November 2019
Longilonge by Solange Pessoa, on view at Ballroom Marfa
Ballroom Marfa is pleased to announce our fall exhibition Longilonge by Solange Pessoa, on view in Marfa starting November 15th. The exhibition will include new commissions that respond to the cultural and natural landscape in West Texas, alongside important existing pieces made in Minas Gerais, Brazil, where the artist lives and works. The title—Longilonge—refers to an invented word, found in the poetry of Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Pessoa repurposes this word to evoke a distant space or time, a longing…
Find out more »April 2020
Marfa Invitational 2020
Marfa Invitational is a by-invitation International Contemporary Art Fair. Part contemporary art fair, part exhibition, part experience - Marfa Invitational provides an unparalleled platform for viewing and experiencing today's leading contemporary art, among the unique and historied Far West Texas backdrop that is Marfa.
Find out more »Chinati’s Annual Community Day
Chinati’s annual celebration of our local friends, neighbors, and the youngest members of the Marfa community—students from the Marfa Independent School District. The day features artwork and performances by students, select open viewing of Chinati’s collection, and a free BBQ dinner in the Arena. Everyone is welcome, locals and visitors.
Find out more »10th Annual CineMarfa Film Festival
CineMarfa was founded in 2011 by a group of artists, filmmakers, and film lovers to promote the culture of film and filmmaking in Marfa. Programmed by Co-Directors David Hollander and Jennifer Lane, CineMarfa was inspired by a desire to bring artist-made films usually screened in galleries and museums to viewers in Far West Texas. In addition to films made by visual artists, we focus on showing unusual and rare archival, experimental, documentary and narrative cinema. Our programs from year to…
Find out more »May 2020
Devil’s Advocate Armory Gun Show
Guns, knives, militaria, and accessories Admission: $5 (children under 12 accompanied by a parent: FREE) Law Enforcement & Military in Uniform: FREE Disabled Veterans: FREE 80- 8' Tables …
Find out more »Devil’s Advocate Armory Gun Show
Guns, knives, militaria, and accessories Admission: $5 (children under 12 accompanied by a parent: FREE) Law Enforcement & Military in Uniform: FREE Disabled Veterans: FREE 80- 8' Tables …
Find out more »June 2020
Agave Festival 2020
Agave Festival Marfa is an annual festival celebrating the agave and its influence on culture through food, film, music, and science. The Festival treats the agave as the indicator species for a region that is binational, multilingual, and deeply informed by indigenous history. It brings communities together through outstanding free and accessible programming including talks by preeminent historians, botanists, artists, anthropologists, and archaeologists. Films, exhibitions, and tastings with agave spirit producers as well as unforgettable dining experiences are offered to…
Find out more »Summer Solstice at Chinati
On the longest day of the year Chinati will host sunrise to sunset viewing of Robert Irwin’s untitled (dawn to dusk).
Find out more »July 2020
Viva Big Bend Music Festival
Huge music festival across Marfa, Alpine, Fort Davis, and Marathon. Intimate concerts of a variety of genres surrounded by the Texas mountains. This is one weekend you don't want to miss.
Find out more »September 2020
Sunrise at Chinati
Chinati will host a sunrise viewing of Donald Judd’s 100 works in mill aluminum and 15 untitled works in concrete as well as Robert Irwin’s untitled (dawn to dusk).
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