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Toward the Infinity of Possibility: Leslie Martinez at Blaffer Art Museum

MICHAEL MCFADDEN·February 14, 2023

In the work of Leslie Martinez, on view at the Blaffer Art Museum from through March 12, 2023, viewers tumble across landscapes as they explore the peaks and valleys of each piece unhindered by borders.

Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Visual Art

Shannon and William Cannings Collaborate on ‘Duplicity’ at Anya Tish Gallery

Donna Tennant·February 7, 2023

h Shannon and William Cannings are represented by Anya Tish Gallery, so showing them together at some point seemed predestined.

Houston Visual Art

A Narrative Signature: International Choreographer Cathy Marston Prioritizes Storytelling in her Interpretation of a Southern Classic

Nichelle Suzanne·February 7, 2023

choreographer Cathy Marston has developed a unique narrative signature, prioritizing storytelling with the body as much as she can.

Dance Houston

A Tour through the Bower: DiverseWorks and Texas Artists Celebrate the Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature @ Splendora Gardens

Donna Tennant·February 3, 2023

“I am turning 80 on April 19, and this is one of those ‘woulda-gonna’ projects that is finally happening,” Surls said. “If I’m going to do it, I have to do it now.”

Houston Texas Scope Visual Art

Informed by Labor: Day Jobs at the Blanton Museum of Art

Donna Tennant·February 3, 2023

There is actually no way to know how many artists support themselves solely through their artwork, but most people agree that it’s a fairly low percentage.

Austin Visual Art

The Curatorial Imagination: Walter Hopps at the Menil

Nancy Zastudil·February 3, 2023

During a visit to the Getty Research Institute years ago, on an informal tour through the archives, I caught a glimpse of a box filled with Walter Hopps’s letters, marked “Top Secret” or some such about how the contents were to remain sealed until a certain date.

Houston Visual Art

Dance of Death: South Africa’s Vuyani Dance Theatre explores grief during three-stop Texas debut

Lindsey Wilson·February 3, 2023

In 1995, South African novelist and playwright Zakes Mda wrote a book called Ways of Dying that features a character named Toloki, a professional mourner at township funerals in post-Apartheid South Africa.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston

Show Up: Tammie Rubin at Big Medium

casey gregory·February 3, 2023

When I caught up with artist, professor, and 2022 Tito’s Art Prize winner Tammie Rubin, she was deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, about to begin her second session at the Penland Artist Residency.

Austin Show Up Visual Art

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part II: Alexa Capareda’s Maria and the Mouse Deer

Sherry Cheng·February 2, 2023

PART TWO: Think about classical ballet’s signature repertoire—The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella. Each of these canonic story ballets is drawn from a European folk tale or story, and set to music by a European composer. Is it time to ask, “what other stories can ballets tell?”

Austin Dance

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part I: Nao Kusuzaki’s Genji at Asia Society Texas Center in partnership with Houston Ballet

Sherry Cheng·February 2, 2023

Think about classical ballet’s signature repertoire—The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella. Each of these canonic story ballets is drawn from a European folk tale or story, and set to music by a European composer. Is it time to ask, “what other stories can ballets tell?”

Dance Houston

Wonders of the Wetlands: University of Texas at El Paso Project Unleashes the Creativity of Students and Residents

Steven Brown·February 2, 2023

The park in El Paso covers 372 acres running right up to the Rio Grande, and it gives many visitors a big surprise.

Dance El Paso

Wild Time: Fusebox 2023 Brings the Fun Factor

Tarra Gaines·February 2, 2023

Now as spring blooms, we find Austin’s Fusebox, the state’s largest multidisciplinary arts festival, carrying the trend into 2023 with five days (April 12-16) filled with its usual innovative and experimental work, but also a particularly playful and fun lineup.

Austin Dance Music Theater

Visual Art

Performative and All-encompassing: David-Jeremiah: The Fire This Time

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Accumulating Histories: Francesca Fuchs Redefines a Breathing Archive at the Menil

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

Performa/Dance Marks Their 10th Anniversary with ‘ANTHROPOCENE’

Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet

Unbind Your Imagination: TITAS/Dance Unbound invites global dance into Dallas for 2025-26 season

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet

Twists of Fate: Myths, Drama, and Phenomenal Voices in Ars Lyrica Houston’s New Season

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Concert Trucks and Onstage Dinners: Performing Arts Houston offers its most varied schedule yet

Outcast Heroes and Storybook Musicals: Broadway Across Texas

Toward the Infinity of Possibility: Leslie Martinez at Blaffer Art Museum

Shannon and William Cannings Collaborate on ‘Duplicity’ at Anya Tish Gallery

A Narrative Signature: International Choreographer Cathy Marston Prioritizes Storytelling in her Interpretation of a Southern Classic

A Tour through the Bower: DiverseWorks and Texas Artists Celebrate the Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature @ Splendora Gardens

Informed by Labor: Day Jobs at the Blanton Museum of Art

The Curatorial Imagination: Walter Hopps at the Menil

Dance of Death: South Africa’s Vuyani Dance Theatre explores grief during three-stop Texas debut

Show Up: Tammie Rubin at Big Medium

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part II: Alexa Capareda’s Maria and the Mouse Deer

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part I: Nao Kusuzaki’s Genji at Asia Society Texas Center in partnership with Houston Ballet

Wonders of the Wetlands: University of Texas at El Paso Project Unleashes the Creativity of Students and Residents

Wild Time: Fusebox 2023 Brings the Fun Factor