Arts and Culture Texas magazine

The Magnificent Faith Ringgold: A Legendary Artist’s Survey Exhibition at Houston Museum of African American Culture

Donna Tennant·August 17, 2017

On October 8, Faith Ringgold will be 87. Alive, well, and still making art in her Englewood, New Jersey, studio, she has earned the moniker “living legend.”

Houston Visual Art

Muscle Memory: CAMH Surveys Annabeth Rosen’s Process-Pushing Ceramics

Devon Britt-Darby·August 14, 2017

Even as an undergrad, ceramic sculptor Annabeth Rosen was known as a “rabble rouser” for constantly testing the limits of clay.

Show Up: Trenton Doyle Hancock

casey gregory·August 14, 2017

I have a theory that artists have the most interesting art collections.

Show Up Visual Art

Make Austin Weirder: John Bock’s “Uncanny Musical” Does Its Part

Devon Britt-Darby·August 11, 2017

“Keep Austin weird,” the bumper-sticker admonition goes, but German filmmaker John Bock—the latest of many European artists to take a cinematic crack at Texas, has envisioned a weirder Austin in Dead + Juicy, an exhibition combining an “uncanny musical” with an installation of transformed versions of the film’s props and sets.

Austin Editor's Picks Film Visual Art

Rebel, Jester, Mystic Poet: Contemporary Persians at MFAH

Devon Britt-Darby·July 11, 2017

One shouldn’t read too much into serendipitous timing, but I can’t help noting that Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians —The Mohammed Afkhami Collection, on view through Sept. 24 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the fourth exhibition of post-revolutionary art the MFAH has mounted in 2017.

Features Houston Visual Art

Visions of America: Three Centuries of Prints at the Dallas Museum of Art

john zotos·July 5, 2017

A captivating exhibition of over 150 prints drawn from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. has quietly opened at the Dallas Museum of Art as if it flew in under the radar.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

The Polaroid Project: At the Intersection of Art and Technology

john zotos·June 26, 2017

An exhibition surrounding Polaroid photography has landed at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, and for many of us the subject is something from the not-so-distant past that comes with a heady dose of nostalgia.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Texas Studio: Dan Lam

Jeremy Hallock·June 26, 2017

Viewers have many different reactions to Dan Lam’s sublime and potentially grotesque art.

Texas Studio Visual Art

Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish: Pipilotti Rist at MFAH

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·June 26, 2017

Last summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presented two installations and a few somewhat overlooked paintings by Yayoi Kusama.

Houston Visual Art

Texas Studio: Jennifer Ling Datchuk

Nancy Zastudil·June 22, 2017

Eyebrow-plucking as critique of conventional gender roles; wigs that mimic authenticity but question identity; porcelain mugs in service of social awareness: These are just a few of the recent artworks by Jennifer Ling Datchuk that provoke important, if not awkward, conversations.

San Antonio Texas Studio Visual Art

Shaping the Public Realm: A Look At Austin’s State of Public Art

Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin·June 22, 2017

Ai Weiwei’s Forever Bicycles lit up Austin social media feeds days before the dizzying sculpture had its official June 3rd opening.

Austin Visual Art

Over the Borderline: Exhibitions at Artpace Address Contemporary Divisions

Nancy Zastudil·June 20, 2017

It could be argued that art is limitless. But is it borderless? This summer, Artpace embraces this question with two solo exhibitions of work by Sabine Senft and Doerte Weber, artists who are addressing global issues of migration and geopolitical borders.

San Antonio Visual Art

Visual Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Sprawling History: Tavares Strachan at the Blanton

Storytime: Meow Wolf Leans into the Narrative in their immersive adventures

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

Women First: Texas Ballet Theater Highlights Six Outstanding Female Choreographers

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Revealing Repertoire: Houston Ballet’s Triple Bill Tells a Company’s Story

Music

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

TX Studio: Héctor Guzmán Conducts a Life

Spreading the Classical Music Word: San Antonio’s Agarita Thinks Beyond the Concert Hall

Theater

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Building a Community: D. Wambui Richardson Invites Audiences to Become Part of Jubilee Theatre’s Family

Born to Lead: Circle Theatre’s New Artistic Director Ashley H. White Isn’t Afraid to Shake Things Up

Visual Art

The Magnificent Faith Ringgold: A Legendary Artist’s Survey Exhibition at Houston Museum of African American Culture

Muscle Memory: CAMH Surveys Annabeth Rosen’s Process-Pushing Ceramics

Show Up: Trenton Doyle Hancock

Make Austin Weirder: John Bock’s “Uncanny Musical” Does Its Part

Rebel, Jester, Mystic Poet: Contemporary Persians at MFAH

Visions of America: Three Centuries of Prints at the Dallas Museum of Art

The Polaroid Project: At the Intersection of Art and Technology

Texas Studio: Dan Lam

Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish: Pipilotti Rist at MFAH

Texas Studio: Jennifer Ling Datchuk

Shaping the Public Realm: A Look At Austin’s State of Public Art

Over the Borderline: Exhibitions at Artpace Address Contemporary Divisions