artiFACTS: May 2013
Join moderator, Jeffrey Grove, the Dallas Museum’s Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art for “Take the Lens Cap Off: Trends in Photography”, a panel discussion with perspectives from a group of internationally known experts. The panel discussion will be held in the [...]
New Gallery Opens
Dallas has another new art space in Deep Ellum. Liliana Bloch, the former director of the McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) and later gallery director for Kirk Hopper Fine Art, swung open the doors of her own gallery last week. The gallery’s its inaugural exhibition [...]
The Van Cliburn Foundation Names Pres/CEO
The Van Cliburn Foundation announced Wednesday that Jacques Marquis has been named president and CEO for the Cliburn, effective immediately. Marquis joined the Fort Worth-based Cliburn in early September 2012 as interim executive director. With two decades of experience and an extensive network of national and international [...]
We Have Winners!
Winning Plays Headed to Dallas AT+T Performing Arts Center has announced it’s full slate of Broadway shows coming next season for the Lexus Broadway Series. The most touted title, The Book of Mormon, a religious satire, was announced months ago. Created by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, most critics have hailed the [...]
Nasher Welcomes Noted Design Critic
The Nasher Sculpture Center and Dallas Architecture Forum have announced that the chief architecture critic of The New York Times, Michael Kimmelman, will be keynote speaker for the 2013 Dallas Design Symposium. Mr. Kimmelman will speak at the symposium in Nasher Hall on Sunday, May 5 at 2 pm followed by a book signing of [...]
Play On!
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra announced this week their 2013-2014 concert season, a musical exploration of classical favorites, new works, and intriguing symphonic selections from other cultures. Major highlights include Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, the Dvořák Violin Concerto, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 [...]
Who Will Win at Cliburn?
The Cliburn announces today the 30 competitors selected to participate in the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, taking place May 24-June 9, 2013, at Fort Worth’s Bass Performance Hall. The pianists were chosen from a talented pool of 132 applicants who were invited to audition live in front of a five-member screening jury in [...]
Public Art
To commence a yearlong 10-year anniversary, the Nasher Sculpture Center will present Nasher XChange, a dynamic art exhibition consisting of 10 newly – commissioned public sculptures by contemporary artists at sites throughout the city of Dallas from October 19, 2013 to February 16, 2014. Covering a diverse range of sites and approaches [...]
Meadows Honors Texas Artist
The Meadows Museum recently announced that Stephen Lapthisophon is the recipient of the 2012 Moss/Chumley Artist Award. The award is given annually to an outstanding North Texas artist who has exhibited professionally for at least ten years and has a proven track record as a community advocate for the visual arts. This year’s recipient of [...]
ARTifacts: February 2013
The Dallas Opera has announced that Broadway legend and Drama Desk and Tony Award-winning director, producer, playwright, and lyricist Jack O’Brien has been engaged to direct the company’s world premiere production of Great Scott, a new, full-length opera by acclaimed American composer Jake Heggie (Moby-Dick) [...]
