Visual Arts

Lots of us have go-to photographers who allow us to live vicariously through their imagery, whose feeds we stalk after every major concert or event.

Ever since Dallas native Sha’Carri Richardson ran the 100-meter dash in 10.86 seconds and won her spot on the U.S. Olympic Team, her nails have been the talk of the world, earning headlines and features in Today, StyleCaster, Teen Vogue and the Associated Press.

Graphic artist Michael Houlihan is not from Oak Cliff. When the 35-year-old moved to Dallas from California in 2014, he knew returning to the “Third Coast” would mean more questions like, “Where are you from?”

As non-fungible forms of art rise in popularity, Dallas artists are riding the wave. Next month, Landmark Center will host an NFT pop-up gallery for two weekends.

You don’t have to know a damn thing about art to know the work of Shepard Fairey. The street artist’s ubiquitous poster of former President Barack Obama in red and blue, with the word “Hope” stamped at the bottom, is one of the most iconic presidential images of all time,…

Photographer Tyler Shields is familiar with controversy and cancel culture; his widely controversial images included the “severed” Donald Trump mannequin head (famously held by Kathy Griffin) and a lynching of a KKK member by a Black man, earning him the nickname the Bad Boy of Photography. But his latest series,…

Madison Mask is an artist but doesn’t have a formal background in art. He went to school for business and works in marketing, where he gained familiarity with in-person experiences: trade shows, conferences and experiential marketing design. This backlog of experience inspired Mask to create Frosty Rainbow, an interactive art…

One of the grandest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain can be found in Dallas, in the halls of Southern Methodist University. Building on the Boulevard: Celebrating 20 Years of the Meadows’s New Home and the companion exhibition Fossils to Film: The Best of SMU’s Collections are on display…

The term “fashion statement” can be entirely overused, but not in the case of Myah Hasbany, whose wearable knitted art softly screams for attention. Her most recent works are showstopping displays of human creativity, consisting of amorphous lumps of wool that transform the wearer into strikingly surreal characters in a fashion…

During the pandemic, street artists like Eric Mancini lost more than the ability to go out and turn neighborhoods into a canvas. The Denton graffiti and portrait artist, who now lives in Denver, has put his trademark squiggle figure portraits and satirical art pieces all over North Texas. His work…

Normally, you should be able to maintain a safe distance from others while still enjoying the space to explore art — unless you’re at the Louvre, of course, gawking at the “Mona Lisa.” Lately, it seems many people’s concept of distance and space is as thwarted as a cubist painting,…

A woman with long, black braids stands near an arched window in one image. On another wall, an angel observes a chess player pondering his next move. The colorful scenes are part of Once Upon a Time, a collection of paintings based on folk tales by artist Justin Simmons. A…

If we’re going to be stuck in Zoom meetings for much longer, we may as well get creative. With his new interactive art installation ANTIBODIES, artist Daniel Iregui uses motion-sensing technology and artificial intelligence to encourage beholders to reflect on the monotony of Zoom calls during the COVID-19 pandemic. ANTIBODIES,…

Dallas contemporary art gallery SITE131 is showing a new solo exhibition through March 27, and its brightly colored works initially evoke a child’s imagination. This is partially because they are inspired by artist Jeremiah Onifadé’s memories as a 13-year-old living in Nigeria. But the paintings are not simply a remembrance…

Mental health has long been a motif and muse used by artists. “I can not get rid of my illnesses, for there is a lot in my art that exists only because of them,” wrote Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, best known for his work “The Scream,” who was diagnosed with neurasthenia,…

There’s a strong, beautiful energy inside the walls of the Design District’s showroom and gallery store {neighborhood}. After moving into this space from their original spot in Bishop Arts District, and a low-key 2020, the owners of {neighborhood} will host art shows throughout the year. The first offers works from…

Processing the collective trauma we’ve endured in the last year may be a difficult task, and local artist Yesi Fortuna wants to shine a light on the Black community by showing solidarity in the form of art. As a self-proclaimed ally, Fortuna knew she had to reach out to those…

Although they have never met, artists Kelsey Heimerman and Dudley Sanders have more in common than they know. At the same time, the two Dallas based painters could not have more contrasting lifestyles: Heimerman lives and paints in a beautiful loft in the hip part of Exposition Park, while Sanders…

Hair can be a deeply personal topic. For Oak Cliff artist LaShonda Cooks, its cause for reflection — about artistry and politics, especially for Black women. Recently, Cooks has been on a quest to collect stories about hair, resulting in Hair Story, an exhibition by seven artists at the African American…

If there’s one positive thing we can take away from this year, it’s that through the pain and hardship, new cheerful endeavors were born. Gossypion (Gossy) Investments, founded by Darryl Ratcliff and Maya Crawford, is an agency that aims to represent artists while helping communities and businesses thrive together —…

Two notable Dallas artists have ganged up against an artless pandemic world with an art exposition in Fair Park. Exposition Gallery’s Ongoing exhibition, which is available by appointment only through the month of December, offers the works of Bobby Weiss and IZK Davies, just two old friends with a common love…

A retro space in downtown Arlington is now second home to a creative community. When Mark Joeckel, former general manager of Arlington Music Hall, had to cancel four months of shows earlier this year because of the pandemic, he says he refocused and re-created a vision he had for local…