Hobbes VincentThe word on the street is that sculptor Hobbes Vincent tells one hell of a tall tale. “You never know whether you’re getting an accurate portrait of reality or one that’s been manipulated,” gallery owner Jen Mauldin says. Translated: He’s a bit of a bullshitter. That’s good news for…
When Dee Mitchell approached Ludwig Schwarz about doing a retrospective of Schwarz’s drawings, he told Mitchell he hadn’t drawn in years and wasn’t planning to return to it anytime soon. Not to be deterred, the two came up with something else, maybe something better, for the new The Box Company space…
The sixth and final exhibit of the late John Wilcox’s work to be shown in his studio, The Wilcox Space, is now open. The exhibit will be up for about six months. Wilcox died from AIDS-related complications in 2012. He had been living and painting in the studio that would…
Loving Vincent Premiere Dallas Museum of Art 1717 N. Harwood St. 3 p.m. Saturday $50 and up There has never been an artist like Vincent Van Gogh, so it’s only fitting that a movie about him be breathtaking and unique. And there’s never been a movie like Loving Vincent, the…
Members Only Opening Reception Dallas Contemporary 1616 Glass St. 7 p.m. Thursday $35 and up Dallas Contemporary invites you on a journey — several journeys, in fact — into an alternative past, to Asia’s invisible cities and along a woman’s life path. Before you go, though, you have have to…
Scott Hilton and Kenda North Dallas Center for Photography 4756 Algiers St. 7-9 p.m. Thursday $5 Dallas Center for Photography Speaker Series presents Scott Hilton and Kenda North from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at 4756 Algiers St. Both speakers are members of the University of Texas at Arlington photography…
Elsewhere – Danny Rose and Haylee Ryan Jen Mauldin Gallery 408 N. Bishop Ave., Suite 103 6-9 p.m. Saturday Free It is both strange and inspiring how two entirely different styles of painting can reflect upon and speak to one another. Take, for instance, Elsewhere, the exhibition featuring the works…
Modern Sacred Beatrice M. Haggerty Art Gallery 1845 E. Northgate Drive, Irving 6-9 p.m. Friday Free The attraction of an illuminated manuscript goes beyond words on the page. Drawings and decorations, often in gold and silver, surround the text or appear in the margins and as featured, small illustrations. The…
The new exhibit at the Meadows Museum is small, but it packs a punch. Picasso/Rivera: Still Life and the Precedence of Form comprises eight works by four Cubist masters — Juan Gris, Maria Blanchard, Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera — and reveals how they influenced each other. In some cases, similarities…
Black & White and Read all OverKettle Art 2650-B Main St. Opening reception 7 p.m. Thursday Three prolific lowbrow artists from Dallas have teamed up to bring you Black & White and Read all Over, a nod to the importance of print illustrations. Brad Albright’s line-art illustrations tend to revel…
‘Til Midnight at the NasherNasher Sculpture Center 2001 Flora St. 6 p.m.-midnight Friday Free ‘Til Midnight at the Nasher represents one of Dallas’ great community events — a lawn filled with a patchwork of spread-out blankets, kids with popsicles and the buzz of conversation as people get to know everyone…
“I want my work to completely abandon the notion that I’m working for a specific audience,” Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich says, responding to a probing question concerning the globalized art world contemporary artists are forced to reckon with. Pich was in Dallas to speak at the Crow Collection of Asian…
What do Reece Witherspoon’s walls and your go-to pair of summer kicks have in common? They both sport photographer Gray Malin’s work. Hollywood’s favorite photographer, known for his bright, inviting and festive images of everything from glamorous beaches to exotic animals, got his start in the photo lab at the…
Tim Kerr — Everyday PeopleSafe Room at the Texas Theatre 231 W. Jefferson Blvd. Opening reception 7-9 p.m. Thursday Artist slash motivational punk rocker Tim Kerr collected his first art award in a fire-prevention poster contest in elementary school, and it’s been full speed since. Everyday People is his latest exhibit…
July Exhibit at South Side on LamarJanette Kennedy Gallery 1409 S. Lamar St. Opening reception 6-9 p.m. Thursday Janette Kennedy Gallery, the creative space that’s free to its artists, kicks off its July exhibit featuring the works of three local photographers. Jessica Bell’s theme is “Modern Day Prostitution,” a series…
Jay Wilkinson — Everyone PoopsFort Works Art 2100 Montgomery St., Fort Worth 6-8 p.m. Friday Jay Wilkinson was dyslexic as a kid, so his mom gave him comic books. It’s a good thing she did because that’s how he started drawing. Everyone Poops explores the human condition and the qualities everyone…
Some Dallasites may be surprised to find that there is a sculpture garden and art gallery north of LBJ Freeway that has been presenting the work of contemporary artists to a faithful following for more than 60 years. In 1953, Donald and Peggy Vogel bought a creekside, wooded lot in…
Amber Crimmings — Bound Matriarchs Mighty Fine Arts 409A N. Tyler St. Opening reception 6-9 p.m. Saturday Printmaking goddess Amber Crimmings sees something incongruous about the way fairy-tale literature both needs and adores women while also viewing them contemptuously. She’s channeled her feelings toward these conflicting realities into her new…
A new exhibit at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art delves into the creative side of an invention that made life’s fun and fleeting moments instantly tangible. The Polaroid Project: At the Intersection of Art and Technology showcases the work of more than 100 artists through 175 images and…
Sister’s Sticker Collection Ro2 Art at the Magnolia Theatre 1501 S. Ervay St. 12-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays beginning Wednesday, June 14 Free Like a tween dream hopped up on Pixy sticks, Adam Palmer’s solo exhibit Sister’s Sticker Collection is throwing it back to the ’90s, the decade whose progenies…
Justin Clumpner — Sacred Kettle Art 2650-B Main St. Opening reception 5-8 p.m. Friday In his first solo exhibition at Kettle Art, Justin Clumpner continues to posit America as a Christian nation. Employing newspapers and advertisements as his materials of choice, he paints and collages his works into religious narratives…
In DFW, a few sign painting artisans have made a living working on hundreds of signs for local businesses. It takes years of experience to become an expert sign painter — Sean Starr and Roy Warren Lunt explain the process of becoming a master and the highs and lows of the trade.
