Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Invoking the Body: Jasper Johns at Menil Drawing Institute

Laura August·November 12, 2018

On view through Jan. 27, The Condition of Being Here at the newly-inaugurated Menil Drawing Institute (MDI) in Houston includes a selection of Jasper Johns’s drawings dating from 1954 to 2016, many of which get at the fragility of the body and its musings.

Houston Visual Art

Tap Dance for the 21st Century: Michelle Dorrance brings artistry, collaboration, and innovation to Texas

Janet Schroeder·November 10, 2018

Michelle Dorrance’s no-holds-barred approach to tap dancing has endeared her to audiences and presenters throughout her career as a solo artist.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston

Boundless Quantum and Galactic Space: ‘The Demon in the Diagram’ at the Moody Center

Tarra Gaines·November 1, 2018

Millennia before mapping the universe became the purview of the scientist, the first artists scratched marks, lines and shapes onto cave walls, perhaps to make some sense of the world around them through pictorial representation.

Houston Visual Art

REVIEW: New Cartographies at Asia Society Texas Center

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·October 31, 2018

Cartography is a fascinating practice.

Houston Visual Art

Zine Fest Houston Returns to Lawndale

Emily Hynds·October 17, 2018

Zines aren’t new, and neither are zinefests, but many people haven’t heard of either. Zines are self published “magazines” and can be about literally any subject and in any medium.

Books Features Houston

Houston Cinema Arts Festival at Ten

Benjamin Rybeck·October 17, 2018

Consider the Houston Cinema Arts Festival (HCAF), this year celebrating its tenth anniversary, and Richard Herskowitz, its artistic director.

Film Houston

Sculpture Month Houston Spreads Out Beyond the Silos

Robert Boyd·October 17, 2018

In 46 venues, sculpture at its most expansive will be on view through Dec. 1.

Houston Visual Art

Between Two Elizabeths: British Royal Portraits at the MFAH

Tarra Gaines·October 10, 2018

Recounted in song, plays, novels, films and Lifetime television movies, the saga of the rise and fall of generations of British royals has fascinated commoners for centuries.

Houston Visual Art

Communication, context, and consent: Why more Texas theaters are hiring intimacy directors

Lindsey Wilson·October 8, 2018

As more instances of sexual harassment and abuse of power are being uncovered, especially in the theatrical community, more companies are realizing they need an important addition to their creative team: an intimacy director.

Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Lone Star Stories Theater

Friendship, Rivalries and Lots of Ale: ‘Book of Will’ at Main Street Theater

Tarra Gaines·October 8, 2018

Will Shakspere, actor, theater owner and writer is dead; long live–for 400 years–William Shakespeare.

Features Houston Theater

Double ‘Dutchman’ opens HGO and Dallas Opera Seasons

Steven Brown·September 21, 2018

He’s the ultimate outsider. Cursed by Satan, the protagonist of Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman must sail the world’s seas for all eternity.

Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Music

Watch Her Work: Suzan-Lori Parks Gives 2018 Mitchell Artist Lecture

Trevor Boffone·September 21, 2018

In 2014, internationally renowned playwright Suzan-Lori Parks began her much-discussed “Watch Me Work,” an occasional performance on Monday evenings in which audiences can quite literally watch Parks working on her newest writing projects on the mezzanine of the Public Theater in New York.

Houston Theater

Visual Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Material Culture: Betsabée Romero at Blanton Museum of Art

Cartoon King: The Brilliant Accessibility of KAWS at Crystal Bridges

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

Reimagining a Classic: Houston Ballet’s Stanton Welch Breathes New Life into Raymonda

Dance Here: Agora Artists is Planting the Seeds to Make Dallas a Dance Town

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Celebrating 125 Years, the Dallas Symphony Looks Back to its History

Triumph in Tragedy: Ars Lyrica Houston’s Luminous Theodora

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Fade To Black: Week-Long Arts Festival Amplifies Black Voices in Houston

Leaping into the Unknown: The Risks and Rewards of World Premieres

Houston

Invoking the Body: Jasper Johns at Menil Drawing Institute

Tap Dance for the 21st Century: Michelle Dorrance brings artistry, collaboration, and innovation to Texas

Boundless Quantum and Galactic Space: ‘The Demon in the Diagram’ at the Moody Center

REVIEW: New Cartographies at Asia Society Texas Center

Zine Fest Houston Returns to Lawndale

Houston Cinema Arts Festival at Ten

Sculpture Month Houston Spreads Out Beyond the Silos

Between Two Elizabeths: British Royal Portraits at the MFAH

Communication, context, and consent: Why more Texas theaters are hiring intimacy directors

Friendship, Rivalries and Lots of Ale: ‘Book of Will’ at Main Street Theater

Double ‘Dutchman’ opens HGO and Dallas Opera Seasons

Watch Her Work: Suzan-Lori Parks Gives 2018 Mitchell Artist Lecture