Tea Ceremony: Tom Sachs at the Nasher
Tea Ceremony is the newest body of work by the American artist Tom Sachs, who has brought his artist’s sensibility to bear on the traditional Japanese ritual, which he sees as a cultural phenomenon.
Acts Of Aggression at Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University
A timely and thoughtful exhibition featuring the work of eleven Guatemalan artists across an array of media examines the aftermath of a calamitous civil war that ostensibly ended 20 years ago.
Resurface: Gilad Efrat at Inman Gallery
It has been five years since Israeli artist Gilad Efrat’s last showed at Inman Gallery, and the work has changed dramatically.
Richard Stout’s Homecoming at AMSET
“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.
Genevieve Gaignard’s Passing Identities at HCP
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.
Nowhere and Now: Tudor Mitroi at Rudolph Blume Gallery
Tudor Mitroi continues to explore time and space in his highly personal paintings on paper at Rudolph Blume Gallery, on view through Oct 7.
Show Up: Jake Margolin and Nick Vaughan
“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.
Age of Aquarius Dawns on Dallas: Hair at DTC
Kevin Moriarty was turned on to Hair by the nuns at his Catholic elementary school.
Haunting the Haunted: Misty Keasler at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
An interest in what isn’t shown in a photograph is a relatively recent preoccupation among art audiences.
Fairy Tales & Fairies: Dark Circles Contemporary Dance’s Elevator Project Debut
In Heinrich Hoffmann’s 1845 children’s book Struwwelpeter, a little boy is warned by his mother to stop sucking his thumbs, lest they be cut off by a scissor-wielding, red-legged tailor.
Texas Studio: Joey Fauerso
“There’s a war today?” It’s a question that begs an answer. But it also suggests a casual if not ambivalent conversation.
Moving Forward, Looking Back: David McGee at Texas Gallery and HMAAC
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.