Midori Plays Mendelssohn
As the Houston Symphony proudly marches into its Centennial season, feting past and future music directors alongside a parade of celebrity soloists, there's a sense that something special is happening.
Movement and Color
Modern dance has a history of its choreographers being in conversation with visual artists. Two of the more famous examples would be Martha Graham with Isamu Noguchi and Merce Cunningham with Robert Rauschenberg.
Two to Watch: Laura Edson & Sidra Bell Create New Works for The Houston Met’s 2|2
Houston Metropolitan Dance Company’s artistic director, Marlana Doyle, clearly has a mission in bringing freelance choreographersfrom all over the US to work with her dancers.
Alyce Santoro: Delicate Empiricist
Artist Alyce Santoro believes that everyone is endowed equally with the ability to imagine. It just takes practice. As an inventor, sculptor, weaver, activist, and more, Santoro personifies “multimedia artist.”
Five Days In the Dark
In its fifth year, Houston Cinema Arts Festival takes over movie theaters and various other venues throughout the heart of the city for five days in November.
Venus in Fur
Taking my seat at the Alley Theatre’s production of David Ives’ Venus in Fur, I didn’t imagine that the play might be appropriate for Halloween.
The Head
While the audience found their seats and engaged in casual pre-show conversation, an enormous decaying head with luminous eyes gazed at them from the stage like a contemporary Olmec.
All Girls
It’s always a pleasure to see a company present a regional premiere. It’s the sort of thing that makes you feel the people you’re watching take seriously their commitment as artists, that they’re paying attention to what’s happening on the scene.
Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take
As I leaned into the razor-sharp oculus of Jim Hodges’s The Dark Gate (2008), I experienced the memento mori that often haunts his work.
Unpacking ‘Wolfe’ and ‘Watson’
MFAH Examines West’s and Copley’s Masterpieces from Every Angle IMAGE ABOVE: Benjamin West, doctor The Death of General...
Rachel Hecker: Group Show
According to Rachel Hecker, her latest exhibition at the Art League Houston is a “show of anomalies.”
The Many Lives of Artworks
Hotel Texas Marks an Awkward Anniversary, recipe Reveals Art’s Shifting Signifiers IMAGE: Andy Warhol, Double Mona Lisa, 1963. ...