Funny (But Not Too Funny): Katherine Bernhardt at The Modern
Contemporary art lovers have until July 9 to see more than two dozen of Katherine Bernhardt’s colorful, large, curious paintings on canvas and paper at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
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Double Consciousness: Ann Johnson at Hooks-Epstein Gallery
You can’t see, shortened from the phrase “You can’t see how you see me,” is an exhibition and body of work by Ann Johnson that addresses a plethora of issues facing people and communities of color today.
Beauty in Slaughtered Bodies: Lionel Maunz at Austin Contemporary
Exploring the aesthetics of self-destruction, Lionel Maunz uses cast iron, concrete, and steel to create dystopian figurative sculptures—surprisingly organic forms that appear distorted by dismemberment and decay.
Show Up: HJ Bott
“Math originates all,” HJ Bott says, while sporting a T-Shirt with the Pi symbol.
Political and Promising: The 39th MFA Exhibition at Blaffer Museum
There are 15 artists in this year’s 39th MFA Exhibition at Blaffer Museum, which runs through April 22.
Empathy as an Ultimatum at Project Row Houses
My recent visit to Project Row Houses’s 46th round of exhibitions, Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter at Project Row Houses, on view March 25 through June 4, introduced me to a new way to consider empathy: As an ultimatum.
Olafur Eliasson’s Green light Welcomes Conversation About Refugee Crisis
Olafur Eliasson is a Danish-born artist who has presented his installations and socially-riveting interventions around the world including The Weather Project at the Tate Modern, Blind Pavilion at the 50th Venice Biennale, and New York City Waterfalls in New York City.
Dallas Art Fair: Student Sunday on April 9th
The Dallas Art Fair in collaboration with Arts+Culture Texas magazine announces Student Sunday on April 9th, a day of free admission for students.
Galerie Frank Elbaz and Meandering Abstractly in Dallas
As a timely acknowledgment of how lively things are in the Dallas art scene, Parisian gallerist Frank Elbaz opened a location in the design district across the street from the sizzling Dallas Contemporary.
Color into Sound: Loop38 at Turrell Skyspace
When soft twilight yields to clear night, the Turrell Skyspace at Rice University is illuminated with a continuous diffusion of colors that ebb and flow around the central opening to the darkening sky.
Painting the Town: The Dallas Art Fair Grows in Its Ninth Year
Chris Byrne and his co-founder, John Sughrue didn’t expect the Dallas Art Fair to grow like it has when they began the annual event nine years ago with 35 participants.
On Her Own Terms: Melissa Cody at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
One of the funniest episodes of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm involves Larry David, aiming to score points with his love interest’s flamboyantly effeminate son Greg, buying the seven-year-old a sewing machine to the dismay of Greg’s mother, who hasn’t yet come to terms with her son’s likely sexuality.