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Houston Grand Opera secured a major coup on Friday with news that renowned German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, hailed by the London Telegraph as “the world’s greatest tenor,” will join the company’s orchestra on October 6 for a single …
Read MoreAmerican artist Donald Judd’s impact on the city of Marfa is undeniable. From the Chinati Foundation to the towering, concrete icons he created in the desert, the master of minimalism continues to influence the Texas artist town. The latest evidence of…
Read More“Would you risk your life to save a book”? That’s a question that most people would answer with a definitive “No!” What book is worth sacrificing one’s life for? Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasure…
Read MoreStreaming, Zooming, outdoor immersing and even radioing it in, Texas theater companies have tried almost every mode to bring performances to audiences during the pandemic. Now Houston’s Stages will attempt the most radical move of all, bringing audienc…
Read MoreYou can’t slow down an iconic museum — especially one devoted to a dialogue about the art of our time. When COVID-19 gripped the world and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston shuttered for 11 months (between March 2020 and February 2021) its sig…
Read MoreThe Meadows Museum is one of Dallas’ — no, one of America’s — hidden crown jewels, a cultural institution those in the know refer to as “Prado on the Prairie” for very good reason. It is home to one of the most profound and important collections of Spa…
Read MoreStages has had much to celebrate in recent weeks — the return of the gala, rescheduled from January, and the impending return of performances to the theater. Both developments were cause for jubilation when a well-heeled socially-distanced throng parti…
Read MoreI’ll bet you didn’t know that there was a John Wayne museum in the Fort Worth Stockyards. I didn’t either until just recently. The John Wayne: An American Experience exhibit opened quietly last December in the Stockyards as part of the much ballyhooed …
Read MoreLegendary patron, museum maker and larger-than-life ranch-and-oil heiress Anne Marion’s bold art collection went on the block this week at Sotheby’s New York. Valued around $150 million for its 18 stellar lots, the auction results surpassed that …
Read MoreTwenty five years of nourishing young classical music talent was celebrated in black-tie glory Friday night when the current student musicians of Virtuosi of Houston displayed their remarkable talents before an appreciative audience of the more than 25…
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