Kendall Morgan

1 month ago | dallasobserver.com | Kendall Morgan

The rise of conventions devoted to sci-fi , comics, horror and celebrity is an American export that has become a worldwide phenomenon.Established by the success of San Diego's multimillion-dollar-grossing Comic Con (which has grown from less than 300 attendees in its founding year of 1970 to a capacity of nearly 135,000), there's now a festival devoted to worshipping at the altar of the famed all the time in the United States and Europe.Dallas is no exception, as Fan Expo Dallas is set to...

1 month ago | artsandculturetx.com | Kendall Morgan

It begins with the silent closure of a mirrored door. Suddenly, you are enveloped in a shimmering chamber filled with what seems to be an infinite patch of polka-dotted pumpkins, a bumper crop designed to immerse and enchant. And, forty-five seconds later, the whole surreal experience is over. Let it silently fire up your imagination or spend the time snapping for the ‘Gram.

1 month ago | dallasobserver.com | Kendall Morgan

Enigmatic, uncompromising, and unsung, Marisol is perhaps the most incredible artist you've probably never heard of. Now, with the subject of an extensive and enticing retrospective on view at the Dallas Museum of Art , that status is (at least locally) changing."Marisol is an interesting figure vis-à-vis Latin American Art," says Dr. Anna Katherine Broadbeck, Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the DMA.

1 month ago | keranews.org | Kendall Morgan

A philosophy of beauty can mean many things to many people, but in the lexicon of local design firm Studio Thomas James, it encompasses a fusion of vivid color, rich textures and luxe materials. Highlighted in /be-spōk/: A Philosophy of Beauty: A Diverse Collective of Designers Boldly Defining the Aesthetic Spectrum (Benton Buckley Books), Thomas James’ “Bold on Beverly” project delivers all of the above with an aesthetic rooted in classical details.

2 months ago | papercitymag.com | Kendall Morgan

From Montauk to Malibu, we all have a place that makes us the happiest we can be — our personal paradise. For Dallas-based entrepreneur Courtney Sinelli, that spot was a little bungalow owned by her family in Westhampton, New York. “My parents lived in Manhattan, and through some series of lucky relationships, they had the opportunity to buy this bungalow back in the ’70s,” Sinelli recalls of that home on Dune Road. “Back then, it was all bungalows; now it’s a little fancier.