At a time when many institutions are pulling away from telling diverse stories, Houston is proudly showing its support for the Black artistic community with the Fade To Black Festival.
Everyone loves a good first, from races to teams to a step on the moon, but when it comes to theater, being the first to offer a brand new work is not without risks.
Climb the stairs to the second level of the Law Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and you encounter two silent, black-and-white films, projected on the wall near the entrance to Tamara de Lempicka, the first major museum retrospective of the Art Deco pioneer and one of the 20th century’s most underappreciated artists.
Handel’s Theodora was the least-performed oratorio during the composer’s lifetime, yet he considered it one of his most important and finest creations.
“I think about how a traditional painting is compressed unto itself,” Nathaniel Donnett explained. “The object, ground, surface, texture, subject or non-subject, and the process of applying a substance that could be considered as paint.”
Swimming pools, tennis courts, a bridge, an arch, her daughter’s toy blocks are all recurring images in Iranian-born artist Farima Faloodi’s paintings and installations.