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The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

Holocaust Museum Houston 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX, United States

"The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection" celebrates the achievements and contributions of Black Americans from 1595 to present day. Considered one of the most comprehensive surveys of African American history and culture outside the Smithsonian Institution, the exhibition of the same name features the shared treasures amassed by Shirley and Bernard Kinsey during […]

Black History Experience

Children's Museum of Houston 1500 Binz, Houston, TX, United States

Come celebrate the African American spirit by participating in exciting activities, exploring African cultures and traditions, learning about significant periods in history and engaging in stories about courage, survival, and resilience. SPECIAL EVENTS: The Griot Speaks sponsored by Phillips 66: Step into the enchanting world of "The Griot Speaks," where ancient African tales come alive […]

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Deangelo McMahon, Jr.: High-Speed Channel Surfing

Lawndale Art Center 4912 Main St., Houston, TX, United States

Hi-Speed Channel Surfing presents new work by Houston-based artist Deangelo McMahon Jr. Through still images that emulate classic television, this exhibition explores mass media, shared memory, and censorship. In the featured paintings, McMahon creates visual white noise with gestures such as cross-hatching and pointillism. These artworks carefully attend to color and scale, bordering trompe-l’œil. In […]

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Event Series Li(sa E.) Harris: This is the Day

Li(sa E.) Harris: This is the Day

Lawndale Art Center 4912 Main St., Houston, TX, United States

Li(sa E.) Harris (aka “Li”) opens This is the Day in John M. O’Quinn Gallery, on Thursday, February 15 from 5 – 7 PM. This exhibition will culminate on Monday, April 8 from 12:30 – 3:01 PM with Li’s performance Onshore Trilling: What to Do When the Earth Sings the Bruise in Lawndale’s outdoor space […]

Free
Event Series Six Scenes From Our Future

Six Scenes From Our Future

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) 5216 Montrose, Houston, TX, United States

Presented in coordination with Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s (CAMH) 75th anniversary, Six Scenes From Our Future features the work of six artists who were invited to respond to the institution’s inaugural exhibition, This Is Contemporary Art (1948). This first show proposed a radical approach to the presentation of art. Offering unexpected pairings—like a Jacob Lawrence […]

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Event Series THIS WAY: A Houston Group Show

THIS WAY: A Houston Group Show

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) 5216 Montrose, Houston, TX, United States

THIS WAY: A Houston Group Show showcases new work from Black artists who are invited to examine innovative ways of participating in the storytelling of their legacy and heritage of Houston Freedmen’s Town. Each artist in THIS WAY: A Houston Group Show has demonstrated unique approaches that have inspired the momentum of Houston’s Black art […]

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Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building 5601 Main Street, Houston, TX, United States

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 […]

Intimate confession is a project

Blaffer Art Museum 120 Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX

Intimate confession is a project is a group exhibition that considers transmission, intergenerational life, and cultural inheritance through the prism of intimacy and infrastructure. Through the work of eleven artists spanning generations and geographies, the exhibition thinks through infrastructure as an intimate holding cell, capable of affective and affirmative power. The title is borrowed from […]

Event Series Lunar New Year Celebration

Lunar New Year Celebration

Asia Society Texas Center 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, United States

High caliber Asian cultural performance by Dance of Asian America. Performance will include amazing new dances from all over China and surrounding countries. Each dance incorporated amazing costumes, exciting choreography and authentic music. Learn about cultures from the east through these fun dances. This is a wonderful family event and great for all ages. Hands-on […]

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Reynier Leyva Novo: Former Present Today

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston, Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX, United States

The Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of Cuban conceptual artist Reynier Leyva Novo. Former Present Today presents a newly realized installation and painting series to simultaneously reveal and conceal monuments, structures, and figureheads which manifest revolution and tyranny. The […]

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Event Series Here and Now: Cultural Expressions

Here and Now: Cultural Expressions

Community Artists' Collective 4101 San Jacinto Ste. 116, Houston, TX, United States

“Here and Now: Cultural Expressions,” an exhibition celebrating Black History Month, opens Thursday, February 1, at the Community Artists’ Collective, 4101 San Jacinto at Cleburne, Suite 116. The exhibition showcases art from The Collective’s permanent collection and includes works by contemporary artists Ann Johnson, Gail P. Mallory, Shani Crowe, Earlie Hudnall, Delita P. Martin, Aesha […]

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Event Series Lunar New Year Celebration

Lunar New Year Celebration

Asia Society Texas Center 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, United States

High caliber Asian cultural performance by Dance of Asian America. Performance will include amazing new dances from all over China and surrounding countries. Each dance incorporated amazing costumes, exciting choreography and authentic music. Learn about cultures from the east through these fun dances. This is a wonderful family event and great for all ages. Hands-on […]

Free