Drawing the Line: Amalia Mesa-Bains at San Antonio Museum of Art
When did you first learn that art had power? For groundbreaking Chicana artist, activist, scholar, and educator Amalia Mesa-Bains, the revelation came to her as a child.
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The Long Game: Erin Cluley Gallery Celebrates Ten Years of Insightful Programming
In an industry so reliant on global trends and collectors’ whims, the fact that Erin Cluley’s eponymous space is celebrating a full decade is worth popping the champagne.
Connecting Art to Hearts: Dallas’ contemporary Conduit Gallery celebrates 40 years
They say to do what you love, and Nancy Whitenack loves art.
Material Girl: Jean Shin clothes the Amon Carter’s ‘Museum Body’
In our current era of fast fashion and 15-second TikTok videos, Jean Shin is looking for permanence, or at least a way to honor the people whose work and energy is directed at one common goal, at one specific place, during one particular point in time.
Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries
Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries
Power and Glory: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries at the Kimbell
Imagine installing seven massive Flemish tapestries, each measuring 14 feet tall and 28 feet wide.
Sculpture + Sanctuary: ‘Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege’
Change always comes at a cost, and more often than people realize, it is a human cost.
Making Memories: Thomas Demand’s The Stutter of History at the MFAH
Do you remember Princess Diana’s fatal car crash in 1997? How about the Fukushima nuclear accident of 2011? Florida’s 2000 presidential election recount, with its hanging chads?
Don’t Blink: Dallas Museum of Art stares down race, gender, and identity with ‘When You See Me’
The Dallas Museum of Art recently acquired several new works from TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art Fund, and it was this expansion of its permanent collection that inspired When You See Me: Visibility in Contemporary Art/History, on view now through April 13, 2025.
Top Arts: In 2024, the Dallas Arts District is finally crowned the best in America
I moved to Dallas in October 2009, the same month and year that the AT&T Performing Arts Center opened.
Dark Comedy: The de la Torres Brothers at the McNay
Though they began their careers as artists independently, glass blowing brought them together and taught brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre how to collaborate.
Shared Experiences: Patrick Martinez at Dallas Contemporary
The Road to Dallas is Paved with Trees, Plants and Neon