Think back to your first museum visit. For many of us, it was probably as a child during a school field trip or on a summer afternoon with a parent, and we probably received stern instructions to keep our voices down and to not touch anything while inside the gallery. The post Listen, Touch and Learn: Marie Watt at the Blanton first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas ..read more

In a state as vast as Texas, how do you go about building a survey that encompasses the Latinx population’s art? The post Soy de Tejas: Traveling exhibition unites the Lone Star State in Fort Worth with Latinx art first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas ..read more

Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West, on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston June 9 through Sept. 2, features works like the one described above, each painting ornately blending Eastern and Western influences, depicting hope and despair. The post Beyond East West Opposition: Raqib Shaw at the MFAH first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas ..read more

“What is it about opera that keeps everybody thinking in a romantic frame of mind?” That’s a question Khori Dastoor, General Director and CEO of Houston Grand Opera (HGO), pondered while deciding the theme for HGO’s 2024-25 season. The post Consumed by Love: Houston Grand Opera’s New Season of Romance and Passion first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas ..read more

Austin-based choreographer Brett Ishida boasts a whirlwind June with performances of her company ISHIDA Dance in “Mutability” on June 7-9 at Asia Society Texas Center in Houston and June 12-14, 2024 at The Long Center in Austin. The post Unique and Determined: ISHIDA Dance brings ‘Mutability’ to the Asia Society and The Long Center first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas ..read more

If you take it at face value, it’s an epic tale of gods and gnomes, fighting over a gold ring that confers supreme power over the world. But there’s a more compelling way to look at The Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle. The post Love, Power and Gold: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Performs Wagner’s Epic Ring Cycle first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas ..read more

Life, love, and death. Each of these states of being is intrinsically tied to a process of transformation, molecular to ethereal, scientific to spiritual. The post Space Signal: Dario Robleto’s Quest to Know the Human Heart Unfolds at a new exhibition at The Carter first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas ..read more

Listen to how she says “pecans,” and you’ll know immediately that Sasha Maya Ada is not a native Texan. The post A Lifelong Exploration: Director Sasha Maya Ada navigates a new path for DFW theater first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas ..read more

I’ve come to the Open Dance Project’s Houston-based studio to watch an early rehearsal of company artistic director and founder, Annie Arnoult’s latest creation Red Landscape: Georgia O'Keeffe in Texas 1912-1918, and the dancers have put me to work, the work of representing the audience that is. The post Canyon Dancing: Open Dance Project’s Annie Arnoult takes us inside a Georgia O’Keeffe painting first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas ..read more

San Antonio-based artist Megan Harrison knows about change. “I spend a lot of time outdoors, in nature. I’m drawn to the natural world because it’s more complicated than I can really understand,” she tells me during our recent conversation about her work. “It’s always unfolding and changing.” The post TX Studio: Megan Harrison Looks for the Defining Moments first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas ..read more