Listen, Touch and Wander: DMA’s speechless: different by design
Think back to your first visit to an art museum as a child. Before entering, it’s likely that the first words out of the mouth of your chaperone were, “Don’t touch anything.” The post Listen, Touch and...
View ArticleFrom Comedy to Tragedy: Expect Variety at Fort Worth Opera’s 2020 Festival
Attention, opera-goers: If you’ve been looking for a chance to change the mind of “that one friend” who swears they don’t like opera, this could be the time. The post From Comedy to Tragedy: Expect...
View ArticleTwo Outstanding Berruguete Exhibitions at the Meadows Museum
Even if you’ve never been to Spain, you’re likely to be familiar with some of the country’s most stunning signature artistic marvels, such as the elaborate retablos, or altarpieces, found in churches...
View ArticleNo Muting Allowed: Innovation & Resilience at Fort Worth Opera
Ask any leader of an arts organization what life has been like during the past year, and most will probably swear it has been one of the most demanding times of their lives. The post No Muting...
View ArticleTexas Vignette Pivots to Help Women Artists
El Paso-based artist Haydee Alonso was working as a manager in a gallery during March of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the space to close for an undetermined amount of time. The post Texas...
View ArticleBuddha, Shiva, Lotus, Dragon at Kimbell Art Museum
Think of the image that comes to your mind when “Buddha” is mentioned. The post Buddha, Shiva, Lotus, Dragon at Kimbell Art Museum first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas.
View ArticleReflecting the Community: Fort Worth Opera’s Diamond Anniversary Season
In time, a diamond is created. Incidentally, as Fort Worth Opera steps into its 75th season in the wake of a pandemic, the Diamond Anniversary designation is perhaps more appropriate than ever...
View ArticleTurner’s Modern World at the Kimbell
“Steam-powered anything is one of the backstories of this exhibition,” explains George Shackelford, Kimbell Art Museum’s deputy director and curator of European art, referring to the museum’s latest...
View ArticleA World Apart: Naudline Pierre at the Dallas Museum of Art
In September, Nelson’s wish came true: She curated the DMA’s new exhibition, Naudline Pierre: What Could Be Has Not Yet Appeared, on view through May 15, 2022. The post A World Apart: Naudline Pierre...
View ArticlePegasus Contemporary Ballet Takes Flight over DFW
North Texas has a new ballet company, but don’t expect a production of Swan Lake or The Nutcracker. “I love those ballets; I’ve performed them as a professional,” says Diana Crowder, Artistic Director...
View ArticleTexas Legend Octavio Medellín Honored at the DMA
More than twenty years after his death, his legacy will be honored in the retrospective, Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form, on view at the Dallas Museum of Art, Feb. 2, 2022- Jan. 15, 2023. The post...
View ArticleFort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s New Vision
When the doors of Bass Performance Hall open for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of their 2022-23 season this September, it will also mark the beginning of a new era for the...
View ArticleAncient Wisdom: Spirit Lodge at Dallas Museum of Art
It’s no exaggeration to say that Spirit Lodge: Mississippian Art from Spiro, on view at the DMA March 13-Aug. 7, could be the last time a show of this magnitude comes around, at least in our lifetime....
View ArticleIndigenous perspectives: ‘The Language of Beauty in African Art’ at the...
More than a century ago, the western art world found a new subject of intrigue. As Europeans began heavier colonization of Africa, they began returning home with a variety of exotic art unlike anything...
View ArticleSeriality, color, and time: Matthew Wong at DMA
The Dallas Museum of Art seemed to have known that Matthew Wong was on the cusp of fame before most of the world’s other leading art museums. The post Seriality, color, and time: Matthew Wong at DMA...
View ArticleDali and Vermeer in Dialogue at the Meadows
Meadows Museum in Dallas secured Vermeer’s Woman in Blue Reading a Letter for its new exhibition, Dalí/Vermeer: A Dialogue, on display Oct. 16, 2022 through Jan. 15, 2023. The post Dali and Vermeer in...
View ArticleDallas Chamber Symphony Celebrates 10 years of Innovative Programming
McKay’s goal for each concert is to create a program that has an arc and trajectory to it, making an experience that feels organic in the way it unfolds. The post Dallas Chamber Symphony Celebrates 10...
View ArticlePride and Intention: Texas’s Historic Gay Men’s Chorus Turtle Creek Chorale...
1980 was when Dallas hosted its first official gay pride parade. The Turtle Creek Chorale was born that same year, founded by a small group of gay men in the city who simply wanted a place to sing...
View ArticleMusical Anchor: Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth charts a forward looking...
“The rich history of CMSFW since its founding is part of the Fort Worth DNA,” Levinson says. The post Musical Anchor: Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth charts a forward looking new year first...
View ArticleExcellence & Wisdom: Orpheus Chamber Singers offers a living museum of choral...
Here’s something that won’t be a surprise to some people: Choral music is a pretty big deal in North Texas. The post Excellence & Wisdom: Orpheus Chamber Singers offers a living museum of choral...
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