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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 […]

Event Series Janet Sobel: All-Over

Janet Sobel: All-Over

The Menil Collection 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, United States

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 […]

Free
Event Series Ruth Asawa Through Line

Ruth Asawa Through Line

The Menil Drawing Institute 1412 W. Main St., Houston, TX, United States

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.

Free

Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions

The Menil Collection 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, United States

"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.

Free
Event Series 19th Annual Frida Festival

19th Annual Frida Festival

The Storyhive 4010 Canal St, Houston, TX, United States +1 more

The Frida Festival is entering its 19th year and originated in the East End of Houston, TX. Our 2018 – 2023 festivals had over 30,000 attendees and were held in various locations including the Hardy & Nance Studios, Navigation Esplanade and Discovery Green. This year the celebrations will expand to various locations & events throughout […]

Free
Event Series The Health Museum: Kidney Cart

The Health Museum: Kidney Cart

The Health Museum 1515 Hermann Drive, Houston, TX, United States

An educational cart will be taken out on weekends, Thursday afternoons, during field trips, and on other days when there is high foot traffic at the Museum. Visitors will spend 5-7 minutes at the cart and learn about organ donation and transplantation. The kidney cart is sponsored by The Living Bank.

Third Ward Unity in Faith: Backbone of Our Souls

Community Artists' Collective 4111 Fannin St Suite 100, Houston, TX, United States

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, […]

Free

UHD Student Art Exhibition 2024

University of Houston Downtown - O'Kane Gallery One Main Street, Houston, TX

The O'Kane Gallery at the University of Houston-Downtown is proud to present its annual Student Art Exhibition featuring art from University of Houston-Downtown students created in studio art courses during the past academic year. UHD offers studio course work in Figure Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, Graphic Novel, Mural Design, Computer Graphic Design, Photography, and other special […]

Free
Event Series Potentia // Actualitas

Potentia // Actualitas

Throughline 3909 Main St, Houston, TX, United States

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 […]

“From Plantation to Emancipation – The Freedom Experience” is a “Houston Signature Experience” by Visit Houston

The Heritage Society 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, United States

During your tour of three historic houses that tell Houston’s stories from plantation to emancipation, the talented actor brings the hardships of slavery and the victory of freedom to life in dramatic reenactments. The historical script was written by Martha Whiting-Goddard, Reverend Jack Yates’ great granddaughter, who lived in the Yates House that was relocated […]

$25

Latin Wave 17: The Echo (El eco)

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

Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the Berlin, Chicago, and Morelia film festivals, the latest work by Mexican-Salvadoran Tatiana Huezo (Prayers for the Stolen) is an epic, intimate, and lyrical portrayal of life set in a small rural mountain village. In The Echo, teenagers take care of their elders and tend to the sheep. […]

$10

Sweet & Savory, Salty & Bitter: Memories & Experiences with Food

Online/Virtual Space
Virtual Event Virtual Event

INSTRUCTOR: Rebecca Spears TIME: Saturday, April 27, 1:00–4:00 p.m. CDT PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Sunday, April 21. After Sunday, April 21: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Online via Zoom LEVEL: All […]

$45 – $70