And just like that, the populist citywide art event pulls out from Dallas. A letter that went out to ArtPrize Dallas stakeholders cites reasons for canceling the event including lack of resources and disappointing resistance to an event, which was perceived by cynics “as threatening to the status quo.” This…
Thursday, Oct. 29 Kyle Abraham: Abraham in Motion Kyle Abraham’s work is inclusive, any way you look at it. It’s inclusive of different art forms: dance (obviously, as he’s a choreographer), music, and visual art; it blends performers of different ethnicities; it mixes classical elements with contemporary; it weaves social…
Halloween is upon us. Whether this is a celebratory statement or a dreaded one, you can’t avoid this date in your calendar. If you’re the friend making the plans, let us assist you. We’ve compiled 10 of the more interesting parties and events this weekend. Elsewhere on the blog we…
Once a year, usually in the fall, the Dead White Zombies emerge from the mind of Thomas Riccio. An immersive theater troupe run by experimental theatermaker Riccio, the Zombies have taken over everything from a former crack house to ramshackle warehouses. Last year, the group took over a former Ice…
Thursday, Oct. 22 Weatherproof If you’ve been hoping to check out the McKinney Avenue Contemporary’s new digs, here’s your chance. See some incredible works of art by Letitia Huckaby, Jeremy McKane and Gregory Ruppe and Jeff Gibbons inside the large warehouse space, as well as some great works of art…
Every Halloween, adrenaline nuts seek out hauntings. They go on ghost tours or visit haunted houses. But to create a convincing haunt takes a lot of work and a lot of makeup. This is what we learned from a behind-the-scenes tour of Screams in Waxahachie. The make-up artists spend hours…
Shiki: Landscape and Beyond There is a pine tree that has seen more of the world than most humans. Well, it’s mostly a pine tree; the trunk is real, the leaves are handmade from resin by floral sculptor Azuma Makoto. In an exhibition, titled Shiki:Landscape and Beyond, this tree suspended…
Thursday, October 15 Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony One of the truly great symphonists, Bruckner wrote symphonies in the grand philosophical, yet personal, tradition of Beethoven; each symphony he composed stands as a richly detailed statement on the composer’s ideology and mood at the time of writing. Often referred to as the…
Nothing stays put. The world is a wheel. All that we know, that we’re made of, is motion. -Amy Clampitt For approximately 90 minutes Tuesday night, two projectors set at random cast video onto a small web of white screens. One scene, vivid and floral, quickly becomes disorienting, the flowers…
Aurora The ephemeral nature of the biennial event, Aurora, gives the whole night a sense of magic. It also requires something of visitors: clear the calendar and show up. Starting at 7 p.m. Friday, 19 city blocks will be filled with light, video and music to create a sometimes messy,…
Thursday, October 8 The Whale You’re fat, America, particularly you, Texas. If the statistics weren’t constantly reminding us of this, you’d simply have to look at the other people on the streets. Not walking, but driving in the car next to you. That obesity is a problem in a country…
If you’re not making the pilgrimage to Marfa for Chinati International Pop If I told you to name an artist from the Pop Art movement, it’s more than likely you’d mention names like Warhol or Lichtenstein. In fact, most of the artists who come to mind for most people are…
When a musical bills itself as scary, it’s natural to be a little dubious. Unless what scares you are chorus girls or people who sporadically break into song and dance — which, granted, can sometimes be pretty horrifying — the odds of a staged musical sending a shiver down your…
In Dallas these days, there’s no shortage of “can’t miss” events. It’s almost impossible to plan a weekend. Looking down a list of events to decide what to do with your weekend can be paralyzing. It’s much easier to sit at home watch Netflix and wait for your friends to…
Fall creeps into Dallas this month with everything pumpkin and, if we’re lucky, glorious weather. The temperatures are dropping below 80 degrees more often and you might just see a few leaves turn to orange. And if you find this weather, makes your want to curl up with a good…
This week, quite a few stories broke in the Dallas arts that were surprising and for the most part, pretty awesome. From the announcement of the recipient of a $100,000 international prize for sculpture to the resignation of the city’s leading art museum, here are the highlights. Doris Salcedo Wins…
Thursday, Oct. 1 Deep Vellum’s Tram 83 Reading In Tram 83 Fiston Mwazna Mujilla, with the help of translator Roland Glasser, conveys all the grit and even the occasional glamor of an unnamed African city with a distinctly musical voice, something the two plan to replicate when they stop in…
This morning, Dr. Maxwell, L. Anderson, who you know as the guy who has been running the Dallas Museum of Art, stepped down from his post. He will be taking a position as Director of Grant Programs with the New Cities Foundation, an organization which states its vision as “a…
Imagine a world in which the actors are the greatest rebels and theater is contraband. This is the world of Meg Miroshink’s new play, The Droll (Or, a Stage Play about the END of Theatre), which has its world premiere at Undermain Theatre Saturday. Inpspired by the Puritan Interregnum in…
When talking about Dry Land, director Sarah Hamilton explains, “It’s not necessarily an abortion play, but it’s clear from the first scene that an abortion is going to happen.” The latest show from Upstart Productions, which opens Friday night in a cavernous warehouse space near Trinity Groves, is a female…
Thursday, Sept. 24 The Droll Anyone who has fallen in love with theater will likely rhapsodize about the anticipation when the lights grow dark and the curtain rises. Or exactly what play or musical it was. And for them, or us, imagining a world without theater would be absurd, or…
Alicja Bielawska: Reference Points for Potential Constellations If the work on display in Cydonia Gallery this week seems familiar but you just can’t quite put your finger on it, you’re engaging with what the artist considers the “limits of the past,” or exactly how our perception is tied to to…
