Gazukin’s art was an embodiment of the bliss of color, light, and space. His unique model of the world eliminated all the unnecessary elements, focusing solely on the essence of harmony. Throughout his illustrious career, Valery Gazukin’s artworks found a home in various prominent locations, including the Orenburg Museum of Fine Arts, museums, and galleries […]
This body of work is inspired by mythical creatures, religious objects, funeral jewelry, and anthropomorphic animals, which have symbolic meaning and embody our longing for what we don’t have as well as what we wish did. The work is made from found insect parts assembled chimerically referencing Buddhist and Hindu deities, transformed into copper, then […]
Maknojia utilizes the dichotomy of these two societies to propose global questions about contemporary ethics, values, and power structures in an ever-growing and interconnected world. The viewer will enter Maknojia’s fictional, sublime world of paintings, installation, and animation to learn and discover the intricacies, importance, and ethnology of patterns, emphasizing and identifying their multicultural relationships. […]
Beautiful City—Empty City showcases the architectural photography by Leonid Furmansky shot in downtown Houston during the pandemic. Selected from a portfolio titled Oil Towers, these images depict the city we know so well as a mostly empty and evocative canvas for exploration. The isolation experienced due to COVID-19 is visible in the vacant, frozen quality of the […]
Histories and lives embedded in the land – and particularly the waterways that have alternately built and destroyed Houston over time – will be the subject of a newly commissioned, multi-disciplinary work by Mexican artist Tania Candiani. In her past work, Candiani has worked across a spectrum of media and practices to explore the intersections […]
In his exhibition as the Art League Houston (ALH), 2023 Texas Artist of the Year, Vincent Valdez examines memory and remembrance from both personal and cultural perspectives. His installation piece, Siete Dias/Seven Days, features an installation of twenty-one banners suspended from the gallery's ceiling that showcase a handful of the over 150,000 individuals who have […]
Chinese Brush Painting is a wonderful art form that is positively stimulating and calmly meditative. Whether you're a beginner with no experience, or have had a taste of this ancient art before, you are welcome to join us for this introductory course! Starting with basic techniques – creating simple trees, rocks, and mountains – we'll […]
Anthony Ray Hinton will join us to share his story of living on Alabama’s death row for 30 years…for a crime he did not commit. Mr. Hinton was convicted of murdering two fast-food restaurant managers based on a theory manufactured by state prosecutors. Without the benefit of a competent expert to challenge the state’s theory, […]
Get to know the hardworking insects and types of arthropods which keep our world clean--Nature’s very own clean-up crew. Without this hardworking army of insects, bacteria, fungi, and other animals, Earth would be a much different place! Meet the important consumers vital to our ecosystem’s balance--decomposers, scavengers, and detritivores. Then, uncover the secrets of decomposition, […]
Tuesdays, through Nov. 7, 6 30–7 30 p.m.Strengthen your body and relax your mind with a flow yoga sequence.
Dance Source Houston (DSH) presents the 26th of Mind The Gap, a showcase series featuring local dancemakers on Tuesday, October 3 at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH). The evening will include works by choreographers Amanda Monteith, Jasmine Hearn, jhon r. stronks, Kamryn Horn, Kristina Prats, Caiya Velasco-Teters, and dance company Deeper Than Dance. The […]
Diabelli 200 Explorer is the interactive website accompanying Anthony Brandt’s February 24-25 premiere of Diabelli 200, commissioned by Performing Arts Houston for their New/Now performance series. This virtual component explores the historic and neuroscience inspiration behind this new work, which was developed in collaboration with University of Houston neuroscientist Dr. Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal. In 1819, […]
