An inverted Eiffel Tower in place of the heel on a woman’s shoe. Drops of water strung on a needle and thread like beads. The moon suspended from a gong stand. These images, shot in evocative black and white, are just a few of the surreal, thought-provoking and rich photographs…
Artists once used pigments, stone and wood as their media of choice, but in the modern age they are just as inclined to use the fabricated and mechanical. Steel: Fun with guns and pachinko machines features the work of Suguru Hiraide and Margaret Evangeline, two artists who use refined metals…
Photographer and printer Dan Burkholder of New York has been combining new and old photographic techniques since embracing digital photography in the early 1990s, the “Paleolithic era in digital imaging” as Burkholder jokes. First published in 1995, his award-winning book Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing paved the way for…
There’s one subject that parents find particularly difficult to address with their kids, and we can understand why. Not many people look forward to having “the talk” with the youngsters, but it’s necessary unless you want the kids to consult the Internet. We can only imagine what they’ll find there…
We can’t possibly feign any sort of journalistic objectivism when it comes to the State Fair of Texas, that wonderful time of the year in Dallas when the weather doesn’t suck, the hipsters mingle happily with high school hoodlums in the Midway and everyone gives up gluten-free diets for pork…
Oh, love at first sight. Girl meets boy and boy falls for girl. They gaze longingly at one another from across the room and, well, the rest is mushy history. Ah, if only it were that simple in Dallas Summer Musical’s presentation of the Tony award-winning West Side Story. The…
We’ve got a long list of questions we’d like to send to “Ask a Mexican,” but we don’t want to look like gabachos. Without going into specifics, most of the questions concern the safety of gringos in certain beachside vacation spots. Though we’d benefit from a cultural excursion, we probably…
“Life begins here.” That’s the current advertising slogan for a famous product many of us reach for every day. Can you guess which one? Take 10 seconds. Ready, go. Time’s up. It’s Coca Cola, the No. 1 soft drink in the world. Tens of millions were spent with competing ad…
“Whatever music I’m listening to is how I look…”…
SMU students may remember C.W. Smith as the curmudgeonly creative writing prof who had permanent dibs on a particular wooden chair in Dallas Hall; others know him as the mentor and ally who helped them find their voice, or who simply told them for the first time that they were…
Welcome to another edition of Geek-Offs, where you’ll find the perfect distractions to help you muddle your way through hump day each week. Sitting in meeting after meeting all week, your mind probably wanders a bit. Chances are there are some pretty sweet doodles to be found in the edges…
If you’re anything like us, you probably have a garage full of weird and unnecessary items morosely collecting dust, but don’t drag them to the curb just yet! Join us on Saturday, October 1, 2011 for the Dallas Arts District’s Art in Motion procession. Grab that jogging stroller that has…
Artists, consider yourselves called to action. The annual goodwill-centered competition for wall space is upon you and word has been spreading via social media networks. We saw it popping up all over Facebook this afternoon, then shared, and shared some more: ATTENTION ART CON ARTISTS: Art Conspiracy 7 is hosting…
At the Fashionistas event the other night at the Trinity River Audubon Center, the buzz wasn’t about the clothes on the runway. It was about the blond in the audience rocking a sparkly tube-dress and motorcycle mukluks. Is this a look now? Sequined mini cocktail frock with ugly strapped footwear?…
Minted.com is currently running a promotion for free mommy business cards, offering you 25 cards free (you just have to pay for shipping). If you have a kid, you’ve seen these at the playground. I once had a woman proposition me with one of these while I was shopping at…
We’re watching Bravo’s Most Eligible Dallas every week so you don’t have to. This week, Drew attacks everyone around him. Can’t we all just push a buddon that helps us get along? Scene 1: Tara brings increasingly ubiquitous side character Daylon with her to the vet’s office to pick up…
Late afternoon, a fellow Tumblrer tipped us to the above painting, which we immediately passed around the office. Needless to say: we were speechless. Far as we can suss out, it’s called “Beaker Slaying Honeydew” and is a Dada-esque riff on the early Italian, baroque piece by Artemisia Gentileschi entitled,…
Saturday reminded me once again of just how lucky we are in Dallas when it comes to art. Forty galleries, all leading members of DADA (Dallas Art Dealers Association) were open for the Annual Fall Gallery Walk in the Design District, Uptown, Downtown, Oak Cliff, Deep Ellum and on and…
It wasn’t always easy to spot the art at the Jason Brooks show over at Dallas Contemporary this weekend. Sometimes the art was chatting with a group of friends, or getting a drink, or popping out back for a quick smoke. But when the models in the legendary Austin tattoo…
Last month, when it was announced Jonathan Demme (of Silence of the Lambs fame) would helm Stephen King’s new novel about a teacher who time-jumps to stop JFK’s assassination, we thought: Hey, isn’t that a Quantum Leap episode? Now, we’ll have the chance to ask King if the new book…
“Everyday I look in the mirror and tell myself I’m the best thing in the universe. I’m not conceited, it just comes with the territory.”…
Jerry Haynes has died at the age of 84. Rest in peace, Mr. Peppermint…
