Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Acts Of Aggression at Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University

john zotos·October 2, 2017

A timely and thoughtful exhibition featuring the work of eleven Guatemalan artists across an array of media examines the aftermath of a calamitous civil war that ostensibly ended 20 years ago.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Resurface: Gilad Efrat at Inman Gallery

Donna Tennant·October 2, 2017

It has been five years since Israeli artist Gilad Efrat’s last showed at Inman Gallery, and the work has changed dramatically.

Visual Art

Richard Stout’s Homecoming at AMSET

Devon Britt-Darby·October 1, 2017

“I’ve always liked to work from home,” says Richard Stout, the Beaumont-born painter, sculptor, and elder statesman of the Houston art world, as we sit in the Montrose-area studio he built 50 years ago behind his house.

Visual Art

Genevieve Gaignard’s Passing Identities at HCP

casey gregory·September 28, 2017

Anyone who needs to be forced out of those “comfortable” preconceived notions of identity should see Genevieve Gaignard’s exhibition In Passing at the Houston Center for Photography, on view through Oct. 22.

Houston Visual Art

Nowhere and Now: Tudor Mitroi at Rudolph Blume Gallery

Donna Tennant·September 28, 2017

Tudor Mitroi continues to explore time and space in his highly personal paintings on paper at Rudolph Blume Gallery, on view through Oct 7.

Visual Art

Show Up: Jake Margolin and Nick Vaughan

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·September 25, 2017

“We found Charles’s death certificate in the Trinidad municipal library, and the Catholic cemetery had a ledger with his death records,” added Nick Vaughan.

Show Up Visual Art

Haunting the Haunted: Misty Keasler at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Jennifer Smart·September 22, 2017

An interest in what isn’t shown in a photograph is a relatively recent preoccupation among art audiences.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Visual Art

Moving Forward, Looking Back: David McGee at Texas Gallery and HMAAC

casey gregory·September 21, 2017

The mucky brown waters had barely begun to recede when artist David McGee’s mother reminded him of the title of his upcoming exhibition at Houston’s Texas Gallery.

Houston Visual Art

Oz and Odessa Collide: Kelly O’Connor at the Old Jail Art Center

Illa Gaunt·September 20, 2017

Two hundred miles separate the West Texas towns of Albany and Odessa. Best known for oil derricks and high-school football, Odessa is home to artist Kelly O’Connor’s maternal family and serves as the thematic basis of her work on display at the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, on view through Feb. 3, 2018.

Visual Art West Texas

Art Scene Stalwarts Among Harvey’s First Responders

Devon Britt-Darby·September 20, 2017

“Today, when I came to meet you, was the first day I didn’t have a pistol on me,” Paul Middendorf said recently, as he sat at Black Hole Coffee in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood—his first such outing since Hurricane Harvey brought catastrophic flooding to Southeast Texas.

Houston Visual Art

Monsters & Mayhem at the McNay

Manuel Mendoza·September 20, 2017

San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum has been transformed into a haunted house for the Halloween season, as if a witch had cast her spell on the venerable San Antonio institution.

Editor's Picks San Antonio Theater Visual Art

Designing Women: Dallas Gallerists Shape the Design District’s Contemporary Art Scene

Nancy Zastudil·September 15, 2017

The art scene in Dallas has long been influenced by avant-garde women: From the The Betty McLean Gallery, which opened in 1951 as one of the first modern art galleries in Texas, to Valley House Gallery, founded by Peggy and Donald Vogel, to the visionaries of today who show no signs of slowing down.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks 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

Acts Of Aggression at Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University

Resurface: Gilad Efrat at Inman Gallery

Richard Stout’s Homecoming at AMSET

Genevieve Gaignard’s Passing Identities at HCP

Nowhere and Now: Tudor Mitroi at Rudolph Blume Gallery

Show Up: Jake Margolin and Nick Vaughan

Haunting the Haunted: Misty Keasler at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Moving Forward, Looking Back: David McGee at Texas Gallery and HMAAC

Oz and Odessa Collide: Kelly O’Connor at the Old Jail Art Center

Art Scene Stalwarts Among Harvey’s First Responders

Monsters & Mayhem at the McNay

Designing Women: Dallas Gallerists Shape the Design District’s Contemporary Art Scene