Jan Banning: Bureaucratics
Documentary photographer Jan Banning’s current exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston began with an assignment on the decentralization of Dutch aid in Mozambique.
Alexandra Grant: Century of the Self
Self-described as an “essayist that paints,” Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Grant is known for her consistent use of language.
Kent Rush: Concrete Poetry and Other Poems in Gray
SAN ANTONIO—When the Chicago Sun-Times fired its entire photography department last May, it was a sign of something...
Adela Andea – Zero Degrees Celsius
In her current body of work, Conroe-based artist Adela Andea uses lenticulars.
Hopper Drawing & Robert Smithson in Texas
A little Edward Hopper goes a long way with me, though I can’t picture American art without him.
Jang soon Im: War
Korean-born artist Jang soon Im has coated the walls of Anya Tish Gallery with the battling figures, electric lemonade mountains, and adolescent nostalgia of War, his inaugural solo show.
Street Classical
The Pico-Union barrio in Los Angeles may seem a far cry from Sophocles’ Ancient Greece, but in Luis Alfaro’s Oedipus el Rey, the classic tragedy plays out on the streets.
The Wedding, or the Rebellion (A cabaret of misogyny)
I recommend taking a seat at one of the tables situated in front of the audience. There is a bucket with endless mimosas and free flowing breakfast tacos.
Latin Songs
Houston Chamber Choir presents Todos Unidos – Todos Cantamos: Music of The Americas with María Guinand as the guest conductor for two shows in Texas, on Feb. 8 at South Main Baptist Church in Houston, and Feb. 9 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in College Station.
Maverick Movers: Danielle Georgiou
Danielle Georgiou is a dance installation and video performance artist based in Dallas, TX. Her work has been shown across Texas, New York (Horton Gallery), California (Rogue Fringe Festival), Florida (Bosch Film Festival), and Oregon (Portland’s Experimental Film Festival).
Rising Voices: Ryan McKinny
Los Angeles-born and Juilliard-trained baritone Ryan McKinny has made Houston his home. A+C music writer Cortney Jacobs caught up with the rising singer and Houston Grand Opera Studio alum the day before he started rehearsals at HGO for Rigoletto, which runs Jan. 24-Feb. 9.
The Art of Remembrance
What captured Houston Grand Opera Artistic and Music Director Patrick Summers’ imagination as he sat down to play through the score of a lost opera by Mieczyslaw Weinberg