Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Pioneering Paintings by Janet Sobel Reunited at the Menil

Donna Tennant·February 6, 2024

Inspired by a gift from her grandson of one painting and four drawings, Janet Sobel’s early but short-lived career is now the subject of a compelling exhibition at the Menil Collection from Feb. 23 through Aug. 11.

Houston Visual Art

TX Studio: Callina Anderson finds her balance

Emily Hynds·January 5, 2024

Callina Anderson is a Houston-based actor who recently wrapped On the Exhale at Unity Theatre in Brenham.

Houston Texas Studio Theater

Poetic Radiance: ‘An Archeology of Silence’ by Kehinde Wiley at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Donna Tennant·December 30, 2023

Kehinde Wiley and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Director Gary Tinterow first met in New York when Tinterow, then a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, proposed the acquisition of Wiley’s The Veiled Christ, a large 2008 watercolor.

Houston Visual Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Five Texas Galleries

Nancy Zastudil·December 29, 2023

A Seasonal Spotlight on Five Texas Galleries in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio

Dallas/Ft Worth Gallery Row Houston San Antonio Visual Art

Kinsey African American Art & History Collection at the Holocaust Museum Houston

Tarra Gaines·December 18, 2023

When the public has the chance to view a monumental, but private collection of art, it usually occurs if the collection is loaned to a museum and perhaps organized as a special exhibition.

Houston Visual Art

No Milestone Unturned: Honoring Stanton Welch’s 20-Year Contribution to Houston Ballet

Nichelle Suzanne·December 18, 2023

Stanton Welch has provided visionary leadership for Houston Ballet since picking up its creative torch in 2003.

Dance Houston

Social Issues, Puppets, Yellow Swings and Big Changes: The 2023 Wrap Up

Nancy Wozny·December 11, 2023

We are back for our epic annual public chit chat, a tiny snapshot of the thousand dishy emails that fly across the inter tubes discussing what we just saw, missed, didn’t understand or flat out loved.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston Music Theater

No Barriers: Performing Arts Houston’s New Now Series Nurtures Houston Artists

Tarra Gaines·December 1, 2023

Can a series of world premiere, multidisciplinary performances also quickly become an annual New Year tradition?

Dance Houston Music

Labor in Motion: Laura Gutierrez at DiverseWorks

Nancy Wozny·November 28, 2023

Choreographer Laura Gutierrez honors her father’s 48 years of labor in the premiere of In Tarps I Trust, commissioned and presented by DiverseWorks on Feb. 22-24, 2024 at the MATCH in Houston.

Dance Houston

From the Cistern to the Cross-Country Chamber Consortium: Musiqa charts an ambitious new path

Sherry Cheng·November 28, 2023

Musiqa took a turn underground. In November 2023 the Houston-based new music organization had the opportunity to present the world premiere of a site-specific work by Houston composer Pierre Jalbert in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern as part of its popular Underground Sounds series.

Houston Music

Art, Life, & Space Travel: ‘Six Scenes From Our Future’ at the CAMH

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·November 28, 2023

For 75 years, the Contemporary Art Museum Houston (CAMH) has sought to engage its community in a dialogue that stems from its inaugural exhibition: This Is Contemporary Art (1948).

Houston Visual Art

Houston Cinema Arts Festival Focuses on Texas, the Arts and Home

Tarra Gaines·October 30, 2023

There’s no place like Houston for cinephiles when the Houston Cinema Arts Society opens its 15th annual film festival with a "Bring It On Home" theme.

Film Houston

Visual Art

Value in Hu(e)manity: Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe

Performative and All-encompassing: David-Jeremiah: The Fire This Time

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

Performa/Dance Marks Their 10th Anniversary with ‘ANTHROPOCENE’

Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet

Unbind Your Imagination: TITAS/Dance Unbound invites global dance into Dallas for 2025-26 season

Music

A Season of Discovery and Wonder at Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet

Theater

The Ballad of Stage West: Fort Worth theater company’s 47th season is a matter of life and death

Glitter and Be Gay: Uptown Players celebrates chosen family, queer joy, resilience, and rebellion in 2025-26 season

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Houston

Pioneering Paintings by Janet Sobel Reunited at the Menil

TX Studio: Callina Anderson finds her balance

Poetic Radiance: ‘An Archeology of Silence’ by Kehinde Wiley at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Five Texas Galleries

Kinsey African American Art & History Collection at the Holocaust Museum Houston

No Milestone Unturned: Honoring Stanton Welch’s 20-Year Contribution to Houston Ballet

Social Issues, Puppets, Yellow Swings and Big Changes: The 2023 Wrap Up

No Barriers: Performing Arts Houston’s New Now Series Nurtures Houston Artists

Labor in Motion: Laura Gutierrez at DiverseWorks

From the Cistern to the Cross-Country Chamber Consortium: Musiqa charts an ambitious new path

Art, Life, & Space Travel: ‘Six Scenes From Our Future’ at the CAMH

Houston Cinema Arts Festival Focuses on Texas, the Arts and Home