TX Studio: Emotions and Meaning Surface in Jessica Halonen’s Artworks
When Jessica Halonen answers my phone call from her studio in San Antonio, I’m dying to ask her about one thing: poison.
Visual Art
Farima Fooladi Paints as an Act of Preservation
Swimming pools, tennis courts, a bridge, an arch, her daughter’s toy blocks are all recurring images in Iranian-born artist Farima Faloodi’s paintings and installations.
Something’s Missing in Alex Da Corte’s The Whale at The Modern
Can absence have a presence? Artist Alex Da Corte and The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s curator Alison Hearst think so.
Speaking of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce at the Meadows
The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, whose extensive collection of Spanish art has earned it the nickname “Prado on the Prairie,” is the first stop for The Sense of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce, an exhibition of over sixty European, American, and Puerto Rican masterworks dating from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first.
Early Exposure: Growing the Next Arts Generation in San Antonio
The concerts, art shows and other cultural events in a city—say, San Antonio—don’t appeal just to the locals.
Diving Into Hidden Universes: Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within at the MFAH
When an artist allows it, their practice can become all-encompassing, blurring the lines between practice, spirit, and the world around them.
An Enigmatic Woman: Marisol’s Big Works Get an Even Bigger Retrospective at Dallas Museum of Art
Her name was synonymous with Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and other iconic Pop artists of the 1960s. But few today remember Marisol Escobar or her ahead-of-its-time art, which provocatively explored femininity and women’s role in society.
Dallas artist Du Chau Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
In 1981, artist Du Chau and his family left Vietnam, emigrating to Dallas.
Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries
Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries
A Sprawling History: Tavares Strachan at the Blanton
Tavares Strachan wants to tell the story of the whole world.
Storytime: Meow Wolf Leans into the Narrative in their immersive adventures
Several years ago on a trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, I visited my first Meow Wolf project.
Beauty and Repulsion, Decay and Renewal: Jessica Kreutter at Galveston Arts Center
We may be made of star stuff, according to Carl Sagan, but the way Jessica Kreutter sees it we are all made of dirt.