Art
April 1, 1979
The Dark at the End of the Tunnel
Houston’s Museum of Fine Art resurrects the genius of Mark Rothko. James Surls tries to answer the tricky question: what is Texas art? Amarillo hosts five pioneers of American photography.
Art
Storytelling, news, and reviews about works of art and the artists behind them
Art
March 1, 1979
Golden Oldies
Look, but don’t touch-three museums with glittering antiques from Pompeii, India, and Peru.
Art
December 1, 1978
The World on an Easel
The modern realist’s motto is what you see is what you paint.
Art
June 30, 1978
Rhythm ‘N’ Hues
Riding a color merry-go-round with America’s first modern painters.
Texas History
August 31, 1976
Making the Best of It
A great photographer looks at plain people caught in the hard times of another Texas.
Art
September 30, 1975
Is Texas A New Mecca For Artists?
The word is out among young artists that our state is a good place to work.
Art
March 31, 1975
Three for the Show
Fort Worth’s art museums are a bigger attraction than the stockyards and, what’s more, most art doesn’t smell.
Art
August 31, 1974
Steel Walls Do Not an Art Museum Make
The Houston Contemporary Arts Museum has an acute case of schizophrenia.
Art
February 28, 1974
Touts
DEGAS IN DALLASBetter known for his paintings, the French Impressionist artist Edgar Degas saw only one of his seventy-three sculptures exhibited in his own lifetime. Admirers of his work today are more fortunate. Seventy pieces, on loan for the first time from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, are currently
Food
January 31, 1974
Touts
Everybody, Sing! If you always wanted to sing with an orchestra but no conductor ever asked you, plan to be at “The Sing,” Houston’s bright new community sing-along.“The Sing” is for anyone who wants to sing the world’s great choral favorites (yes, of course, the Hallelujah Chorus is included). No less
Art
January 1, 1974
Touts
Modern Art In HoustonSince its establishment in Dallas 6 years ago, the Janie C. Lee Gallery has been known for showing the most celebrated of contemporary American artists. In mid-December, they opened a Houston branch that promises more of the same.The initial show is a group exhibition which includes most
Art
December 1, 1973
Touts
Future-Shocking ExhibitionHouston’s Contemporary Arts museum takes the prize again for the new and different in experimental art. Beginning sometime in mid-December (the opening date had not been selected at press time) the museum will present the combined efforts of the futuristic-oriented Ant Farm, NASA, and the Texas Medical Center, in
Art
June 30, 1973
Touts
Fiddle-FaddleFiddler’s festival? A hillside field and a lake would be the perfect setting. But now they’ve covered it over with a shopping center and a parking lot.Seminary South isn’t country heaven, but it’s all right for a shopping center—it has lots of grass and flowers and trees and fountains. And