Arts and Culture Texas magazine

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

An alternative reality of fantasy and myth: Dallas Opera Presents a timeless ‘Das Rheingold’

Steven Brown·December 13, 2022

For all the glories of Carmen, La Boheme, Aida and the like, opera companies sometimes want to tackle a work that’s out-of-the-ordinary: Call it a statement opera. The urge came upon The Dallas Opera before the pandemic.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music Theater

Roaring Back: The 2022 Wrap up

Nancy Wozny·December 8, 2022

It’s been way too long since I sat around the virtual table with our fabulous theater writers Lindsey Wilson and Tarra Gaines to chat about all things performing arts in Houston, Dallas and beyond.

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Texas Studio: Jose Villalobos

casey gregory·December 7, 2022

In my first brief conversation with San Antonio-based artist Jose Villalobos regarding his 2018 Luminaria artwork, La Carga de Tradición, the artist was incorporating dance-based performance with wearable sculpture.

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Visual Art

Diving Into Hidden Universes: Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within at the MFAH

An Enigmatic Woman: Marisol’s Big Works Get an Even Bigger Retrospective at Dallas Museum of Art

Dallas artist Du Chau Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

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

Women First: Texas Ballet Theater Highlights Six Outstanding Female Choreographers

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Revealing Repertoire: Houston Ballet’s Triple Bill Tells a Company’s Story

Music

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

TX Studio: Héctor Guzmán Conducts a Life

Spreading the Classical Music Word: San Antonio’s Agarita Thinks Beyond the Concert Hall

Theater

Finding His Niche: Actor/Playwright Parker Davis Gray Carves Out His Place

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Building a Community: D. Wambui Richardson Invites Audiences to Become Part of Jubilee Theatre’s Family

Dallas/Ft Worth

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

An alternative reality of fantasy and myth: Dallas Opera Presents a timeless ‘Das Rheingold’

Roaring Back: The 2022 Wrap up

Texas Studio: Jose Villalobos