Spring into COLORS IN BLOOM at Color Factory! Leave your winter blues behind and take a stroll through its newly refreshed, blossoming Confetti Accumulation. Houstonians will be immersed in larger-than-life bluebonnets inspired by Houston’s iconic first sign of spring. And, of course, Color Factory will have a few surprises budding, too! Tickets are available for […]
Koslov Larsen is pleased to present Sun to Earth, the gallery’s third solo presentation by artist Brenda Biondo. Combining several series of Biondo’s works, Sun to Earth introduces new ways of looking at common subjects while challenging viewers' perception of color and three-dimensional space. The works explored throughout the show focus on atmospheric phenomena and […]
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 […]
Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage is the first major museum exhibition devoted to exploring the breadth and complexity of Black identity and experiences in the United States through collage. Works by multiple generations of living artists examine concepts such as cultural hybridity, gender fluidity, historical memory, and notions of beauty and power. By assembling […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
INSTRUCTOR: Patrick Stockwell TIME: Six Wednesdays, May 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12, 6:00–9:00 p.m CDT PRICE: Early bird price: $210 for members, $240 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Thursday, May 2. After Thursday, May 2: $240 for members, $270 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship […]
On this exclusive tour led by Butterfly Center staff, you will visit the containment room and rooftop greenhouses--areas not open to the public--where staff cares for the Museum's caterpillars, butterflies, other insects, and grow plants for the butterflies. You will also tour the Cockrell Butterfly Center rainforest and Brown Hall of Entomology.
During Mother's Day, let's take a moment to honor and cherish all that mothers do. Join Rising Stars Academy of Dance and Performing Arts and Nia's Daughters Movement Collective for a special Mother/Daughter self care experience, dedicated to celebrating the bond between mothers and daughters.
