Posts Tagged ‘sculpture’
San Lorenzo
BIG TICKETThere’s too much of everything in the sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which is why they’re so wonderful. The native of Naples became the greatest Italian artist of the 17th century, a recipient of rich commissions from ...
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Grackle Art GalleryGALLERY
A show with a grammatically curious title, Dear John, Is Stat an Island? features painting, sculpture, drawing, and photography, curated by Paul Leicht. It’s only up for one night, so make sure you reserve your Saturday for t...
Sugar Rush
Big TicketFoodies should flock to the Modern this weekend to catch Kings of Pastry. This documentary film follows three French pastry chefs as they take part in the 2007 version of the Meuilleurs Ouvriers de France, a grueling three-day ...
Many Turkey Returns
John Q. PublicTo the editor: The Fort Worth Weekly gave a Turkey Award to the city council for ostensibly funding – in these trying times – the creation of a John F. Kennedy sculpture destined for General Worth Square. The Turkey...
Dirty Dish
StaticIn the last few years, since gas compressor stations arrived in the Denton County town of DISH, Jim Caplinger, 61, has developed a nervous disorder. He’s anxious much of the time, he said, and finds himself constantly tap...
Garage Art
The Fort Worth Convention Center’s new parking facility isn’t groundbreaking but still great.Art
Designer garages are nothing new. At Princeton University, TEN Arquitectos’ Enrique Norten uses an elegant stainless-steel scrim to hide the parked vehicles.
Old Believers
Big TicketIn the centuries immediately following Jesus’ death, European civilization was fairly nonexistent and Christianity was just one of a number of religions vying for followers with the likes of Mithraism, Baalism, and Gnosticism...
Tango: A Ballroom in Sculpture
GalleryGallery Night is an evening to take in all the galleries, but it’s good to concentrate on the ones that won’t be up for long.
The Art of the Botanical
GalleryFirehouse Gallery’s show has a title long enough to take up all of this space, so we’ll just tell you that it’s heavy on realistically rendered images of nature (mostly flowers) in various media by a long list of artists.
Show Offs II
GalleryThey just don’t stop making art in Texas, which is why you can’t go wrong with a show devoted to up-and-coming new talent.
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