Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Texas Studio: Carlos Donjuan transforms grief and loss

casey gregory·April 21, 2023

Carlos Donjuan is known for his surrealist paintings of masked figures punctuated by pops of searing color, striking minimalist shapes, and spurts of spray-paint that nod to his graffiti-painting artistic origins.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Comedy Tonight: Big names are flocking to Fort Worth for Amphibian Stage’s stand-up comic residency

Lindsey Wilson·April 17, 2023

Workshops and new play readings are nothing new in the theater world, but at Amphibian Stage in Fort Worth that same experimental spirit is extended to a different kind of performance art: stand-up comedy.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

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

Visual Art

Vision & Experience: Bart Keijsers Koning Takes the Helm of Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas

Imagination and Experience: Nathaniel Donnett Teases Out the Threads

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

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

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Stories From The Room: The Case for Live Performance

Immersive Worlds: Annie Arnoult’s Open Dance Project Celebrates 10 Years

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Texas Studio: Listening Intently with Yvonne Chen

Stories From The Room: The Case for Live Performance

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Stories From The Room: The Case for Live Performance

Next Chapter: The New Stewards of Fort Worth’s Amphibian Stage to Continue Commitment to New and Underrepresented Works

Dallas/Ft Worth

Texas Studio: Carlos Donjuan transforms grief and loss

Comedy Tonight: Big names are flocking to Fort Worth for Amphibian Stage’s stand-up comic residency

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