Visual Arts

Artistic couple Frank and Lee Dufour figure the interpretation of dreams is better left to psychoanalysts. That’s why their current project instead focuses on another aspect of our dream lives. “We’re trying to illustrate the mechanics of dreams and how movement happens inside them,” Frank says. Dreams, as you’re probably well…

Bizarro — Robert Barsamian Conduit Gallery 1626 C Hi Line Drive. Ongoing through March 25 DC Comic’s antihero Bizarro first appeared in 1958 as an antagonist to Superman. In pop culture, the character has come to be known as a metaphorical mirror to Superman: Everything seen in a mirror is in…

As head of the Aurora-Rhoman Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics, Dallas-based artist Joshua Goode travels the world uncovering evidence of the Aurora-Rhoman Empire. It’s an ancient Texas civilization centered around property in Northeast Texas that’s now owned by Goode’s family. Since the Aurora-Rhomans migrated to Texas from Europe, remnants…

When Nancy Whitenack moved Conduit Gallery from its original location in Deep Ellum to the Design District in 2002, the showrooms were mainly for those in the trade and few were open to the public. But she says her gallery played an important role in the district’s transition into a…

Contextual Assembly Kettle Art 2650 Main St. Opening reception 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday From Corey Godfrey’s soft yarn-focused stones, to Hilda LaFleur’s psychedelic imagery, to Roberta Masciarelli’s recycled constructions, to Amy Seymour’s trippy, imaginary world of clay, Kettle Art’s new group exhibit promises plenty of whimsical, dreamlike media. This…

Terrell James – SOTOL VIEW Barry Whistler Gallery 315 Cole St., No. 120 6 p.m. Saturday Dallas’ art circles are familiar with Houston-based artist Terrell James, but they’ve not been privy to the two particularly lush, mural-sized paintings in her new show of works at Barry Whistler Gallery before now. The…

Deep Ellum looks much more vibrant than it did a few years ago. This owes partly to a mural project started by real estate developer Scott Rohrmann in the summer of 2015, which invited local artists to create 42 murals on properties in the neighborhood owned by his company, 42…

Murray Smither went into the prison in Huntsville, Texas, not knowing what to expect. But the art appraiser knew the surroundings well — he was born in the city and raised about an hour north of Houston — and he was in good company. His friends, faculty at Sam Houston…

We Appreciate Your Business H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery at El Centro College 801 Main St. Artist reception 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday We Appreciate Your Business is a group exhibition showcasing a group of local artists whose pop surrealism works are characterized by a mutual use of color,…

London-based artist Carey Young spent three weeks in Brussels, Belgium, lugging around heavy camera equipment eight hours a day, to and from her hotel and the Palais de Justice, the largest courthouse in the world. What came from the exertion were moving and still images of the powerful women of law and order, which…

David Salomon’s love of photographing animals is a far cry from any typical puppy- or housecat-obsessed Instagram user. Only days after returning from China, where he captured the life and essence of pandas through his lens, Salomon held the opening reception of his new gallery, O.R.D.A Gallery (15400 Knoll Trail…

A Conversation with Carey Young: The New Architecture Dallas Museum of Art 1717 N. Harwood St. Opens 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday This exhibition of photographic and text-based works by the London-based artist will also include the global debut of the video Palais de Justice, named after Palais de…

Allison Jardine’s father and grandfather were coal miners in northern England, and as a child she developed a special bond with the substance, which she admired for its roughness. Now she’s an artist working in Dallas, where she uses vine charcoal to create drawings inspired by the relationship between nature…

Spend any amount of time in one of the rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods around downtown Dallas and odds are you’ll come across a mural or two (or five or six). Dallas real estate developers have a strong recent history of working with artists on projects geared toward beautifying their properties and,…

Sedrick Huckaby is a busy man. The next few months will see him installing a two-person show with his wife, artist Letitia Huckaby, at Tarrant County College South; opening a solo show in New York; doing a residency at a hospital in Philadelphia; and applying for the BP portrait competition…

Kris Cox — What Do I Know? William Campbell Contemporary Art 4935 Byers, Fort Worth Opening reception 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday For his upcoming solo exhibition at William Campbell, Kris Cox spurs to life the most primitive elements of his native Colorado: Dahlias in the field, Highland cattle hair…

Rachel Livedalen – To Lisa With LoveOpens Saturday 500X Gallery 500 Exposition Ave. Rachel Livedalen’s interdisciplinary works explore contemporary femininity viewed through the lens of generations past. Growing up, she loved Lisa Frank so much she’s about to unveil an entire solo exhibit dedicated to the sticker maven. It’s a…

Back in the late ’90s, before making it as one of Hollywood’s most revered and provocative photographers, Tyler Shields called North Texas his home. And on Saturday he made a stop back through his old bailiwick for the reception of his latest book, Provocateur. The standing- room-only event gushed with…

Greg Piazza — Painted Lens Wall Gallery 1529 Dragon St. Opening reception 5 p.m. Saturday Greg Piazza is a minimalist among minimalists. It’s simple and pure geometry, the raw, sharp-jawed photographs he captures via his own style of streamlined gusto. Now he’s translated his inspired snaps into canvas paintings that…