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.
We’re thrilled to introduce the latest addition to our team, Ms. Anastasia Ferrer, an accomplished children’s arts and crafts instructor, with a degree from the Saint-Petersburg Institute for Educators. At our Art School, your children’s creative journey will extend far beyond just painting and drawing. They’ll dive into the tactile world of clay, embrace the […]
"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 […]
The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of preeminent European artist Gabriel Lester, who has gained an international standing for his art, performance, and film as well as his dynamic public art installations. Across his now decades-long career, Lester has developed a captivating cinematic lens […]
The phrase “counter-cartographies” describes Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit interdisciplinary practice of transforming historic maps into portraits of contemporary social conditions. Employing counter- cartography as an approach, Dayrit charts histories of imperialism, industrialization, and systems of subjugation that shape geographical boundaries and cultural narratives around the world. In Summer 2024, Blaffer will present Dayrit’s first solo […]
Join us on Sunday, June 9, 2024, at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 10609 Westpark Drive, Houston, Texas, 77042, for a day filled with captivating films and interactive experiences. From 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, immerse yourself in a diverse lineup starting with the short film FOLDTASTIC followed by an Origami Activity led by Kyle Fu. […]
The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present Liberties Were Taken the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of works by Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit. Known globally for cartographic artworks, Dayrit investigates notions of power and identity represented and reproduced in monuments, museums, and maps. The exhibition brings together site-specific installations, embroidered textiles, […]
Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux Choreography: George Balanchine Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Elapse Choreography: Disha Zhang Music: Zeng Xiaogang World Premiere Dwight Rhoden The Four Seasons Choreography: Stanton Welch AM Music: Antonio Vivaldi Our season comes to a close with Four Seasons, featuring four choreographers, each with their own distinct style. After a critically-acclaimed debut in […]
Immerse yourself in Red Landscape: Georgia O’Keeffe in Texas 1912-1918, a three-dimensional, multi-sensory dance production premiered by Open Dance Project and co-produced by the Moody. Inspired by the artist’s personal letters, journals, interviews, sketches, photographs, and works of art, this multimedia experience invites audience members to walk through theatrical recreations of the West Texas town […]
ISHIDA Dance Company announces the highly anticipated program "mutability" presented by Asia Society Texas Center June 7-9, 2024! The program includes two original ISHIDA poetic narratives: "green apples"—which experiments with matriarchal archetypes granting and rescinding power with a cast of four formidable women; and "mutability." Following a struggling young actor on set in rehearsal, "mutability" […]
By Alan Ayckbourn A tongue-tied solicitor has bitten off more than he can chew overseeing the sale of a crumbling, possibly haunted house that, um, used to be a brothel. Then in the course of one hectic night and morning, two couples, the solicitor and realtor, each immersed in their own personal problems, end up […]
