Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Between sacred and secular: Murillo at the Kimbell

Lindsey Wilson·July 23, 2022

Spanish Golden Age painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo might be hailed as the leading religious painter of Seville during his lifetime, which spanned 1617–1682, but he wasn’t initially a favorite of former Louvre curator Guillaume Kientz.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

On Fascination, Form, and Future: David-Jeremiah at HMAAC

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·July 18, 2022

Reference to these machines is a common thread across the majority of David-Jeremiah: Early Career Survey, on view at HMAAC through Sept. 10, 2022.

Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Visual Art

Ambiguous places of beauty and sadness: Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin’s Wayfinding at the Blaffer

Tarra Gaines·July 18, 2022

Ten years ago, multidisciplinary artists and life partners Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin set out to trace a little-known bit of queer U.S history, an 1843 pleasure excursion by100 men from St Louis to the Wind River Range of Wyoming, likely the first example of North American gay eco/party tourism.

Houston Theater Visual Art

Fort Worth Arts Moves Forward

James Russell·July 6, 2022

Among the many changes to the inside of the midcentury visual and performing arts center at 1300 Gendy Street in Fort Worth is that management finally tore out the carpet, a final blow to the carpet lobby’s dominance in the Cultural District.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Colette Copeland: My Jesse James Adventure at the Old Jail Art Center and Jody Klotz Fine Art

Sherry Cheng·June 7, 2022

Driving alone through the middle of the country, spanning nine states and more than 4,000 miles, Dallas-based artist, cultural critic, and social activist Colette Copeland spent three summers visiting the numerous sites where Jesse James lived and outlawed, filming on location throughout her performative journey.

Abilene Albany Visual Art West Texas

Show Up: Kelli Vance at Cris Worley

casey gregory·May 17, 2022

The best parts of horror movies are always the early scenes, when a director can revel in the shadows and tease us with glimpses of the monster, allowing our brains to fill in the blanks.

Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Show Up Visual Art

Acts of Resistance: Black Every Day at The Carter

James Russell·May 12, 2022

The scene is the summer of 2020. The country is in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Protestors are outraged by the murder of George Floyd and other Black men at the hands of the police.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Cultural Meeting Points: Amoako Boafo at the CAMH

casey gregory·May 6, 2022

Amoako Boafo: Soul of Black Folks was first exhibited at San Francisco’s moAD and has now traveled to the Contemporary Art Museum Houston, on view May 27 through Oct. 2.

Houston Visual Art

Scaling Up: Landmarks Unveils a New Commission by Sarah Oppenheimer

Nancy Zastudil·May 6, 2022

The project Oppenheimer is referring to, which will be unveiled Sept. 15, is C-010106, commissioned by Landmarks, the public art program of the University of Texas at Austin.

Austin Visual Art

Beyond the Binary: Women Painting Women at The Modern

Nancy Zastudil·May 6, 2022

On view at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth May 15 through September 25 is Women Painting Women, a thematic exhibition of forty-six women artists who choose women as subject matter in their works.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Progress Ahead: PrintHouston Returns with Momentum

Steven Brown·May 2, 2022

The pandemic forced PrintHouston to sit out 2021. Now that the virus is largely under control, the city’s biennial celebration of the printmaking art isn’t waiting for another odd-numbered year to roll around.

Houston Visual Art

Texas on Stage at the McNay

Steven Brown·May 2, 2022

The Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts contains artifacts dating back centuries, and its exhibitions sometimes revel in that broad historical panorama. But The Great Stage of Texas, running through July 24 at San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum—the collection’s home—could hardly be more contemporary.

Dance Music San Antonio Theater Visual Art

Visual Art

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

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Accumulating Histories: Francesca Fuchs Redefines a Breathing Archive at the Menil

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

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

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

Twists of Fate: Myths, Drama, and Phenomenal Voices in Ars Lyrica Houston’s New Season

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

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

Outcast Heroes and Storybook Musicals: Broadway Across Texas

Visual Art

Between sacred and secular: Murillo at the Kimbell

On Fascination, Form, and Future: David-Jeremiah at HMAAC

Ambiguous places of beauty and sadness: Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin’s Wayfinding at the Blaffer

Fort Worth Arts Moves Forward

Colette Copeland: My Jesse James Adventure at the Old Jail Art Center and Jody Klotz Fine Art

Show Up: Kelli Vance at Cris Worley

Acts of Resistance: Black Every Day at The Carter

Cultural Meeting Points: Amoako Boafo at the CAMH

Scaling Up: Landmarks Unveils a New Commission by Sarah Oppenheimer

Beyond the Binary: Women Painting Women at The Modern

Progress Ahead: PrintHouston Returns with Momentum

Texas on Stage at the McNay