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Lost Time: Nastassja Swift at Galveston Arts Center

casey gregory·July 30, 2021

Nastassja Swift’s primary mode of artmaking in recent years has been needle felting—a form of textile production that renders wool into saturated, light-absorbing forms. Her dolls, figures, and tapestries of tiny faces are equal parts comforting and unsettling.

Houston Visual Art

On Utopia, Galvanization, and Interstellar Travel: Cauleen Smith: We Already Have What We Need at CAMH

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·July 30, 2021

“My pathology is your profit,” a banner reads. Hanging from the rafters of the Contemporary Art Museum Houston’s main gallery, the silvery background glimmers as the text picks up the purplish hue of the light.

Houston Visual Art

A Passion for Impressionism: Monet to Matisse at the MFAH

Tarra Gaines·July 24, 2021

Texans love Impressionism in all its nationalities and schools, and Texas museums love bringing us Impressionist exhibitions in a myriad of flavors and themes.

Houston Visual Art

TITAS Leaps Into Live Performance

Lindsey Wilson·July 24, 2021

The name of TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND’s new season—its first full return to live performance since the pandemic—packs a punch.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Classics, Blockbusters and a Salute to the ’80s: TUTS Returns to the Hobby

Steven Brown·July 13, 2021

“There’s a powerful thing with nostalgia and remembrance,” TUTS executive director Dan Knechtges says. “There’s great comfort in it after we’ve been through this plague—this pandemic.”

Houston Music Theater

Catching up with Dallas Dance Maverick Danielle Georgiou

Lindsay Alissa King·July 13, 2021

It will come as no surprise to anyone who knows her that Danielle Georgiou—who is perhaps the most eclectic choreographer in the DFW dance space—is already ramping up for a packed summer and fall season.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Theater

Stepping Out: DACAMERA Launches SUMMERJAZZ

Steven Brown·July 13, 2021

DACAMERA will launch its season Aug. 20-22 with SUMMERJAZZ, a one-weekend festival at the Wortham Theater Center. Long focused mainly on individual concert programs scattered throughout the season, the group is taking its first stab at filling a weekend with music.

Houston Music

Recording the Landscape: Anna Elise Johnson at Cris Worley

casey gregory·July 6, 2021

Anna Elise Johnson’s Earthworks: West Texas, now on view at Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas through August 14, draws heavily from the mythology of the west, especially its deserts.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Buddha, Shiva, Lotus, Dragon at Kimbell Art Museum

Amy Bishop·July 3, 2021

Think of the image that comes to your mind when “Buddha” is mentioned.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Collisional Abstraction: Sean Scully at The Modern

James Russell·July 3, 2021

The story of abstraction can’t be fully told without Sean Scully, according to the Irish-American painter who also sees himself as a renegade in the abstract movement.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

ISHIDA Brings Literature to Dance for Texas Audiences

Lindsay Alissa King·July 2, 2021

Brett Ishida, a California transplant to Austin, is bringing her new Austin-based contemporary dance company ISHIDA to the stage for the company’s first evening-length production since the pandemic began.

Austin Dance Houston

Back to the Earth: A climate-focused new season at ROCO

Steven Brown·June 11, 2021

A historic ice storm. The four seasons. Industrial sites colliding with the natural world. A farmer’s life and its links to the land. A glacier that melted away.

Houston Music

Visual Art

The Haas Brothers: Cuteness as a Trojan Horse, and an Irreverent Austin Homecoming at the Blanton

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Paper, Skin, Shadow: Exploring Fragility at the Menil Drawing Institute

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Embracing the New: Texas Performing Arts’ New Season

Aimed Dance Fest Ignites Contemporary Dance in Southeast Texas

A Wonderland Awaits: Houston Ballet’s new season offers something for every ballet lover

Music

The Finale and Future: Austin Symphony Orchestra’s Peter Bay Passes the Baton

Glorious Sound: Threads of History Come to Life in Harmonia Stellarum Houston’s Season Five

Cor Mundi: Music of the Spirit in the Heart of the World

Theater

The Drama Map: Trends, Patterns and Premieres on Texas Stages

Embracing the New: Texas Performing Arts’ New Season

Timeless and Immediate: For 2026-27, Stage West plans a season where audiences feel safe to be provoked

Lost Time: Nastassja Swift at Galveston Arts Center

On Utopia, Galvanization, and Interstellar Travel: Cauleen Smith: We Already Have What We Need at CAMH

A Passion for Impressionism: Monet to Matisse at the MFAH

TITAS Leaps Into Live Performance

Classics, Blockbusters and a Salute to the ’80s: TUTS Returns to the Hobby

Catching up with Dallas Dance Maverick Danielle Georgiou

Stepping Out: DACAMERA Launches SUMMERJAZZ

Recording the Landscape: Anna Elise Johnson at Cris Worley

Buddha, Shiva, Lotus, Dragon at Kimbell Art Museum

Collisional Abstraction: Sean Scully at The Modern

ISHIDA Brings Literature to Dance for Texas Audiences

Back to the Earth: A climate-focused new season at ROCO