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Henri Does Dallas

With pieces like the above from American sculptor Jonathan Borofsky, the Nasher Sculpture Center gets high marks from us for bending the outdated perception that Dallas ain't got no art.

Designed by Renzo Piano, and celebrating only its third year of operation this month, the indoor/outdoor gallery features a collection of hundreds of modern and contemporary sculptures by plenty of important artists, Miró, Picasso and Rodin among them.

Now that the museum has established itself in the city's art scene, it's collaborating with the Dallas Museum of Art, as well as the Baltimore Museum of Art, to host "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor." The exhibition, which opens January 21, has hundreds of works from the Frenchman organized thematically to highlight his creative process. If a trip to Texas isn't in your future, not to worry. When the show wraps in Dallas, it's headed to San Francisco and then Baltimore.

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Are you Ready for Some Texas?

Does someone at the New York Times Travel section have a serious case of football fever? It would appear that as the leaves start to turn outside, editors at the paper are hankering for a tailgate party. In the last week, they've run stories on both Austin and College Station, Texas, home to the University of Texas and Texas A&M, respectively.

That's not to say that the articles aren't full of some good nuggets, including some background behind the official A&M gesticulation at sporting events:

Throughout, they flash the A&M hand signal, a fist with thumb upturned, and yell "Gig 'em, Aggies!" -- a 75-year-old gesture meant to evoke the act of impaling a horned frog, symbol of their archrival, Texas Christian University.

Yes, impaling a horned frog. We'll look for a similar gesture at Foxboro this fall.

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