the womb and knew I wanted to be an artist. It’s all I know.” Growing up in Port Arthur, Texas, Evita Tezeno was surrounded by female relatives who were quilters and seamstresses.
Houston Symphony Expands for the Strauss Festival
The Houston Symphony will end its season with a splash: a two-weekend festival devoted to Richard Strauss, whose name is practically synonymous with sonic spectacle.
Drawing as a daily process: Ruth Asawa at the Menil
Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on Ruth Asawa’s lifelong drawing practice.