Wonder & Adventure: Bach Society Houston Charts New Adventures
Rick Erickson, director of Bach Society Houston (BSH), has had a lifelong love affair with Bach.
Kiki Smith: Mortal at Dallas Contemporary
Mortal, an exhibition of work by Kiki Smith at the Dallas Contemporary, on view through Dec. 17, spans the last 10 years of the artist’s output and includes the installation of Pilgrim, a set of thirty industrial steel windowpanes of mouth-blown stained glass.
In This Petri Dish: Day for Night Festival Immerses Houston In Art, Music, Activism
Day for Night, the music and art festival now entering its third year, has caused waves in the festival scene for its ability to mesh together art and music into an immersive experience.
The ACTX Top Ten: November 2017
Our top ten picks for arts + culture events happening across Texas in November 2017.
The Latino List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders at the San Antonio Museum of Art
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders began shooting large-format portraits in the late 1970s, using an 8x10-inch camera to capture a certain expression or pose that would reflect something memorable in his subject.
The Space in Between: Mona Hatoum at the Menil Collection
Terra firma is Latin for “solid land” but Mona Hatoum is not interested in stability.
Doomed Love: La Traviata at Dallas Opera
The Dallas Opera’s superb production of the world’s most frequently performed opera, Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, boasted sensitive conducting, a dynamic heroine and innovative directing.
Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-Time Star at Moody Center for the Arts
There’s a living room constructed in the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University.
The Show Must Go on…Somewhere Else: The Post-Harvey Scramble for Space
Harvey took the floor away from us, and for a large part of the arts sector, the floor was mighty shaky before the storm hit.
Rednecks and Circuit Queens, Together: Tito’s Prize Winner Zack Ingram Dares to Dream
Zack Ingram wasn’t entirely optimistic in spring, when he applied for the inaugural Tito’s Prize, a collaboration between Big Medium and Tito’s Handmade Vodka to help develop an Austin-based artist’s career.
Origins, Rations, Extractions: Paula Luttringer and Gissette Padilla at Blue Star Contemporary
Both Paula Luttringer and Gissette Padilla lived and emigrated from South American countries during eras of social and political upheaval.
Dornith Doherty: Archiving Eden at Amon Carter
A black circle fills the frame; a dark void within which small white flecks float.