WOLS: Retrospective
The Berlin-born Parisian artist Wols worked during a war-torn era when the art world’s center was shifting to...
Houston
TX 13 Group Survey Exhibition
With 13 curators and about 70 artists, the TX 13 Group Survey Exhibition is a cacophony of sounds, images and styles that tries for the first time to jam all the artists selected in a statewide open call for the Texas Biennial into a single space — the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum.
Review: Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is the most over-hyped Broadway musical of the last decade. But no doubt you’ll still be laughing about it to your friends long after the touring musical leaves Texas.
The Real Thing Main Street Theater
“Loving and being loved is unliterary,” says Annie in Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing, on stage right now at Main Street Theater
Matthew Keenan on Hamlet at Classical Theatre Company
Actor Matthew Keenan is deep in rehearsals for Classical Theatre Company’s Hamlet, on Sept. 11-29 at Barnevelder.
A Decade of Dance
With the 2013-14 season, Stanton Welch moves into his 10th year as artistic director of Houston Ballet, one of the leading companies in the nation.
Review: The Aliens
In the Horse Head Theatre Company production of The Aliens, two men of wasted talent, who are likely...
Space Painting
Jessica Lang paints movements in broad strokes, making her one of the most visually exciting choreographers in the dance world.
Houston's Society of Performing Arts presents Jessica Lang Dance (JLD) on Sept. 20, following the TITAS presentation in Dallas on Sept. 14.
FotoFest Discoveries
There was only one other person in the exhibition space with me, but she was otherwise occupied. Talking in hushed tones on her phone, she scribbled away in her date book. Technically, we were in the lobby of an office building, so her behavior wasn’t out of order. Have public lobbies become the only private spaces skyscrapers have to offer? Judging by the amount of people I saw pacing behind the temporary gallery walls, I would have to say yes.
LaToya Ruby Frazier: WITNESS
“Welcome to Historic Braddock,” a black-and-white photograph greets visitors near the title wall to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston exhibition, LaToya Ruby Frazier: WITNESS. The gelatin silver print presents a straightforward, close-up view of the friendly advertisement printed on what appears to be the temporary wooden fencing one might see surrounding a construction site or abandoned property. The bold lettering stands out against a black background, and hovers over the white silhouette of a skyline – Braddock’s, one would assume.
Shaping a State’s Art History
Expanded Texas Biennial Launches Its Fifth Iteration IMAGE ABOVE: TX?13 Danielle Georgiou, cialis Pizzicato Porno (2013), site videos...
Execution: Crucifixion
Symbols and Implements of Violent Death Abound in Lone Star Museums IMAGE ABOVE: Francisco Gallego (Spanish, order active...