Today in the roundup: Reviewing FW Opera’s ‘Figaro,’ 35 Denton’s impact on its host city and Ernesto Neto discusses his work at the Nasher.

Architecture critic Paul Goldberger on the Nasher’s slow-roasting by Museum Tower: “The Nasher was there first, it didn’t create the problem, and it is suffering from it.” Why, in heaven’s name, he asks, should it be asked to help remedy the problem?

Arts District dust-up makes the Times, the Tonys have a few local ties, and some pretty pix of architects: it’s the Wednesday round-up.

The Nasher has a few new feathered friends.

The Dallas artist’s meticulously recreated killer-whale carcass wowed them at the Whitney Biennial in 2004. It was the bleakest possible natural history display. Now the Nasher is showcasing a trio of his brilliantly creepy works.

Well-known Dallas attorney and civic leader Tom Luce has agreed to mediate a high-stakes dispute between the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Museum Tower, which is under construction next door.

Today in the roundup: Dallas Art Fair thinks locally, Museum Tower vs. the Nasher and attracting new opera fans.

Today in the roundup: Trouble in the Arts District, reviewing Emma in Fort Worth and local music bits.

Today in the roundup: The Kimbell’s important acquisition, designing the Nasher’s Soundings series and awards for Texas writers.

Today in the roundup: 8.0 closing to benefit Modern, assessing The Bacchae at the Nasher and CADD’s creative dinner.