Opinion
The Sinister Plan to Demolish a Brutalist Icon in Dallas
Behind the spectacle of City Hall’s potential demolition is the transfer of funding away from the public and into a few extraordinarily wealthy hands.
Charissa Terranova
Charissa Terranova is Professor of Art and Architectural History and holds a distinguished endowed chair at UT Dallas. She is a prolific, globally acclaimed academic author and journalist.
Art
Glittery Sylphs, Decorated Camels, Cracked Earthen Paintings, and Botched Machismo
DALLAS — While heterogeneous in form, cultural reference, and concept, the four exhibitions at the center of the Dallas Contemporary 2015 season openers stand together seamlessly.
Art
Hollywood, Texas: The Movie Myths of Hubbard/Birchler
HOUSTON — The exhibition’s name – Sound Speed Marker – gets at the essence of Austin-based artist-duo Hubbard/Birchler’s work. As moving-image artists, Dubliner Teresa Hubbard and the Swiss Alexander Birchler make self-reflexive film: film about the elements of film.
Art
Bringing Latin American Masters of Kinetic and Light Art Out of Obscurity
HOUSTON — Twentieth-century kinetic and light art has long been the redheaded stepchild of the art world.