Art
Judging Excellence
Artspace 111 does something crazy and puts on a juried show. And it’s a doozy.NICOLE CRITES AND ANTHONY MARIANI
Artspace 111 has always been a little nontraditional. For decades after its founding in 1980, the studio/gallery in a warehouse on a desolate eastern edge of downtown was a gritty, appointment-only exhibition space, quietly con...
Samurai: Killer Style
Armor, helmets, masks, and serious scholarship make this Kimbell exhibit a winner.NICOLE CRITES
Apparently, ancient Japanese samurai were as stylish as they were fearsome. Though Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection has been up for several months now, the Kimbell Art Museum is in the midst of...
Truly Public Art
Drop by Art Studios on Race Street to chat with an artist or two and maybe even go home with a painting.EDWARD BROWN
With Art Studios on Race Street (formerly The Work Room), owner Flora Brewer is re-envisioning the way painters and sculptors work. Instead of holing up in separate rooms by themselves, artists share a public space, allowing th...
Fort Worth: Too “Hip” for USA Today?
ANTHONY MARIANIUSA Today unleashed the breaking news that Fort Worth is “evolving from cow town to hipster city.” Catch your breath, I know. In a flyby article yesterday, writer Rick Jervis doesn’t clearly define “hipster” –– a ...
Hard Twist: Brutal, Beautiful Ranch Women
NICOLE CRITESFor folks who managed to grow up in cowboy country without learning a thing about ranch life, a hard twist refers to the old-time Manila hemp lariat rope that is tightly twisted or hard twisted. It can also be used to describe ...
Messages in Bottles
Byrd Williams IV told a UNT crowd about a century of photography.GAYLE REAVES
If Byrd Williams IV were not a world-class photographer, he might be doing just about as well as a writer. As editor of Fort Worth Weekly, I’ve known for years about Byrd’s photographic skills and the legacy of his family o...
Art and Appetite: Ravenous Beasts
You don’t have to be a foodie to appreciate the Carter’s new exhibit.ANTHONY MARIANI
What we farm, hunt, buy, catch, kill, package, heat up, cook, serve, and enjoy privately or among others is merely a jumping-off point for Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine. The 60-piece touring show, up...
Visionary Awards Moved to Thu, April 17
ANTHONY MARIANICongratulations again to the winners of our Fourth Annual Visionary Awards: director Adam Adolfo, conceptual artist Bradly Brown, and the art collective HOMECOMING! Committee. Due to a scheduling conflict, the date of our celeb...
Hip to Be Square
Psychedelics, psychedelia, and geometry come together in young Sarah Ayala’s artwork.KRIS LUTHER
Specializing in geometric pieces, twentysomething Fort Worth painter Sarah Ayala has displayed her work as part of exhibits by Fort Worth’s Art-Hunger Collective and at The Museum of Geometric Art and MADI Art in Dallas. You ...
UNT Acquires Williams Collection
ANTHONY MARIANIOne of the largest, most diverse, and most historic photography collections in Texas has finally found a home. Consisting of more than 10,000 prints and 300,000 negatives –– plus correspondence, artifacts, and several vinta...