Dali and Vermeer in Dialogue at the Meadows
Meadows Museum in Dallas secured Vermeer’s Woman in Blue Reading a Letter for its new exhibition, Dalí/Vermeer: A Dialogue, on display Oct. 16, 2022 through Jan. 15, 2023.
Visual Art
‘Survivance’: The Carter Turns the Lens Over to Indigenous Photographers
Speaking With Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography, on display at the Amon Carter through Jan. 22, 2023.
Texas Studio: Matthew Bourbon on Blunting the Edges of Certainty
Like so many artists, Matthew Bourbon holds an array of roles in the field.
Constructing Fragility: Diane Severin Nguyen at the CAMH
On view at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston from Oct. 28 through Feb. 26, 2023, If Revolution Is a Sickness centers around a video of the same name.
Jenelle Esparza Weaves Ancestral History at Women & Their Work
Jenelle Esparza’s weavings reflect her South Texas lineage, but also ask what that history might look like from the perspective of the landscape.
Seriality, color, and time: Matthew Wong at DMA
The Dallas Museum of Art seemed to have known that Matthew Wong was on the cusp of fame before most of the world’s other leading art museums.
Gordon Parks at the MFAH: Behind-the-lens insights into the mind of one of America’s most visionary photographers
In 1966, Gordon Parks, one of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th century, set out to profile rising civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael for Life magazine.
Matt Manalo asks ‘Is Liberation Attainable?’
Manalo’s family immigrated to the United States from the Philippines when he was nineteen, sparking what would become one of the major driving questions - what does ‘home’ mean?
Loud and Clear: Vignette Art Fair amplifies women’s voices
The Vignette Art Fair gives women artists from all over Texas the opportunity to exhibit their work and make their voices known.
The Parts that Make Us Whole: Benny Andrews and Deborah Roberts at the McNay Art Museum
“Creative people need time to sit around and do nothing.” This perceptive quote from author Austin Kleon, a self-described “writer who draws,” is front and center on Deborah Robert’s Instagram account as I’m writing.
The Power of an Image: FotoFest Biennial 2022 confronts the issues of our time
Just as the song was a response to the concerns of its time, the works that constitute the central exhibition of FotoFest Biennial 2022: If I Had a Hammer (Sept. 24-Nov. 6 at Silver Street and Winter Street Studios) confront the issues of our time.
All in for Beauty: Charlotte Smith at Camiba Gallery
For more than 20 years Dallas-based artist Charlotte Smith has reveled in experimenting with paint, and occasionally other materials, creating a signature style grounded in process-driven abstraction.