Simulate the Revolution: Digital Projections Enhance MFAH’s Mexican Modernism Survey
Mexican modern art is having a moment in Texas museums.
Parallel Lines: Uniting Jim Crow-Era Works by Black, White Artists at Houston Public Library
Houston audiences will get a rare glimpse into the Bayou City’s pre-boom, Jim Crow-era art scene when the exhibition Planned, Organized and Established: Houston Artist Cooperatives presents paintings and ephemera from two 1930s collectives—one white, one black.
Roni Horn: Nasher Sculpture Center
For the first time at Dallas’ iconic Nasher Sculpture Center, curators have allowed for a physical alteration of the building: removing two rows of the site-specific oculi in the ceiling of the Renzo Piano structure.
Unpeopled Landscapes: Esteban Delgado, Tom Turner, and Victor Pérez-Rul at Southwest School of Art
Depending on one’s frame of mind, the new exhibitions on view through July 16 at San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art—created by three very different artists in three divergent mediums—offer either hopeful or apocalyptic visions of landscapes.
Full Season Ahead for Houston’s Horse Head Theatre
Houston’s Horse Head Theatre company has a reputation for staging intriguing and occasional avant-garde contemporary plays in nontraditional and even bizarre venues, from the back porch of a bar to a geodesic event dome on the banks of Buffalo Bayou.
Disco Balls in the Desert and other Marfa Adventures
When I saw that this year's Marfa Sounding focused on the great California-based legend and dance maker Anna Halprin, I knew that I had to make trek to Marfa for Memorial Day weekend.
Texas New Music Ensemble Focuses on Lone Star Composers
Texas composers have a champion in Chad Robinson, founder and artistic director of Texas New Music Ensemble (TNME). Concluding its 4th season, TNME will highlight its unique mission and growing accomplishments with its annual celebratory summer concert on Aug. 12th at MATCH.
Defining Home: Da Camera’s 30th Season
Da Camera has flourished because of the entrepreneurial spirit and open-mindedness of its hometown of Houston, as general director Sarah Rothenberg will readily tell you.
The ACTX Top Ten: June 2017
A+C TX's top ten picks for arts + culture events happening across Texas in June 2017.
Year of the Woman: Ars Lyrica’s Upcoming Season Celebrates Artful Women
It's the first time Matthew Dirst, Founder and Artistic Director of Houston's leading early music ensemble Ars Lyrica, has programmed an entire season of music focusing on women.
A Crisis of Space: Austin Struggles with the Loss of Performance Venues
“We always felt that this was a clubhouse for a group of friends who felt like we were a little bit off,” he said. “We still feel a little off and we still want to be that clubhouse, that space for people like us who feel a little off. We have to find another way to do that now.”
From punk rockers to presidents: The rebels at ROCO announce new season
The conductor nearly chickened out. Planning the concert that will open the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s 2017-18 season, Vladimir Yampolsky suggested a rarity: the Symphony No. 2 by Kurt Weill of Threepenny Opera fame. Then he wavered.