5 Art Events for Your Weekend: March 3-5

Bizarro — Robert Barsamian Conduit Gallery 1626 C Hi Line Drive. Ongoing through March 25 DC Comic’s antihero Bizarro first appeared in 1958 as an antagonist to Superman. In pop culture, the character has come to be known as a metaphorical mirror to Superman: Everything seen in a mirror is in…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend: February 23-26

Contextual Assembly Kettle Art 2650 Main St. Opening reception 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday From Corey Godfrey’s soft yarn-focused stones, to Hilda LaFleur’s psychedelic imagery, to Roberta Masciarelli’s recycled constructions, to Amy Seymour’s trippy, imaginary world of clay, Kettle Art’s new group exhibit promises plenty of whimsical, dreamlike media. This…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend: February 17-19

Terrell James – SOTOL VIEW Barry Whistler Gallery 315 Cole St., No. 120 6 p.m. Saturday Dallas’ art circles are familiar with Houston-based artist Terrell James, but they’ve not been privy to the two particularly lush, mural-sized paintings in her new show of works at Barry Whistler Gallery before now. The…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend, February 9-12

We Appreciate Your Business H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery at El Centro College 801 Main St. Artist reception 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday We Appreciate Your Business is a group exhibition showcasing a group of local artists whose pop surrealism works are characterized by a mutual use of color,…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend: February 2-5

A Conversation with Carey Young: The New Architecture Dallas Museum of Art 1717 N. Harwood St. Opens 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday This exhibition of photographic and text-based works by the London-based artist will also include the global debut of the video Palais de Justice, named after Palais de…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend: January 26-29

Christopher Blay: KWTXRUNT on the Square 109 N. Elm St., Denton Opening reception 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday The Denton Black Film Festival and UNT on the Square have teamed up to bring you KWTXR, an exhibition of drawings, photographs and video by Fort Worth artist Christopher Blay. The collection…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend, January 19-22

Kris Cox — What Do I Know? William Campbell Contemporary Art 4935 Byers, Fort Worth Opening reception 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday For his upcoming solo exhibition at William Campbell, Kris Cox spurs to life the most primitive elements of his native Colorado: Dahlias in the field, Highland cattle hair…

5 Essential Art Events: January 13-15

Rachel Livedalen – To Lisa With LoveOpens Saturday 500X Gallery 500 Exposition Ave. Rachel Livedalen’s interdisciplinary works explore contemporary femininity viewed through the lens of generations past. Growing up, she loved Lisa Frank so much she’s about to unveil an entire solo exhibit dedicated to the sticker maven. It’s a…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend: January 6-8

Greg Piazza — Painted Lens Wall Gallery 1529 Dragon St. Opening reception 5 p.m. Saturday Greg Piazza is a minimalist among minimalists. It’s simple and pure geometry, the raw, sharp-jawed photographs he captures via his own style of streamlined gusto. Now he’s translated his inspired snaps into canvas paintings that…

Willie Nelson’s Performances Are Beyond Reproach

You’re marinating in the pre-Willie lobby of the Granada Theater. It’s buzzing with giddy anticipation. Old men, old women, young men and young women beam as they swap autobiographical Willie stories: how many times they’ve seen him live, how far they drove to get here. It hits you over the…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend: December 30-January 1

Anna Elise Johnson — Inner WorkingsCris Worley Fine Arts 1845 Levee St., Suite 110 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday Anna Elise Johnson’s three-dimensional collages use photographs of political, economic and diplomatic meetings to create small-ish mise-en-scéne containing ambiguous yet striking narratives with characters frozen in time. Delicate mists of spray…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend: December 23-25

Gordon Young: CollageCedar Valley College – Educational Art Gallery 3030 North Dallas Ave., Lancaster Closing Friday Artist Gordon Young builds digital photomontages from an amalgam of photographs of his personal environment fused with imagery appropriated from digital media. With the objective of combining the daily flow of electronic-media detritus and…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend: December 16-18

Extreme Ornament Help-CreateVetro Glassblowing Studio & Gallery 701 S. Main St., Grapevine Ongoing Wednesday through Dec. 31 It’s like Etsy but saucier: Back by popular demand, the Extreme Ornament Help-Create series allows participants temporary immersion in the ancient art of glassblowing with a jolly, seasonal twist. Each participant selects colors…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend: December 8-11

Media Burn 2016 Streamed live here 6 p.m. Thursday Well, this is interesting. On Monday, a mysterious email began circulating around the Dallas art community. In part, the short message reads, “On December 8, a group of Dallas college students will attempt to destroy the internet from [redacted location].” The…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend, December 1-4

FEATURE: Goode, Tanchak, Winkler Goss-Michael Foundation 1305 Wycliff Ave., Suite 120 Opening reception 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday For the debut of Goss-Michael’s FEATURE series, the space will transform into a shrine devoted solely to three Texas-based artists: Jenaro Goode, Keer Tanchak and Paul Winker. Each is interested in surface,…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend: November 24-27

Jay Shinn: Air Space Barry Whistler Gallery 315 Cole St., Suite 120 12 to 5 p.m., closing Saturday If you know what a decahedron is, you are either a high school geometry teacher or the artist Jay Shinn. Shinn uses the 10-faced, three-dimensional wooden shapes as canvasses for Air Space,…

5 Art Events for Your Weekend: November 17-20

Courtney Hamilton: Kickin’ the Tire 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday Eastfield College — H100 Gallery 3737 Motley Drive, Mesquite How do we decide what is worth keeping and what is disposable? Like most of us, artist Courtney Hamilton’s answer is equal parts aesthetic preferences and fuzzy sentimentality. Influenced by an…