The Menil Collection will open "Janet Sobel: All-Over" on February 23, 2024, featuring some thirty paintings and drawings made by artist Janet Sobel (1893–1968). This exhibition, the first to focus on Sobel’s highly accomplished and influential abstract paintings, will explore the artist’s work as one of the first to pioneer a new approach to modern […]
"Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions" highlights work made by succeeding generations of artists who forged new paths in their approaches to non-representational art. The exhibition brings together acquisitions made by the Menil over the past fifteen years, including work by Agnes Denes, Suzan Frecon, Sam Gilliam, Ellsworth Kelly, Rick Lowe, and Richard Serra.
The phrase “counter-cartographies” describes Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit interdisciplinary practice of transforming historic maps into portraits of contemporary social conditions. Employing counter- cartography as an approach, Dayrit charts histories of imperialism, industrialization, and systems of subjugation that shape geographical boundaries and cultural narratives around the world. In Summer 2024, Blaffer will present Dayrit’s first solo […]
From June 15 to August 18, 2024 Please join TXRX Labs in the Techne Gallery for a talented membership showcase of our woodworking community. Objects will include furniture, Maloof inspired chairs, hand turned bowls, cutting boards and decorative inlay applications through VCarve, CNC work, live edge work, wood turning and various hand finishing techniques. Come […]
Laura Rathe Fine Art is thrilled to announce the opening of ""Garden Party,"" an enchanting exhibition featuring the works of acclaimed artists Mandy Racine, Audra Weaser, and Bronson Shonk. The opening reception will be held Thursday, August 8th from 6-9 PM at our River Oaks District gallery, located at 4444 Westheimer Rd.
reVision’s CommUnity Night is a weekly get together for a hot meal, music, dancing, and celebration. While primarily focused on school-aged children and youth, and young adults, reVision's CommUnity Night is open to the public. The musical focus is on hiphop, a live DJ plays music, and children and youth can learn the fundamentals of […]
“Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say ‘Good night” till it be morrow.” The greatest love story ever told, Shakespeare's powerful masterwork of exhilarating love and loss will capture your imagination and leave you breathless. Two star-crossed lovers are swept up by the hatred of their warring families, and they dare to believe […]
Architecture Center Houston is proud to announce their upcoming exhibition Big, Hot, and Sticky, opening Thursday, June 27, 5:30-7:30pm, and on view through April 23, 2024. Curated by Dalia Munenzon and Maggie Tsang, the exhibition commissions seven architects and artist to respond to Houston's built and natural environment. Houston is Big, Hot, and Sticky. The […]
For her latest solo exhibition, Dance of Gestures, Houston-based Colombian artist Loriana Espinel, takes inspiration from the pre-Columbian pictographs of the Chiribiquete National Park in Colombia to develop a visual system based on the intersection of two different styles of calligraphy: the fluid lines of Japanese ink painting and angular gothic calligraphy. Dance of Gestures […]
Sawyer Yards presents Earl Staley: The Machine, a diverse showcase of the longtime Houston artist's works on canvas at Sabine Street Studios' North Gallery. The artworks chosen for this exhibition are large, densely colorful paintings on canvas that highlight Staley's variety of approaches to image-making, mark-making, and his range of techniques. Even at this stage […]
Everyday life, forks in the road, and dead ends forcing us to alter course as time moves on are all natural parts of the human experience. Sometimes we aren’t even aware of certain changes until we reflect on our present and the events of the past. We are changed in the process and often wonder […]
It’s going to be another fantastic summer at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts! This summer, the Pearl has curated a one-of-a-kind exhibition that features toys as contemporary art. “The Toy Canvas: Artists at Play” features toys in photography, sculpture, mixed media and more. This engaging exhibition explores the theme of play, with art […]
