Scenes from Dallas Gallery Openings February 7- 14, 2015

Brian Scott of Chuck and George

A retrospective show by Dallas artist Viola Delgado provided an excellent reason for a first visit to the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas. However, upon arriving we heard a transformer blow. The lights went out on what the artist noted was the first retrospective for a Latina Artist in Dallas. Wine could not be served … Continue reading Scenes from Dallas Gallery Openings February 7- 14, 2015

T.J. Griffin’s ‘Remove Your Mask’ at Ro2 Art Gallery

The first question of a visitor who enters T. J. Griffin’s current exhibition “Remove Your Mask,” at Ro2 Downtown Gallery, is naturally about the title: what are the identities that have been masked? Pictures of burly grown men with masks and costumes, often set in a fantasy world, fill the room with a kind of … Continue reading T.J. Griffin’s ‘Remove Your Mask’ at Ro2 Art Gallery

The Belmont Hotel and What’s Not on the Canvas

The new art show “Fannie Brito: Mixed Emotions,” curated by Ro2 Art Gallery, takes a new venue in the trendy Belmont Hotel. It was a somewhat unusual venue for an art show, but none-the-less the perfect setting for an evening out. Designed by Charles Stevens Dilbeck, a local architect in 1946, the sculpted cliff built … Continue reading The Belmont Hotel and What’s Not on the Canvas

Dallas Gallery Crawl – From Uptown to Deep Ellum

Even though North Texas had its 70th triple-digit-temperature day in 2011, no one would doubt it will get cooler in no time – not only weatherwise, but also culturally. On the first weekend of September when Dallasites can finally walk leisurely on the street, gallery openings were found everywhere from trendy uptown to Deep Ellum. … Continue reading Dallas Gallery Crawl – From Uptown to Deep Ellum