A LOCAL MAKES IT TO CARNEGIE HALL: Way back in December, we told you about a contest to put together a symphony orchestra through YouTube. On Wednesday night, that international group of musicians made its debut under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas. And one of the players the famed conductor directed was Keller violinist [...]
AFI BITS: As I’m sure you’ve figured out by now, I’m not the only person in this town covering AFI Dallas. And with more than 170 features and shorts, I can’t get to every one of them. So I thought I would pass along some of the good work being done on films I haven’t [...]
FILM FESTIVALS REVEALED: If the AFI Dallas International Film Festival looks a bit different when it debuts on Thursday, it’s not the only one going through changes. Really, not too much is different over at AFI – NorthPark Center has taken over presenting sponosor duties, the run is a few days shorter. But change is [...]
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW SOMEONE: The Amon Carter Museum blog jumps on this year’s biggest Facebook trend and posts 25 Random Things About the Carter. Among the most enlightening: 3. We display on average 500-600 works from the permanent collection at any one time – less than 1%. 17. We store certain photographs [...]
NO ROOM IN THE INN: Thinking of going to the George Strait concert June 6 that will mark the official opening of the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington? Think again. Officially, the concert is a sellout, though there may still be the odd single ticket left here and there. It’s unclear still how many tickets [...]
Justin Flowers is the host of the This Week in the Arts podcast. He sends along the following report about photographer Barbara Crane: “Babara Crane: Challenging Vision” opened at the Amon Carter Museum over the weekend. The exhibit is touted as the “first major retrospective of the photographer’s work in more than 25 years.” On [...]
Get the Flash Player to see this content. How should photographers challenge their audience and how has the practice of photography progressed in the last several decades? One of those agents of change – artist Barbara Crane – discussed the topic with Think host Krys Boyd during Friday’s episode. Her groundbreaking work from the last [...]
BOB ROSS, HE’S NOT: If you are headed out to Gerald Peters Gallery to take in “Tony Foster: Searching for a Bigger Subject,” you owe it to yourself to read this recent feature on the artist in The Wall Street Journal. The story talks with the English painter about the daring adventures he endures in [...]
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Get the Flash Player to see this content. The Amon Carter Museum will present its first-ever video installation beginning November 15 — a single, 18-minute, five-channel work occupying an entire gallery. Originally commissioned by the North Dakota Museum of Art as part of its series on the “Emptying out of the Plains,” The Plains of [...]
