Maknojia utilizes the dichotomy of these two societies to propose global questions about contemporary ethics, values, and power structures in an ever-growing and interconnected world. The viewer will enter Maknojia’s fictional, sublime world of paintings, installation, and animation to learn and discover the intricacies, importance, and ethnology of patterns, emphasizing and identifying their multicultural relationships. […]
“Once Upon a Time” unveils a collection that encapsulates the life experiences and distinctive viewpoints of Tyler Casey. Having embarked on a journey of exploration and discovery in his teens, Casey’s artistic sensibilities have been enriched by his travels and life abroad, ultimately giving rise to his distinctive artistic approach. With a deep-rooted connection to […]
In “Connecting the Pieces,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary artist Ali Alamdar, an intricate tapestry is woven from the rich threads of human emotion, drawing inspiration from the universal stages of grief that touch each of our lives. The three distinct series showcased in this exhibition, “Picking Up the Pieces,” “Void,” […]
Ming Smith: Feeling the Future explores artist Ming Smith’s unparalleled career and is Smith’s first solo exhibition at a major institution to survey her work from the early 1970s through the present. The exhibition encompasses a multitude of artistic expressions to represent Smith’s vibrant and multi-layered practice, which is grounded in portraiture, and amplifies the […]
Both perversely pleasurable and pleasurably perverse, Jordan Strafer’s videos are absurd, fantastical, humorous, and, at times, violent meditations on power and the uniquely human capacity to inflict violence, be it physical, psychological, or both. The artist’s first solo museum exhibition, Jordan Strafer: Trilogy presents Strafer’s recent trilogy of videos PEP (Process Entanglement Procedure) (2019), SOS […]
Beautiful City—Empty City showcases the architectural photography by Leonid Furmansky shot in downtown Houston during the pandemic. Selected from a portfolio titled Oil Towers, these images depict the city we know so well as a mostly empty and evocative canvas for exploration. The isolation experienced due to COVID-19 is visible in the vacant, frozen quality of the […]
6 Degrees premieres POP DEMO a dance/theatre experience by Toni Leago Valle, at the Midtown Arts and Theatre Center Houston (MATCH), September 15-23, 2023. POP DEMO is a blend of political commentary, offbeat theatre, aerial, contemporary dance, and visual projections, set in a stylistic Pop Art décor. POP DEMO provides a historical perspective through cartoons of how […]
Awesome arrangements of many of the fantastic songs from the 80s will be interspersed with hilarious hijinks typical of The Music Box Theater crew. This show will feature classics originally sung by Heart (“These Dreams”), Bonnie Tyler (“Total Eclipse”), Prince (“Purple Rain”), Queen and David Bowie (“Under Pressure”), Don Henley (“Boys of Summer”) and so […]
Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership for Underground Sounds, a unique music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern! This fall, four Houston-based music organizations will perform specially composed or arranged works that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. About this program Nameless Sound will present six unique concerts, each with a […]
The Classical Theatre Company will start out the 2023-24 season with the powerful Greek tragedy by the master playwright, Euripides. CTC has not produced a Greek tragedy since its inaugural 2008-2009 season with Antigone. The powerful story, drawn from Greek myth, highlights the relationship between Medea and her hero husband of Argonaut fame, Jason. Medea, […]