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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 […]

The Iconic Portrait Strand by Nestor Topchy

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

This exhibition presents more than one hundred portraits made over the past twenty years by Houston-based artist Nestor Topchy (b. 1963). The small paintings, with their gold backgrounds, resemble Byzantine icons; however, rather than representing religious figures, Topchy depicts friends and colleagues in the art community.

Chryssa and New York

Menil Collection 1515 Sul Ross, Houston, TX, United States

This exhibition presents the innovative art made by the Greek-born artist Chryssa (1933–2013) while she was living in New York City from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Renowned for her adoption of industrial process, found commercial materials and early work with neon light, she stands at the forefront of American art in the […]

Dan Gorski Primary Colors art exhibit

The Jung Center of Houston 5200 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, United States

Dan Gorski created a group of paintings between 1962 and 1965 that demonstrate his intense interest in color and its effects on both artist and viewer. These abstract paintings, with their specific color combinations and biomorphic compositions, offer viewers a contemplative space for reflection and inspiration. This exhibition at The Jung Center will feature works by Dan Gorski from this […]

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 […]

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 […]

Free

Nourishing Creativity: Taking Nourishing from Adjective to Verb

Writespace 1907 Sabine Street Ste 125, Houston, TX

INSTRUCTOR: Karleen Koen TIME: Saturday, January 13, 1:00–3:00 p.m. CST PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Sunday, January 7. After Sunday, January 7: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Writespace, 1907 Sabine Street, #125, […]

$45 – $70

January 12 – February 10, 2024, Exhibitions

Box 13 ArtSpace 6700 Harrisburg Blvd., Houston, TX, United States

BOX 13 ArtSpace is pleased to present four exhibitions opening Friday, January 12, 2024 from 6- 9 PM. To kick off 2024, Box13 Artspace’s Front Box Gallery features Raul Rene Gonzalez – “So Many Styles, I Am A Group Show”, a solo exhibition by the multi-faceted artist. The exhibition features a selection of new works […]

Free

“Art & Legacy” with Bernard and Shirley Kinsey

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

Considered one of the most comprehensive surveys of African American history and culture outside the Smithsonian Institution, The Kinsey Collection features the shared treasures amassed by Shirley and Bernard Kinsey during their five decades of marriage. Learn how their travel keepsakes developed into a collection offering a well-rounded look at the African American experience. Public […]

Free

Fugal Games

Rice University - Alice Pratt Brown Hall - Duncan Recital Hall 6100 Main St. entrance 18, Houston, TX

GRAMMY-nominated early music organization Ars Lyrica Houston presents a quintessentially Baroque program called Fugal Games on Saturday, January 13th at 4pm in Duncan Recital Hall at Rice University. Five expert early music instrumentalists join for the artful and scholarly program, which features unique orchestrations of J.S. Bach's enigmatic works and tuneful pieces by G.P. Telemann. […]

Movies Houstonians Love: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Introduced by Maureen Herzog and Dave Walker, Foundation for Independent Media Arts Three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure in 1930s Mississippi. Loosely based on Homer’s Odyssey, this “Movies Houstonians Love” presentation follows Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) and his fugitive companions (Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro) as they try to recover buried money from […]

$7 – $9
Event Series keepsake

keepsake

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts 800 Bagby Street, Houston, TX, United States

PRESENTED BY THE HOBBY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ISHIDA Dance Company, the only Texas company named in Dance Magazine’s “25 to watch” for 2023, performs "keepsake" featuring works choreographed by ISHIDA, French choreographer Jeremy Galdeano commissioned by Les Grands Ballets and Mannheim National Theater, and Swedish dancer and choreographer formerly with tanzmainz John Wannehag. […]

$38 – $105