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Cultural History

  • Film

    July 6, 1995

    Moonstruck

    Alternately corny and inspiring, Apollo 13 is about more than just a space mission

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    Renoir,Shmenoir

    It's not exactly Dogs Playing Poker, but Christine Biederman says the Kimbell Art Museum's new Renoir exhibit panders to the masses

  • Culture

    March 26, 1998

    Empty Beach

    The Modern's Diebenkorn exhibit makes it OK to hate abstract art

  • Calendar

    September 17, 1998

    Chic Lalique

    The Modern's Diebenkorn exhibit makes it OK to hate abstract art

  • Film

    November 26, 1998

    Portrait of the artist as a sexual man

    John Maybury brings home the Francis Bacon in Love Is the Devil

  • Film

    December 10, 1998

    Portrait of the artist as a sexual man

    John Maybury brings home the Francis Bacon in Love Is the Devil

  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003

    Best Lowbrow Museum

    American Airlines C.R. Smith Aviation Museum

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2008

    Evolutianity

    American Airlines C.R. Smith Aviation Museum

  • Calendar

    July 10, 2008

    The Impressionists I Get

    See Van Goghs and Monets in Fort Worth

  • News

    May 3, 2007

    God in the Details

    For a quarter-century Roy Abraham Varghese has been assembling God proofs. Along the way he won over the world's most influential atheist.

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    Blast Off

    See the relics of the Space Age

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Bacon Face

    See the relics of the Space Age

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2006

    Wild Bill

    Our tornado-chasin' hero returns to Fort Worth

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2005

    Passing Strange

    Arthur Schott's points of view

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2004

    Happy Campers

    Summer lovin' with Wet Hot American Summer

  • Culture

    July 1, 2004

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics survey the local art scene

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2004

    Take Off

    Visit the wild Frontiers

  • Calendar

    October 23, 2003

    Ghouls Club

    CATS offers twice the fright

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2003

    So Manet Colors

    The Kimbell's got this mastered

  • Culture

    June 19, 2003

    Renoir the Pinhead

    DMA shakes off the curse of Wendy Reves and mounts an impressive Renoir show

  • Calendar

    February 20, 2003

    What's Da MADI?

    The MADI Art Museum and Gallery explores a colorful mystery

  • Culture

    December 13, 2001

    Canon Fodder

    The DMA's Mexican folk art exhibit is all about political correctness

  • Culture

    September 6, 2001

    Hair Trigger

    A strong, solitary voice needs accompaniment in An Almost Holy Picture

  • Culture

    May 3, 2001

    Less than a Feeling

    Emotion gets cast away in the work of the late sculptor George Segal

  • Culture

    March 29, 2001

    Face Value

    The Kimbell's portrait-filled retrospective offers little beyond biography

  • Culture

    February 15, 2001

    Go for Baroque

    Fort Worth's Modern Art Museum separates the pearls from the swine in a stunning new Latin American show

  • Culture

    October 12, 2000

    No show

    If you want to see Dallas artist Lynn Rushton's work, you'll have to go to Austin

  • Culture

    January 13, 2000

    Balls on the walls

    Sure, David Hockney's work is nice, but that doesn't make it easy

  • Culture

    November 25, 1999

    The Lorax's trees

    Pierce's and Harnden's take on landscape painting pulls it from a mire of tradition and gives it a shove toward the dark side

  • Culture

    July 29, 1999

    Not art?

    The Arlington museum stokes the timeless debate over the artistry of abstract painting

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009

    I Love L.A.

    The Arlington museum stokes the timeless debate over the artistry of abstract painting

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009

    Lowest of the Low

    The Arlington museum stokes the timeless debate over the artistry of abstract painting

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2009

    Gleaming the Cubism

    The Arlington museum stokes the timeless debate over the artistry of abstract painting

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Today In Music News: The Knife Covers Darwin, Lil Wayne Hits The Road and Usher Files For Divorce

    Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 16, 2009... Swedish electronic duo The Knife has unveiled a three-minute trailer for its opera based on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. This could test the notion that everything the Swedes do musically is awesome. Weezy is taking ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009

    Star Power

    Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 16, 2009... Swedish electronic duo The Knife has unveiled a three-minute trailer for its opera based on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. This could test the notion that everything the Swedes do musically is awesome. Weezy is taking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    At Dallas Walmarts, No PC Game Left Behind

    ​First off: Happy birthday, Kirk Cameron. Hope you got something nice for your birthday -- maybe a copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species? Or, perhaps, a video game based on a movie in which you appeared. How about ... let's see ... Left Behind: Tribulation Forces. I know where you can ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2010

    Planting Lilies

    ​First off: Happy birthday, Kirk Cameron. Hope you got something nice for your birthday -- maybe a copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species? Or, perhaps, a video game based on a movie in which you appeared. How about ... let's see ... Left Behind: Tribulation Forces. I know where you can ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2010

    The Artist Behind The Ads

    ​First off: Happy birthday, Kirk Cameron. Hope you got something nice for your birthday -- maybe a copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species? Or, perhaps, a video game based on a movie in which you appeared. How about ... let's see ... Left Behind: Tribulation Forces. I know where you can ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2010

    Up With People

    ​First off: Happy birthday, Kirk Cameron. Hope you got something nice for your birthday -- maybe a copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species? Or, perhaps, a video game based on a movie in which you appeared. How about ... let's see ... Left Behind: Tribulation Forces. I know where you can ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    Our House

    ​First off: Happy birthday, Kirk Cameron. Hope you got something nice for your birthday -- maybe a copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species? Or, perhaps, a video game based on a movie in which you appeared. How about ... let's see ... Left Behind: Tribulation Forces. I know where you can ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    Blast Off

    See the relics of the Space Age

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    Blast Off

    See the relics of the Space Age

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2011

    High-Octane Road Ruscha

    See the relics of the Space Age

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Experience the Dynamic Duo

    See the relics of the Space Age

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2011

    If You're Looking for Something Concrete...

    See the relics of the Space Age

  • Film

    June 30, 2011

    Transformers: Baying at the Moon

    Chicago destroyed, along with viewers' brain cells.

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2011

    Trespassing Allowed

    Chicago destroyed, along with viewers' brain cells.

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    This Week in Dallas Music History: The New Bohemians Reunite For a Best-Of Collection

    ​This little bit of Dallas music history is timely, given Edie Brickell's performance at the Kessler Theater this weekend with her band Heavy Make-Up.Thirteen years ago, her famous act The New Bohemians, who had released two albums on Geffen Records, with only one notable single, were defunct. But ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2011

    Pop Go the Artists

    ​This little bit of Dallas music history is timely, given Edie Brickell's performance at the Kessler Theater this weekend with her band Heavy Make-Up.Thirteen years ago, her famous act The New Bohemians, who had released two albums on Geffen Records, with only one notable single, were defunct. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    The Right Stuff, But Whose Stuff? NASA, Astronauts Tussle Over Items Sold by Heritage.

    Heritage AuctionsJim Lovell's Apollo 13 checklist, which sold in November but remains in a Dallas safe​Back on November 30, our cross-the-street neighbors at Heritage Auctions dispatched a celebratory missive headlined: "Apollo 13 checklist brings $388,375 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas." (Note to ... More >>

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