Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
Hurricane Laura might have blown away the benefit “Car-nival” launch of the gleeful House of Cards installation at Discovery Green, but with no damage and no time to waste, the artful card trick will still open to the public on Saturday. Co…
Read MoreWe all love something “never-before-seen.” Be it discarded footage from a viral music video or a deleted movie clip, there are few things we want to see as badly as something that has never had eyes on it. The Dallas Contemporary gets it, and is giftin…
Read MoreTexas native Marian Mekhail has created custom art for actor D.L. Hughley, world champion boxer Jermall Charlo, and NFL star Perrish Cox to name a few. The artist predominately works with acrylics, adding a crushed-glass layer that has become her signa…
Read MoreA new public art campaign is taking over several billboards in Dallas and Fort Worth, bringing attention to the disproportionately negative impact Covid-19 has had on people of color. Led by influential contemporary artist Carrie Mae Weems, Resist Covi…
Read MoreWe’ve all developed a deeper connection with our televisions — glued to news outlets (some zig with CNN, others zag with Fox News) when we’re not binging everything from Ozark to Tiger King. Now the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has come up with an a…
Read MoreThis is the first story in a new PaperCity series which spotlights artists sharing insights into the making of their exhibitions, Houston talent Mary Margaret Hansen pulls back the curtain on her current show, “Atablo’ ” at Houston…
Read MoreWhen the spring Bayou City Art Festival, traditionally held in Memorial Park, was cancelled due to COVID-19 only weeks before its March 29 scheduled opening, (its sponsor) the Art Colony Association (ACA) began planning for the fall festival which typi…
Read MoreWhen Dallas Art Fair director Kelly Cornell emailed late this week with big news, it was an announcement we’d sensed was coming, a decision that could only be summed up as sage. As Texas continues to lead the nightly news and serve as a coronavi…
Read More“Who knew we could work this hard without doing any theater?” So muses Houston’s Alley Theatre artistic director Rob Melrose during a recent conversation with PaperCity. But we’d lay odds the sentiment has been echoed by most music, dance and theater c…
Read MoreWith cancelation of the Houston Ballet season and with Houston Symphony concerts relegated to virtual experiences, Gina and Dr. Devinder Bhatia are among those performing arts patrons lamenting the devastating effects of COVID-19 on their favorite arts…
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