Texas Studio: Evita Tezeno on collaging Black joy
“I came out of the womb and knew I wanted to be an artist. It’s all I know.” Growing up in Port Arthur, Texas, Evita Tezeno was surrounded by female relatives who were quilters and seamstresses.
Visual Art
Drawing as a daily process: Ruth Asawa at the Menil
Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on Ruth Asawa’s lifelong drawing practice.
Taking Flight: Zeke Williams and his feathered friends nest at Galveston Arts Center
Dallas-based artist Zeke Williams is addicted to making work.
Realer than Real: Sarah Sze at the Nasher Sculpture Center
The distinctions between what’s real and what’s virtual are growing fuzzier with each new day, not to mention each new tech gadget.
Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries
A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries in San Antonio, Houton, Dallas and Autin
Mysticism, spirituality, and revolution: Black and Caribbean Surrealists at The Modern
The exhibition title, Surrealism and Us, references the essay “1943: Surrealism and Us” by Suzanne Césaire (1915-1966), a Martinique writer, feminist, and anti-colonialist. Césaire believed that the concepts, aesthetics, and power of Surrealism could encourage self-determination and independence.
Visible Labor: Inside the world of art handlers at Houston’s Center for Contemporary Craft
If you’ve ever visited an exhibition and wondered how an artist pulled something off, chances are good a preparator had something to do with it.
Eyes toward the future: Houston’s Hobby Center Builds a New Vision
As Houston’s Hobby Center for the Performing Arts celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2022, its board, staff and its new president and CEO Mark Folkes decided to get contemplative about their identity, especially when it comes to the “Center” in the name.
Women Making Art History: He Said/She Said at the Dallas Museum of Art
The DMA has been earnest and intentional in its efforts to acquire works by women and people of color over the past seven years and the current exhibition reflects that.
Power Structures: FotoFest Focuses on Critical Geography
Critical geography focuses in on oppressive, inequitable power relations in different areas.
Diversity, Connections and Community: Black Collage Comes to MFAH
Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, on view Feb. 18 through May 12 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the first museum survey of Black collage artists.
Pioneering Paintings by Janet Sobel Reunited at the Menil
Inspired by a gift from her grandson of one painting and four drawings, Janet Sobel’s early but short-lived career is now the subject of a compelling exhibition at the Menil Collection from Feb. 23 through Aug. 11.