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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

Collective Art: The Propeller Group at Blaffer Art Museum

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·June 20, 2017

There’s something deceptive about the exhibition on view at the University of Houston’s Blaffer Art Museum.

Houston Visual Art

Simulate the Revolution: Digital Projections Enhance MFAH’s Mexican Modernism Survey

Devon Britt-Darby·June 15, 2017

Mexican modern art is having a moment in Texas museums.

Parallel Lines: Uniting Jim Crow-Era Works by Black, White Artists at Houston Public Library

Devon Britt-Darby·June 15, 2017

Houston audiences will get a rare glimpse into the Bayou City’s pre-boom, Jim Crow-era art scene when the exhibition Planned, Organized and Established: Houston Artist Cooperatives presents paintings and ephemera from two 1930s collectives—one white, one black.

Books Editor's Picks Houston It Happened in Texas Visual Art

Roni Horn: Nasher Sculpture Center

john zotos·June 15, 2017

For the first time at Dallas’ iconic Nasher Sculpture Center, curators have allowed for a physical alteration of the building: removing two rows of the site-specific oculi in the ceiling of the Renzo Piano structure.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Visual Art

Unpeopled Landscapes: Esteban Delgado, Tom Turner, and Victor Pérez-Rul at Southwest School of Art

casey gregory·June 15, 2017

Depending on one’s frame of mind, the new exhibitions on view through July 16 at San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art—created by three very different artists in three divergent mediums—offer either hopeful or apocalyptic visions of landscapes.

San Antonio Visual Art

Sappers and Miners: Kelli Vance at Cris Worley

Lee Escobedo·May 25, 2017

The women in Sappers and Miners, Kelli Vance’s new show of paintings on view through June 17 at Chris Worley Fine Arts, are preparing for a kind of war. Vance depicts her young soldiers in various modes of spiritual training.

Visual Art

Visual Art

The Stories We Carry: Angelica Raquel: Mystic Threads at the McNay Art Museum

Head West: Contemporary artists reimagine the American West at the Amon Carter

Stitched Across Time: Marilyn Henrion brings a lifetime of textile works to the Irving Arts Center

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

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

Big and Bold: Waco’s {254}DANCEFEST Expands its Reach

Texas Studio: Alexa Capareda Keeps Moving

Music

Dreaming Frida: Brooklyn Rider premieres a new work by Gabriela Lena Frank at DACAMERA

Fresh Notes: Grassroots Opera Companies Take Off in Houston

Music in Every Neighborhood: Monarch Chamber Players expands its Mission

Theater

All The World’s Their Stage: Teatro Dallas celebrates 40 years

Texas Studio: Alexa Capareda Keeps Moving

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Visual 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

Collective Art: The Propeller Group at Blaffer Art Museum

Simulate the Revolution: Digital Projections Enhance MFAH’s Mexican Modernism Survey

Parallel Lines: Uniting Jim Crow-Era Works by Black, White Artists at Houston Public Library

Roni Horn: Nasher Sculpture Center

Unpeopled Landscapes: Esteban Delgado, Tom Turner, and Victor Pérez-Rul at Southwest School of Art

Sappers and Miners: Kelli Vance at Cris Worley