Call for Boozy Artists
The Fort Worth Weekly and Rahr Brewery are calling all artists to submit original pieces of previously unpublished artwork suitable for public consumption (no...
WoCA: Evolving Art
It’s been one year since Lauren Cross said goodbye to her socially conscious art gallery space on Race Street.
She knew that real estate development...
Billy Hassell: Eco-Painter
There is no substitute for being in nature. And there is no equivalent expression that translates nature into a satisfying two-dimensional experience either.
For as...
The Umbrella Man
Gustave Caillebotte is the forgotten man of the Impressionist movement. This artist counted Monet, Degas, Renoir, and Pissarro among his friends and supported them...
Jesse’s Girls
Jesse Sierra Hernandez has finally arrived.
The fortysomething painter started out nearly two decades ago as a sort of scenester-slash-bon vivant-slash-autodidact who was arguably more...
Ugly, Beautiful, Pretty, Kitsch
In 2009’s Untitled, the curator of a contemporary gallery sells abstract paintings from her back room because if her clients knew she sanctioned that...
Autodidacts
The last time I wrote up a show at the Amon Carter Museum, I wasn’t overly impressed and speculated that the lack of access...
Exhibitionists on the Move
Exhibitionists, a recent pop-up art show at Shipping & Receiving, featured some familiar names, but it mainly served as a platform for new, emerging...
Princes and Queens
In 1849, the painter Gustave Courbet scandalized the French art world with “A Burial at Ornans,” a huge work that depicted an ordinary peasant...
Culture
Solo Female Dancer
Critic’s choice: Carolyn Judson
A principal dancer with Texas Ballet Theater, Judson took advantage of two huge opportunities to shine last season: as...
