Rebecca Manson transforms clay into charged flora in her immersive installation, Barbecue, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth from May 25 through Aug. 25. The post Clay into Flora: Rebecca Manson at The Modern first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas ..read more

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