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In the Shadow of Dictatorship: Creating the Museum of Spanish Abstract Art by J. Claiborne Bowdon Francisco Franco would come to power in Spain in 1939 with the aid of Mussolini and Hitler in the Spanish Civil War, but while Mussolini and Hitler would lose their control of Europe, and their lives, at the end of the European campaign of World War II in 1945 Franco would continue to rule over Spain until...

Ro2art opens in their newest gallery space on Bataan in the Tin District with the vibrant and energetic large-scale paintings by Yuni Lee are much more than abstract works of art. They move beyond the pictorial gesture, the expressionistic and sentimental use of color, and the purely formal intention, to capture collective paradigms of contemporaneity. The patterns selected by the Dallas-based artist in...

Rachel Wolfson-Smith: Behavioral Science at Liliana Bloch Gallery If graphite drawings could evolve, over time, into entranced photographs, they would likely resemble the work of Rachel Wolfson-Smith. Two of Wolfson-Smith’s 12 works on view at Lilian Bloch Gallery are the size of a movie screen, with a third piece nearly as large.All are affecting yet confusing, a lot like the isolation we’ve all...

DALLAS GALLERY DAY by Todd Camplin I have been on a week-long state of euphoria after spending time seeing so much art during Dallas Gallery Day. Take out all the driving, and I had the feeling I was at a mini art fair. The Dallas Art Fair opened up their gallery space, which reinforced my feelings. So many familiar faces, with masks, moved in and out of the art spaces. The Dallas art scene was...

SUPER NATURE by Kendall Morgan Texan artist Sherry Owens builds an engrossing universe from crepe myrtle and bronze. In the hands of Texan artist Sherry Owens, a seemingly banal material—crepe myrtle branches—is transformed from natural debris into parables of mythology, ecology, and storytelling. Currently showing Tied to this World (on view through October 12 at Cris Worley Fine Arts),...

ADRIAN ESPARZA at Cris Worley Fine Arts by Todd Camplin Because Cris Worley Fine Arts’ gallery space is split into three sections, she has had staggering openings and closings of solo shows for her artists. This Saturday on December 5th, the gallery will feature the mesmerizing work by Adrian Esparza. Robert Lansden’s show ends December 19th, while Ruben Nieto ends January 2nd. This heavy rotation...

Kristen Macy at Barry Whistler Gallery by Todd Camplin Imagine you are driving outside the city. Behind you, all you can see is the glow of light pollution. You are far enough from civilization to see no other soul, yet the stars are not quite peeking out clearly because of the light on the horizon. A light event might occur in this zone of black inky space where the ground and sky can’t be...

THE WINDS OF CHANGE FOR MARY TOMAS GALLERY by Todd Camplin | Mary Tomás Gallery is closing. Not because of the pandemic, which is likely to put some mid-tier galleries out of business, but rather this husband and wife team were planning on retiring this year before world events occurred. So, although I lament the closing of a gallery with such a unique vision, this article is really a celebration of...

On July 21st, Holly Johnson Gallery will be celebrating 15 years with an all-women artists exhibition. Another milestone is that the gallery had its longest-running show. Joan Winter had art on the wall from early May to the present and the art will be coming down on August 8th. With such a long-running show, it would be a shame to miss it. I find it easy to call or email the gallery to make an...

Matthew Bourbon - My City ( Remembered, Forgotten, Invented) 2019, Acrylic On canvas 60x60 inches. Kirk Hopper Fine Art Gallery in Dallas. by Todd Camplin I hope everyone is taking quarantine seriously. Watching a few things on streaming video, catching up on piles of magazines and books, and having meetings on Zoom might be your way to cope with this strange moment in time. But if you're tired of...