Between Love and Madness: Mexican Comic Art from the 1970s Lawndale Art Center
Lawndale Art Center’s exhibition Between Love and Madness: Mexican Comic Art from the 1970s, on view Jan. 18-March 25, is comprised of approximately 380 works
Tierra. Sangre. Oro.: Rafa Esparza at Ballroom Marfa
An adobe brick archway made by artists Rafa Esparza and Beatriz Cortez reorients and frames the entrance of Ballroom Marfa for the exhibition Tierra. Sangre. Oro., on view through March 18.
Everything Turns Away Quite Leisurely: Gabriel Martinez at Blaffer Art Museum
In Everything Turns Away Quite Leisurely, on view upstairs at the Blaffer Art Museum through Jan. 27, Gabriel Martinez intervenes in or trespasses onto urban space and the rhetorical and material organizations, constructions, signs and strategies of significations which seek to make sense of and discipline the bodies and materials dispersed there.
HOME—So Different, So Appealing at MFAH
The breakthrough exhibition HOME—So Different, So Appealing, a seven-decade survey of works by Latin American and U.S. Latino artists who address the universal, elastic theme of home, draws part of its landmark status from its organizers, both encyclopedic museums, and the vast real estate they’ve given the show.
It Happened in Texas: Vaslav Nijinsky’s tour with the Ballets Russes
In early December 1916 Vaslav Nijinsky, the greatest dancer alive, spent a week in Texas.
The ACTX Top Ten: Winter 2017/2018
Our top ten picks for arts + culture events happening across Texas in December 2017 and January 2018.
TX Studio: Beili Liu
In her installation for the exhibition Tensile Strength at the Silos in Houston, Austin-based artist Beili Liu wanted to think about the silo as both a physical space and a metaphor for division.
The Excitement of Shift: Joseph Keckler Comes to the Long Center
Last April, as the evening weekend revelries began at Fusebox, Austin’s annual cross-disciplinary arts festival, performer Joseph Keckler took the stage at Al Volta’s Midnight Bar.
Making Their Mark: Imprint Theatreworks Launches in Dallas
Dallas does not want for theater companies.
FOCUS: Katherine Bradford at the Modern
After seeing the selection of recent paintings by Katherine Bradford in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s intimate Focus show of her work, on view through Jan. 14, I found myself searching for the perfect word to describe her surprising color palette.
Close to the Ground: Lily Cabatu Weiss Leads the Dallas Arts District Forward
As a dancer and teacher, Lily Cabatu Weiss operated close to the ground.