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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This year we honor, former Mayor Sylvester Turner, a man who has given his heart and soul to create equity in the arts and communities of Houston. Emcee: Samica Knight, ABC-13 For Houston Boychoir, this luncheon provides critical scholarship opportunities so that no boy who meets the musical standards required by the audition process is […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
This group installation celebrates the work of the 4th cohort of artists in Project Row Houses' Building Blocks of Creative Careers (BBCC) Artist Mentorship Program. The program brings together a cohort of emerging artists and pairs each of them with a mentor. Mentors are established Houston artists who share their expertise and insight into all […]
For Fotofest 2025, the O’Kane Gallery presents the work of Indonesia artist Anton Gautama (1969-2021). In 2015, he began a series of works that would form a trilogy resulting in three publications, Pabean Passage, Home Sweet Home and The Outsider. The trilogy document cultural aspects of his place of residence, Surabaya, Indonesia. This exhibition presents […]
INSTRUCTOR: Nick Almeida TIME: Four Thursdays, February 8, 15, 22, 29, 6:00–9:00 p.m. CST PRICE: Early bird price: $150 for members, $180 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Friday, February 2. After Friday, February 2: $180 for members, $210 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Online […]
In the Holocene, Earth's oceans are not just bodies of water; they're the vibrant heart of our planet's story. They host an extraordinary array of life, driving evolution and adaptation. Among these magnificent creatures, sharks reign as apex predators, keeping marine ecosystems in harmony. Dive in and discover their enduring presence, gracefully navigating the waves, […]
