The Meaning of Meaningless: Walter De Maria at the Menil Collection
What constitutes meaning? It’s not a simple question, and it’s one that has captured the imagination of artists, philosophers, and scholars alike for millennia.
Dallas Chamber Symphony Celebrates 10 years of Innovative Programming
McKay’s goal for each concert is to create a program that has an arc and trajectory to it, making an experience that feels organic in the way it unfolds.
Wreckers Away! A Thrilling, Compelling HGO Production Does Justice to a Masterpiece
It was a revelatory night at the Houston Grand Opera for the opening of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers.
Radical Visions Play Out at Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2022
Radical visions—that’s what lead programmer, Jazmyne Moreno, says we should look for at this year’s Houston Cinema Arts Festival (Nov. 10-16).
Moving Bodies, Moving Cameras: Frame x Frame Expands to Three Locations
With a tagline of “international, powered by women & curiously lo-fi,” Frame Dance’s line-up this year for Frame x Frame Film Fest 2022 offers a range of impactful films.
A Meeting to Remember: Aaron Landsman and Mallory Catlett’s new book on ‘City Council Meeting’
City Council Meeting was developed by Aaron Landsman amd Mallory Catlett, with design by Jim Findlay, and developed (in part) during a residency at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.
Accelerating Their Artistic Voice: Dallas Black Dance Theatre builds on recent triumphs with inspiring season
By all measurements, Dallas Black Dance Theatre had a stellar 2021 and first part of 2022.
Tapping Texas Talent: Women Choreographers Make their Mark on Musical Theater
Back in pre-pandemic 2020, B. Moore Dance company founder Bridget Moore signed on as choreographer for the Second Thought Theatre’s production of Lynn Nottage’s play Mlima's Tale.
Lone Star Legacy: Anne Windfohr Marion’s Philanthropy Lives On at The Modern
Anne Windfohr Marion’s life story has the makings of a Lone Star legacy. Recognized as an oil heiress, rancher, horse breeder, and business executive, her philanthropy included support for the arts as well.
Dali and Vermeer in Dialogue at the Meadows
Meadows Museum in Dallas secured Vermeer’s Woman in Blue Reading a Letter for its new exhibition, Dalí/Vermeer: A Dialogue, on display Oct. 16, 2022 through Jan. 15, 2023.
The Way of Water: Forklift Danceworks to premiere new production
While there was little rainfall over the summer in central Texas, money flowed from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to 51 national awardees, including Austin’s venerable Forklift Danceworks, in the form of Our Town grants.
‘Survivance’: The Carter Turns the Lens Over to Indigenous Photographers
Speaking With Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography, on display at the Amon Carter through Jan. 22, 2023.