Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Between Race and Place: Charles L. Davis II considers the Black Home as Public Art at UT

James Russell·September 24, 2024

Charles L. Davis II, an associate professor of architectural history and criticism at UT Austin's School of Architecture, researches the relationship between race and place.

Austin Visual Art

A Culture of Women: Now in its sixth year, Vignette Art Fair continues to promote women artists

Lindsey Wilson·September 23, 2024

There is no shortage of artistic talent in Texas, but each year is another chance for the Vignette Art Fair in Dallas to remind us once again of how skilled and creative the women of the Lone Star State truly are.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

TX Studio: Faith Scott Jessup and the Real Magic of Close Looking

Nancy Zastudil·September 23, 2024

“The devil is in the details,” or so the saying goes. But for Faith Scott Jessup, details are one way to hold onto hope.

Dallas/Ft Worth Texas Studio Visual Art

Texas Studio: Virginia L. Montgomery Gets Surreal

Nancy Zastudil·September 13, 2024

MOON MOTH BED (2023), is not your typical nature documentary. Austin-based artist Virginia L. Montgomery created this video for EYE MOON COCOON, her fall 2023 exhibition at Austin’s Women & Their Work, who invited her to create a large immersive installation that referenced Texas and the Texas ecosystem.

Texas Studio Visual Art

Texas Studio: Robert Jessup Envelops the Viewer

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·September 10, 2024

“You find yourself alone in an empty room,” the artist begins.

Dallas/Ft Worth Texas Studio Visual Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Nancy Zastudil·August 22, 2024

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row Visual Art

Texas Studio: Audrya Flores Needs Some Space

casey gregory·August 17, 2024

From Francis Bacon’s chaotically smeary Dublin hovel to Georgia O’Keefe’s airy New Mexico retreat, the way that artists use, arrange, divide, and negotiate their studios is as individual as the work that emerges from these spaces.

San Antonio Texas Studio Visual Art

Land, memory, language, and ancestry: ‘Native America: In Translation’ at the Blanton

Sherry Cheng·August 17, 2024

“I was thinking about young Native artists and what would be inspirational and important for them as a road map,” said Wendy Red Star, curator of Native America: In Translation.

Austin Visual Art

Chance and Fate: Tacita Dean’s long overdue exhibit at the Menil

Donna Tennant·August 17, 2024

Tacita Dean is possibly the most significant artist not widely known in the U.S.

Houston Visual Art

Art Around Every Corner: Discovering Cuba’s Cultural Treasures and Urban landscapes

Tarra Gaines·August 14, 2024

I was traveling as a guest of long-time Arts and Culture Texas friends, the Austin-based Camiba Cultural Tours.

Dance Travel Visual Art

Volcanic Revisioning: New Discoveries of Vesuvius at the Meadows

James Russell·August 14, 2024

Professor and University of Texas at Dallas’s Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History director Michael Thomas showcases his and others’ decades-long research into the excavation and findings following Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in 79 CE.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Making Waves: Discovering Contemporary Cuban Photography at the MFAH

Donna Tennant·August 14, 2024

Thanks to a gift from Chicago collector Madeleine Plonsker and her husband Harvey, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, now has the most complete collection of post-revolutionary Cuban photography anywhere—nearly 400 works by some 80 artists.

Houston Visual Art

Visual Art

Awe and Wonder: Space City at Asia Society Texas

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Culture Examined: Kimbell Art Museum offers a window into Dutch art in the Global Age

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

Texas Studio: Jordan Fuchs Starts with Choreography

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

Cheers to 15 Years: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas isn’t afraid to mix things up for 2025

Music

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Art Thrives on the South Plains: A Survey of Lubbock’s Cultural Scene

Theater

A Succession Story: Houston’s 4th Wall Theatre Company Secures its Future

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Through An Inclusive Lens: Diversity and divas populate Uptown Players’ 2024-25 season

Visual Art

Between Race and Place: Charles L. Davis II considers the Black Home as Public Art at UT

A Culture of Women: Now in its sixth year, Vignette Art Fair continues to promote women artists

TX Studio: Faith Scott Jessup and the Real Magic of Close Looking

Texas Studio: Virginia L. Montgomery Gets Surreal

Texas Studio: Robert Jessup Envelops the Viewer

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Texas Studio: Audrya Flores Needs Some Space

Land, memory, language, and ancestry: ‘Native America: In Translation’ at the Blanton

Chance and Fate: Tacita Dean’s long overdue exhibit at the Menil

Art Around Every Corner: Discovering Cuba’s Cultural Treasures and Urban landscapes

Volcanic Revisioning: New Discoveries of Vesuvius at the Meadows

Making Waves: Discovering Contemporary Cuban Photography at the MFAH