Arts
William Campbell Contemporary Art
GalleryIn his titular show at William Campbell, Houston sculptor Steve Murphy demonstrates his command of abstract wood and metal forms.
Happy 200th, Charles Dickens
Kristian LinThis past week marked 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens, and there were celebrations all over England. Some people, like the Archbishop of Canterbury, praised Dickens’ skill at caricature, while others hailed h...
Stage West’s Sports Page
The media are the messages in a first-time playwright’s take on sports reporting.JIMMY FOWLER
It’s been a long time coming for this weekend’s world premiere of Larry Herold’s comedy The Sports Page at Stage West. The playwright wrote the first version of his script — about a young reporter witnessing cultural an...
The Gallery at UTA
GalleryThe extreme versatility of paint as a medium is showcased in UTA’s current show.
Pantagleize’s Dead Awaken
Ibsen is at his most surreal in the Fort Worth company’s latest.JIMMY FOWLER
It’s hard to overestimate the influence of 19th-century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen on theater and, in particular, the modern English-speaking stage. With plays like A Doll’s House, Hedda Gabler, An Enemy of the Peopl...
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Historic Bomar ApartmentsGallery
Modern ruined, thick and wordy isn’t just a one-evening exhibit of mixed-media work by Frank Artsmarter. It’s also a showcase for its venue, a newly renovated vacant apartment on the South Side.
Storms in New Jerusalem
A newbie tackles Baruch Spinoza’s heady philosophizing in Stage West’s latest.JIMMY FOWLER
When Garret Storms auditioned last year for Stage West’s current production of David Ives’ New Jerusalem, his hopes weren’t particularly high. He’d just returned to Fort Worth to live with his family after earning a BFA...
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UNT Art GalleryGallery
Heavyweight names will be on display at UNT Art Gallery’s show to start the spring semester. The fifth annual Collections, Cultures, and Collaborations features works by Judy Chicago, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, and...
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Brand 10 ArtspaceGallery
The first of 2012’s new art shows opens this week, and a good one looks to be at Brand 10 Art Space, with collaborations by Joel Kiser and Todd Hayes and by Benito Huerta and Janet Chaffee, as well as individual contributions...
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Artspace 111Gallery
Abstract artists rule the roost at Artspace 111 this holiday season. Paul Booker’s paintings and sculpture reside here with Tudor Mitroi’s sculptural panels and Charlotte Smith’s installations composed of stacks of paint ...