Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. Across an installation, a video, and a series of commissioned sculptures, Erlanger continues her decade-long disruption of the “semiotics of suburbia.” In her practice, Erlanger thinks of the home as a greater ecosystem containing not only houses but […]
In the summer of 1905, Henri Matisse and André Derain embarked on a creative partnership that would change the course of French painting. The two painters experimented with daring directions in energetic bursts of color, form, and structure that eventually led to a boldly inventive artistic language known as Fauvism (from the French fauve, or […]
Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence showcases Kehinde Wiley’s new, monumental body of work, with large-scale paintings and sculptures of men and women in repose. Through his work, with detailed portrayals of Black and Brown individuals, the artist confronts the silence surrounding systemic violence and injustice. In this body of work, Wiley uses the visual […]
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 […]
Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on the artist’s lifelong drawing practice. The exhibition presents drawings, collages, & sketchbooks alongside stamped prints, paperfolds, & more, showing the breadth of Asawa’s innovative practice.
"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.
Early African American settlers in Houston’s Third Ward area established small worship places, reminiscent of the praise houses attended during slavery in the Jim Crow era. The intimate and personal size of the congregations created bonds in the community that would last for more than 90 years. Images of the still-standing small houses of worship, […]
Potentia // Actualitas is a collaborative, immersive installation that explores the potential and actualized complexities of natural intelligence through lens-based media, found objects and ready-mades in a site-specific installation. The lens-based works record iterations of light, space and water surrounding a central structure created from organic matter, rusted artifacts, glass, and construction materials. Running throughout […]
Join other childless or childfree women on this Other Path as we tell our stories, explore our challenges, grieve our losses, ask our questions, discover our fertile gifts, and birth our creative desires. Being a woman without children is a significant experience that often goes unnamed or marginalized. Perhaps you find yourself on the Other […]
Join Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) to celebrate the opening of the Teacher Advisory Group (TAG) Pop-up exhibition State of Disruption, confronting the challenges and complexities of the nation’s current education system. Teachers from TAG and their students channel their creativity and insights into thought-provoking works that reflect their classroom experiences and perspectives. Boldly exploring […]
Reeves Art + Design is excited to announce their upcoming simultaneous solo show lineup for May featuring the work of Wes Archer and Steve Brudniak. The exhibitions will be on view May 10th, 2024 through May 25th, 2024. The opening reception will take place on Friday, May 10th, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. […]
Join Fresh Arts in celebrating the opening of artist in residence Rian Crane’s exhibition Unearthing: Black Porosities Friday, May 10, 2024 | 6-9 PM at MEIVE – Gallery & Studio Screening of “On the ocean, black night”, 2023, 11′ digital & 16mm film by Director Chrystel Olokoi at 7:30 PM Unearthing: Black Porosity is an […]
