The humble bead looks insignificant, but over the course of history it has been used as currency in exchange for everything from goods and land to flashes of skin. It’s been strung on string, wires and nearly everything else that artists and jewelry designers can think of. And, bead by…
You know you’re timeless when you’re a professed and proven favorite of both Frank Sinatra and the (often fickle) MTV generation. And, if you’ve been singing long enough to catch Sinatra’s ear and are still belting the hits and selling out concert halls, you know you have some music magic…
It’s exciting when the seasons change, the days get longer and spending time out of the house seems like a good idea again. Even if the Dallas Art Dealers Association’s (DADA) Spring Gallery Walk was just an excuse to emerge from hibernation, we’d think it was a great idea. But,…
You’re Texan from the top of your hat to the tip of your boots. Why should your garden blooms be less than Lone Star? There’s more to Texas plants than the bluebonnet, and the Heard Spring Plant Sale proves it, with offerings that include native grasses, perennial vines, roses, herbs…
Contemporary art dealer Craighead-Green Gallery celebrates its third year in its current home on Dragon Street with a group show, and everyone’s invited. Invited to attend, that is. Curators couldn’t open up showcase space to the masses. But the show tries to appeal to the masses, offering something for every…
What does a view from the top really look like? Artist Christine Gedeon shows us in what her artist statement calls “top view explorations” of prominent works. She shares space at the And/Or Gallery with Marisa Olson, who uses video and drawings to depict the intersection of culture and technology…
It’s not uncommon to suffer from coulrophobia, a.k.a. the fear of clowns. Lots of people have it. Those people might think twice before seeing Joey Seeman’s exhibition at Canvas Gallery. But it might be worth overcoming that fear to see the work, some of which stars Ronald McDonald, and uses…
It’s said that everyone in the world is separated by six degrees. The Holly Johnson Gallery’s current exhibit, Delineation, showcases unexpectedly connected work that is separated by six artists who are culturally, artistically and geographically diverse. Artists include Theresa Chong, who produces pencil and gouache work on Japanese rice papers;…
Ever wonder who brought North Texans the huge dancing frogs atop Carl’s Corner, the eye-catching truck stop on Interstate 35? Thank Bob Wade, a serious artist with serious range. Alongside the frogs, his portfolio boasts contemporary art that has shown at the Whitney in New York City, the Menil in…
On performer Jill Scott’s Web site, she asks fans, “Are you the real thing?” They respond with video posts confirming that they are and explaining why. The fans all want to be like Jill Scott, who is, in a word, real. Committed to authenticity and integrity in her music, and…
“‘S Wonderful,” the George Gershwin tune often sung by Ella Fitzgerald, could be sung in tribute to her fans. “‘S wonderful, ‘s marvelous, that you should care for me.” Fans did care and do care. And now there’s an entire musical devoted to the life and times of the sultry…
The “X factor” is an indescribable, intangible characteristic that makes something stand out. You can’t bottle it, buy it or sell it. You can however, assemble X-tinged components under one roof to give one interpretation of what it might look like. Deep Ellum/Fair Park mainstay 500X Gallery does just that…
Volumes have been written about life’s roads, especially when related to matters of the heart. You can only choose one road at a time and hope that you chose the best one. But what if you could somehow travel those roads the minute you met someone? Life, aging, your partner’s…
Kaleidoscopes! Collage boxes! Explosions! Sounds fun, doesn’t it? The participants in A Group Show: Nine Texas Artists at Haley Henman Gallery must think so, because they incorporate those things in their exhibit. An eclectic mix of sculpture, ink, collage and digital technique comprises the show, which includes work by Brad…
An object in motion stays in motion, and that’s the case for artist Augie N’Kele, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, now resides in Dallas and whose exhibitions have graced Iowa, Tennessee and a handful of galleries in Norway. With that trajectory, it’s appropriate that his…
Who says that lawyers lack color? It’s certainly not so at Kilgore & Kilgore, which houses an extensive collection of colorful, modern MADI art. Its newest exhibit features works by female masters of the craft. The New Amazons of the Avant-Garde: MADI Women Artists runs through April 4 at the…
Is it possible to go against the grain and with it at the same time? Jay Shinn, the current artist exhibiting at the Marty Walker gallery, seems to think so. His new paintings and sculptures are minimalist yet detailed and imply man versus nature as he uses correction fluid to…
It seems that lunch is out of fashion. With networking lunches, lunches in the office or lunches just plain skipped in favor of an extra hour of productivity, hardly anyone values that midday break. But the break is important, not just for your body, but for your mind. If you…
Do you think of joy when you think about Christmas shopping? It’s not impossible NorthPark Center, known for elevating the shopping experience through integration of the arts, is thinking outside the mall’s walls and tackling the most potentially tacky shopping experience of all: the holidays. They’re spreading joy—literally—by partnering with…
It’s hard to tell from the television commercials, but beyond the yard ornaments and blinking lights, the crux of the Christmas holiday hasn’t changed since, well, pioneer days. Although we’re dwellers in an urban landscape rather than home on the range, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series has long enchanted…
In a world where art is made from human skulls and bodily fluids, it’s easy to forget that art and spirituality are closely related. As long as there has been religion, there has been an art form that immortalizes it. For example, an exhibition of laminas—or retablos—collects altarpieces that represent…
Home movies are considered very personal, but for 11 people who lived in Dallas in the 1960s, those personal movies also memorialize a profound moment in history. Surely everyone of a certain age remembers what they were doing on November 22, 1963. Until President John F. Kennedy was shot, it…
