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Surveying our ecletic arts scene, from the galleries to the stage.

Dick and Jerry Van Dyke star in 'The Sunshine Boys'

The Sunshine Boys with brothers Jerry and Dick Van Dyke is a comedy about two former vaudevillian performers, and it's pretty perfect for these legendary comic actors. Local actress Denise Lee also stars. Read more

Three arts picks: Lucinda Williams' 'Copenhagen' video, a coupon for a pottery experience and the 70th anniversary Blu-ray edition of 'Citizen Kane'

The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more

Visual and performing arts for fall 2011

It's finally September, and fall is in the air -- at least it is inside local visual and performing arts venues. Read more

Fort Worth couple gets expert guidance on art acquisitions, but sentiment wins out

Suzie Hudgens stands in front of a disconcerting photograph of a water-filled desert wasteland with cavorting crowds and says, "This is Steve's sentimental picture." Read more

Van Cliburn Foundation names interim president

FORT WORTH -- Alann Bedford Sampson will take over as interim president and CEO of the Van Cliburn Foundation, it was announced Friday. Read more

In the galleries: Exhibit features small to large iron works at TWU

The Texas Atomic Iron Commission sounds like some Cold War paramilitary organization, but it is an art group that has a show on view at Texas Woman's University in Denton. This collaborative organization, formed in 2007, of students, artists, universities and metalworking industries provides outl... Read more

Three for three: 'The Hour' on BBC America, Coen movies on Blu-ray and a 'Blue' artist in Dallas in Dallas

The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more

In the Galleries: Spot 'New Texas Talent' at Craighead-Green Gallery in Dallas

When the Craighead-Green Gallery in Dallas opened its doors to works by Texas artists who currently do not have gallery representation for the "New Texas Talent" exhibit, it was flooded with more than 1,000 entries. The artists ranged in age from 18 to older than 70 and their pieces came in a wea... Read more

Tibetan monks' return a cause for celebration at Crow Collection

Tibetan monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery have returned to North Texas for a weeklong residency at the Crow Collection of Asian Art in Dallas. To celebrate, the museum is throwing an opening-night party with art activities, a "singing bowls" performance, moonlight meditation with the monks ... Read more

A country classic at Billy Bob's Texas

There are a lot of new country stars around these days, but few can even stand in the shadow of a legend like Merle Haggard. The singer-songwriter has a date Saturday with the stage at Billy Bob's Texas. With a roster of songs long enough to stretch to Muskogee and back, Haggard should put on a m... Read more

Tasty 'Tuna' at Weatherford's Theatre Off the Square

The Texas favorite Greater Tuna returns to the region with a production at Weatherford's Theatre Off the Square, running for three weekends this month and beginning Friday. The cast of nine men portrays DiDi, Bertha, Yippy and the whole hilarious crew. Note that the sh... Read more

In the Galleries: A trio of young artists at Artspace111

Three college-age guys head out on a 90-day road trip, and the results are not what one would expect. Instead of a story that ends with "so my dad had to come bail us out," they created a body of artwork inspired by their travels. One of the young men, William Shea, graduated from Trinity Valley ... Read more

In the Galleries: 'Wunderkammer' at Dallas' Conduit Gallery

Long before there were museums, the rich and bored created Wunderkabinetts (cabinets of curiosities) to beguile their time and imaginations. With this as a starting point, curator Phillip M. Jones has chosen works by seven Dallas artists, among others, to create "Wunderkammer," a gallery installa... Read more

Fort Worth ballet folklórico workshop gives culture lessons on the dance floor

FORT WORTH -- Silvia Lozano aspires to open a school in Fort Worth where students can study ballet folklórico. Read more

In the galleries: 'Allure' is on display at William Campbell Contemporary Art

A 16-artist show of 2- and 3-D works is on exhibit at William Campbell Contemporary Art in Fort Worth. The number of artists represented is impressive, and the works are surprisingly compatible. "Allure: the Power of Subtle Attraction" will be on display through Aug. 6. It is free. The gallery is... Read more

Arts writers picks: Nick Cave at UNT, 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' and 'The Glee Project' on Oxygen

The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more

Was Kimbell statue hiding a sordid sales history?

For a museum director, receiving a call from Robert Edsel is like getting a call from the Internal Revenue Service for the rest of us. It stimulates the gastric juices as the mind whirls, "OMG, what now?" Read more

So whom does the 'Isabella' bust depict, and where did the artwork come from?

Prior to 1910, when she appears in the inventory of an art dealer in Florence, nothing is known about the terra cotta bust -- not whose likeness she captures, who created her or when. She is known simply as Bust of a Woman. Read more

Local arts: what's coming up

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Artist Will Barnet says that, personally and professionally, it's all about balance

Will Barnet couldn't travel from Manhattan to Fort Worth for the opening of "Will Barnet: Relationships, Intimate and Abstract, 1935-1965" at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. A fall three years ago has him using a wheelchair, and although it might take the help of three assistants to get h... Read more

Texas parks, libraries, arts, historical sites facing deep budget cuts

While the Texas Legislature's deep cuts to education funding have sparked a public outcry, the budget knife slashed even deeper for state agencies that focus on outdoor recreation, libraries, history and the arts. Read more

Worters' resignation continues turnover at Cliburn Foundation

FORT WORTH -- Six months after taking the job, David Chambless Worters announced his resignation Friday as president and chief executive of the Van Cliburn Foundation. Read more

Fall into step with 'Billy Elliot the Musical'

The big Broadway hit Billy Elliot The Musical, with a score by Elton John and the winner of 10 Tonys, comes to North Texas with a brief run at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, beginning Wednesday. Based on the popular film, it tells the story of a boy who gives up b... Read more

Writers' picks: Art Healing Ministry, 'Diabolique' on Blu-ray-DVD, and My Morning Jacket's 'Circuital'

The Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more

Kimbell's Picasso and Braque show is a revelation

Analytic cubism -- the name couldn't be worse. It sounds like an advanced placement course in geometry, not a descriptor for the dramatic stylistic shift that moved art from impressionism to abstraction, albeit with a loud grinding of the gears. Read more

Subhankar Banerjee's photographs angle for your attention

The photograph is not straight. The extreme angle is the way the photographer, Subhankar Banerjee wants it displayed, here on the walls of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, where his latest body of work is on exhibit. Read more

Arts Fifth Avenue rounds up a herd of hoofers for National Tap Dance Day

‘Il Trovatore' brings in the big voices as part of Fort Worth Opera's annual festival Read more

United by talent

They may not be pros, but the 70-plus performers scheduled to converge on Fort Worth for the Van Cliburn Foundation's Sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs are no slouches. Winnowed from applicants from around the world, most boast years of formal training, a lifetime of ... Read more

Three for Three: Artspace111 summers, 'The Great Dictator,' , Michelle Forbes in 'The Killing'

Star-Telegram arts writers spotlight what's rocking their world this week. Read more

Costume drama at the Opera

The Fort Worth Opera season opens Saturday night with The Mikado, the popular frothy bit of silliness from Gilbert and Sullivan with Three Little Maids prancing about the stage singing, "Three little maids from school are we, Pert as a scho... Read more

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