Arts and Culture Texas magazine

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

Glimpsed Through Liquid: Graham Caldwell at Circuit12 Contemporary

Arie Bouman·September 8, 2017

Brooklyn-based artist Graham Caldwell’s exhibition Glimpsed Through Liquid, his first at Circuit12 Contemporary in Dallas’ design district, fills the space with serial glass sculptures, spanning nearly two decades.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Texas Studio: Diana Antohe

Patrick Patterson-Carroll·August 23, 2017

It would be facile to attach the “immigrant artist” label to Romanian-born, Texas-raised artist Diana Antohe.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Texas Studio Visual Art

Visual Art

Motion & Memory: Dynamic Exhibit of New African Masquerades at San Antonio Museum of Art

Sci-fi Surrealist: Mexican-American artist Francisco Moreno levels up with an epic survey at Dallas Contemporary

An Artful Camaraderie: Member-owned and operated Archway Gallery celebrates its fiftieth anniversary

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

An Icon in Motion: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa explores Frida Kahlo’s legacy at Houston Ballet

Dancing with Bob, Breaking the Waves, a Set of Angels, a Breakout Hamlet, a Mountain and More!: The 2025 Season Wrap up

Dancing in Between the Spaces of Life: Karen Stokes Premieres ‘4 Corners’ at the Match

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Dancing with Bob, Breaking the Waves, a Set of Angels, a Breakout Hamlet, a Mountain and More!: The 2025 Season Wrap up

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

The Decade-Long Journey Home: Inside Kitchen Dog Theater’s 35th Season at Its New Dallas Home

Happening Here: Austin Inspires Artists for Fusebox Festival’s Return

Visual Art

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

Glimpsed Through Liquid: Graham Caldwell at Circuit12 Contemporary

Texas Studio: Diana Antohe