Arts and Culture Texas magazine

When Abstraction Gets Personal: Robert Motherwell at the Modern

Nancy Zastudil·April 6, 2023

Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting, on view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth from June 4 to Sept. 17, is the first presentation in over 25 years to survey the life and work of the influential post-war artist, whose paintings have been recognized as some of the most inventive of his time.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ world premiere finally arrives in The Dallas Opera’s new season

Steven Brown·April 3, 2023

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly celebrates the power of the human spirit when it faces a cataclysm.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Wagner, Mahler, Mozart and more: Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Epic New Season

Steven Brown·April 3, 2023

The challenge is so great that no U.S. orchestra has pulled it off in recent decades: a concert-hall presentation of Richard Wagner’s four-opera epic, The Ring of the Nibelung. But the Dallas Symphony Orchestra is taking it on.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Celebrating 150 Years with 150 Artists at Texas Christian University

Donna Tennant·April 3, 2023

As Texas Christian University celebrates the sesquicentennial of its founding, the School of Art is mounting a group exhibition of 150 artists celebrating the talent and range of artists whose work has contributed to the creative life of TCU students and faculty, as well as Texas art and beyond.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Cliburn contest helps aspiring pianists envision their future

Steven Brown·March 22, 2023

After taking the helm at The Cliburn, which runs the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Jacques Marquis looked back across the contest’s winners and noticed a pattern.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

A Kind of Dream: Mark di Suvero at the Nasher Sculpture Center

Nancy Zastudil·March 20, 2023

Many readers will be familiar with Mark di Suvero and his work.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Discovering the Dallas Arts District

Sherry Cheng·February 16, 2023

It’s the start of my whirlwind tour of the Dallas Arts District. Improbably, in all the years I have lived in Houston (23) and all the time I have been an arts writer in Texas (5), I had never been to Dallas. I am here now as a first time arts tourist, eager to absorb the wonders of a new place, open to every experience that might come my way.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Music Visual Art

Toward the Infinity of Possibility: Leslie Martinez at Blaffer Art Museum

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·February 14, 2023

In the work of Leslie Martinez, on view at the Blaffer Art Museum from through March 12, 2023, viewers tumble across landscapes as they explore the peaks and valleys of each piece unhindered by borders.

Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Visual Art

Dance of Death: South Africa’s Vuyani Dance Theatre explores grief during three-stop Texas debut

Lindsey Wilson·February 3, 2023

In 1995, South African novelist and playwright Zakes Mda wrote a book called Ways of Dying that features a character named Toloki, a professional mourner at township funerals in post-Apartheid South Africa.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston

A Feast for the Eyes: Dallas Museum of Art overflows with 300 years of Flemish masterworks

Lindsey Wilson·February 1, 2023

“Stepping into this exhibition truly feels like you’re embarking on a journey through time,” says Dr. Nicole R. Myers, Dallas Museum of Art’s interim chief curator and The Barbara Thomas Lemmon senior curator of European Art.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Reckoning with History While Interpreting the Future: Emancipation explored at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Lindsey Wilson·February 1, 2023

Today, a bronze cast of The Freedman can be found at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Come to the Cabaret: How an underdog musical triumphantly returned to Dallas

Lindsey Wilson·January 10, 2023

In summer 2022, a little-musical-that-could defied the odds in Dallas. Produced as an independent entity, Cabaret at Arts Mission Oak Cliff had no established theater company backing it, no built-in subscriber base, and no big names attached.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music Theater

Visual Art

Awe and Wonder: Space City at Asia Society Texas

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Culture Examined: Kimbell Art Museum offers a window into Dutch art in the Global Age

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

Texas Studio: Jordan Fuchs Starts with Choreography

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

Cheers to 15 Years: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas isn’t afraid to mix things up for 2025

Music

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Art Thrives on the South Plains: A Survey of Lubbock’s Cultural Scene

Theater

A Succession Story: Houston’s 4th Wall Theatre Company Secures its Future

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Through An Inclusive Lens: Diversity and divas populate Uptown Players’ 2024-25 season

Dallas/Ft Worth

When Abstraction Gets Personal: Robert Motherwell at the Modern

‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ world premiere finally arrives in The Dallas Opera’s new season

Wagner, Mahler, Mozart and more: Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Epic New Season

Celebrating 150 Years with 150 Artists at Texas Christian University

Cliburn contest helps aspiring pianists envision their future

A Kind of Dream: Mark di Suvero at the Nasher Sculpture Center

Discovering the Dallas Arts District

Toward the Infinity of Possibility: Leslie Martinez at Blaffer Art Museum

Dance of Death: South Africa’s Vuyani Dance Theatre explores grief during three-stop Texas debut

A Feast for the Eyes: Dallas Museum of Art overflows with 300 years of Flemish masterworks

Reckoning with History While Interpreting the Future: Emancipation explored at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Come to the Cabaret: How an underdog musical triumphantly returned to Dallas