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The Polaroid Project: At the Intersection of Art and Technology

john zotos·June 26, 2017

An exhibition surrounding Polaroid photography has landed at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, and for many of us the subject is something from the not-so-distant past that comes with a heady dose of nostalgia.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Texas Studio: Dan Lam

Jeremy Hallock·June 26, 2017

Viewers have many different reactions to Dan Lam’s sublime and potentially grotesque art.

Texas Studio Visual Art

Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish: Pipilotti Rist at MFAH

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·June 26, 2017

Last summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presented two installations and a few somewhat overlooked paintings by Yayoi Kusama.

Houston Visual Art

Forklift Danceworks Dives into Austin’s Public Pools

Claire Christine Spera·June 25, 2017

It only takes one summer in Texas to feel the heat, and the City of Austin Aquatics Division is feeling it these days in more than one way.

Austin Dance

Texas Studio: Jennifer Ling Datchuk

Nancy Zastudil·June 22, 2017

Eyebrow-plucking as critique of conventional gender roles; wigs that mimic authenticity but question identity; porcelain mugs in service of social awareness: These are just a few of the recent artworks by Jennifer Ling Datchuk that provoke important, if not awkward, conversations.

San Antonio Texas Studio Visual Art

Shaping the Public Realm: A Look At Austin’s State of Public Art

Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin·June 22, 2017

Ai Weiwei’s Forever Bicycles lit up Austin social media feeds days before the dizzying sculpture had its official June 3rd opening.

Austin Visual Art

Rec Room’s Punk New Season

Tarra Gaines·June 20, 2017

“What the heck is a Rec Room?” was the question I set out to answer almost a year ago when I interviewed the performance art space co-owners and founders, Matt Hune and Stephanie Wittels Wachs

Houston Theater

Over the Borderline: Exhibitions at Artpace Address Contemporary Divisions

Nancy Zastudil·June 20, 2017

It could be argued that art is limitless. But is it borderless? This summer, Artpace embraces this question with two solo exhibitions of work by Sabine Senft and Doerte Weber, artists who are addressing global issues of migration and geopolitical borders.

San Antonio Visual Art

Lynn Lane’s Transitory Sound and Movement Collective is Making Shifts in Houston

Evan Wildstein·June 20, 2017

I think of Houston as a creative Bento box, in the way that New York is a melting pot. Art people go to galleries and museums, music people go to the opera and symphony, and so on.

Houston Music

Collective Art: The Propeller Group at Blaffer Art Museum

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·June 20, 2017

There’s something deceptive about the exhibition on view at the University of Houston’s Blaffer Art Museum.

Houston Visual Art

Simulate the Revolution: Digital Projections Enhance MFAH’s Mexican Modernism Survey

Devon Britt-Darby·June 15, 2017

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

Devon Britt-Darby·June 15, 2017

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.

Books Editor's Picks Houston It Happened in Texas Visual Art

Visual Art

A Line, Learning: Cy Twombly at Menil Drawing Institute

A Call to the Curious: Liliana Bloch Gallery and the Art We Need to See

Pop up Power: Showing Adventurous Art in North Texas Is Strictly DIY

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

The Art of Movement: TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND’s new season journeys through time and across continents

Your Move, Partner: Bombshell Dance Project whisks audiences to the Wild West and Flower Mound Arts Festival

A New Flock: Jennifer Mabus Launches Grackle Dance Collective in Dallas

Music

Dallas Opera’s New Season Aims to Enchant and Entertain

THE HUNT, THE HAUNTED, THE GODDESS, AND THE MAGNIFICAT: THE SPLENDID VISIONS OF ARS LYRICA HOUSTON

Living in the Sacred Moment: Austin Opera’s 2026-27 season honors heritage, innovation, and empathy

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

A Last Entrance: ‘Leopoldstadt’ at Main Street Theater

Diaspora Stories: Spring offers a bounty of Latinx Theater Festivals

The Polaroid Project: At the Intersection of Art and Technology

Texas Studio: Dan Lam

Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish: Pipilotti Rist at MFAH

Forklift Danceworks Dives into Austin’s Public Pools

Texas Studio: Jennifer Ling Datchuk

Shaping the Public Realm: A Look At Austin’s State of Public Art

Rec Room’s Punk New Season

Over the Borderline: Exhibitions at Artpace Address Contemporary Divisions

Lynn Lane’s Transitory Sound and Movement Collective is Making Shifts in Houston

Collective Art: The Propeller Group at Blaffer Art Museum

Simulate the Revolution: Digital Projections Enhance MFAH’s Mexican Modernism Survey

Parallel Lines: Uniting Jim Crow-Era Works by Black, White Artists at Houston Public Library