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Janet Sobel: All-Over

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, 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.

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX, 77004-6804, United States

“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 […]

Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

In the summer of 1905, Henri Matisse and André Derain embarked on a creative partnership that would change the course of French painting. The two painters experimented with daring directions in energetic bursts of color, form, and structure that eventually led to a boldly inventive artistic language known as Fauvism (from the French fauve, or […]

Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

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

Museum of Fine Arts – Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, 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 […]

Latin Wave 17: Totem

Museum of Fine Arts – Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, United States

One of the best-reviewed Mexican films in recent times, the Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards–nominated Tótem centers on 7-year-old Sol, who is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for her father’s birthday party, organized by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. As the day goes on, building to an event both anticipated and dreaded, […]

Latin Wave 17: The Other Son

Museum of Fine Arts – Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, United States

Federico and his brother Simon enjoy their teenage years until Simon’s tragic death from a balcony fall at a party. Amidst his family’s turmoil, Federico tries to maintain normalcy while struggling to grieve, and finds solace in bonding with Simon’s girlfriend, Laura. Juan Sebastián Quebrada’s auspicious second feature is an emotionally charged, semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama […]

Latin Wave 17: The Rescue

Museum of Fine Arts – Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, United States

Based on the novel by Martín Sivak and set in the 1980s, the fourth feature by Daniela Goggi is a historic drama that tells the story of Julio, who returns with his family to Argentina after the downfall of the brutal dictatorship that overpowered long-standing democracy. Yet things soon take an ugly turn as his […]

500 Años de Silencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna: Karen Navarro

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

“500añosdesilencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna” by Karen Navarro is a visual art exhibition that takes on a profound journey of reclamation and reconnection with the artist’s Indigenous heritage. Through a diverse array of mediums and a with a focus on the concept of beauty, this exhibition tells a unique story of resilience […]

‘Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette’

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages, occupying AST’s 13,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart […]

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges”

Julia Hester Community Center, 2020 Solo Street, Houston, TX, 77020, United States

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges” is a thought-provoking art exhibition that delves into the urgent need for awareness and preparedness in the face of environmental risks. Through various artistic mediums, the project confronts issues such as the climate crisis, flooding, food deserts, hurricanes and tropical storms, environmental justice, and electricity disruption. The exhibition aims to […]

UHD Student Art Exhibition 2024

University of Houston Downtown – O’Kane Gallery, One Main Street, Houston, TX, 77002

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 […]

COLORS IN BLOOM

Color Factory, 3303 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX, 77098, United States

Spring into COLORS IN BLOOM at Color Factory! Leave your winter blues behind and take a stroll through its newly refreshed, blossoming Confetti Accumulation. Houstonians will be immersed in larger-than-life bluebonnets inspired by Houston’s iconic first sign of spring. And, of course, Color Factory will have a few surprises budding, too! Tickets are available for […]

They, Who Sound

Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St., Houston, TX, 77002, United States

Every Monday Nameless Sound and Lawndale Art Center join forces to present an evening of experimental sound-making, improvised music, noises, the sounding of art, the performance of art, and more. Two different sets each week showcase a rich diversity of international and regional creative offerings, with an emphasis on Houston’s vibrant local scene. Opening night […]

500 Años de Silencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna: Karen Navarro

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

“500añosdesilencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna” by Karen Navarro is a visual art exhibition that takes on a profound journey of reclamation and reconnection with the artist’s Indigenous heritage. Through a diverse array of mediums and a with a focus on the concept of beauty, this exhibition tells a unique story of resilience […]

‘Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette’

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages, occupying AST’s 13,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart […]

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, 3816 Caroline , Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum’s new rotating exhibition, The Blue Helmets in Action, focuses on the 93rd Infantry Division, the first African American combat division to be activated during World War II. The purpose of the exhibition is to educate visitors about this historically overlooked Army division. The exhibition follows the formation of The Blue Helmets, […]

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges”

Julia Hester Community Center, 2020 Solo Street, Houston, TX, 77020, United States

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges” is a thought-provoking art exhibition that delves into the urgent need for awareness and preparedness in the face of environmental risks. Through various artistic mediums, the project confronts issues such as the climate crisis, flooding, food deserts, hurricanes and tropical storms, environmental justice, and electricity disruption. The exhibition aims to […]

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) History Exhibit

The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

February 1, 2024 – July 31, 2024 From award-winning paintings to vintage bronco bull riding photos, this HLSR exhibit complements the rodeo season in February and the Texas History Month in March. This exhibit represents the cowboy spirit across Houston’s main heritages and is a big part of Houston history! Rodeo culture brings nearly all […]

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX, 77004-6804, United States

“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 […]

UHD Student Art Exhibition 2024

University of Houston Downtown – O’Kane Gallery, One Main Street, Houston, TX, 77002

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 […]

Tay Butler: A Friendly Game of Basketball

Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St., Houston, TX, 77002, United States

A Friendly Game of Basketball in John M. O’Quinn Gallery is a solo exhibition by 2023/2024 Artist Studio Program participant Tay Butler. This multi-media exhibition presents Butler’s research of and art engagement with basketball’s racial history and contemporary anti-Black issues. Through various media—including installation, painting, drawing, photography, collage, music, and performance—Butler creates a multi-sensory environment […]

500 Años de Silencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna: Karen Navarro

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

“500añosdesilencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna” by Karen Navarro is a visual art exhibition that takes on a profound journey of reclamation and reconnection with the artist’s Indigenous heritage. Through a diverse array of mediums and a with a focus on the concept of beauty, this exhibition tells a unique story of resilience […]

‘Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette’

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages, occupying AST’s 13,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart […]

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, 3816 Caroline , Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum’s new rotating exhibition, The Blue Helmets in Action, focuses on the 93rd Infantry Division, the first African American combat division to be activated during World War II. The purpose of the exhibition is to educate visitors about this historically overlooked Army division. The exhibition follows the formation of The Blue Helmets, […]

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges”

Julia Hester Community Center, 2020 Solo Street, Houston, TX, 77020, United States

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges” is a thought-provoking art exhibition that delves into the urgent need for awareness and preparedness in the face of environmental risks. Through various artistic mediums, the project confronts issues such as the climate crisis, flooding, food deserts, hurricanes and tropical storms, environmental justice, and electricity disruption. The exhibition aims to […]

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) History Exhibit

The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

February 1, 2024 – July 31, 2024 From award-winning paintings to vintage bronco bull riding photos, this HLSR exhibit complements the rodeo season in February and the Texas History Month in March. This exhibit represents the cowboy spirit across Houston’s main heritages and is a big part of Houston history! Rodeo culture brings nearly all […]

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX, 77004-6804, United States

“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 […]

UHD Student Art Exhibition 2024

University of Houston Downtown – O’Kane Gallery, One Main Street, Houston, TX, 77002

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 […]

Xu Bing: Word Alchemy

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

‘Xu Bing: Word Alchemy’ assembles more than 50 of Xu Bing’s most important woodcut prints, videos, drawings, installations, and other ephemera representing almost 50 years of the artist’s creative output. Starting with Xu’s early engagements with social realism and Western art historical traditions alike, the exhibition charts the evolution of the artist’s linguistic experiments which […]

COLORS IN BLOOM

Color Factory, 3303 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX, 77098, United States

Spring into COLORS IN BLOOM at Color Factory! Leave your winter blues behind and take a stroll through its newly refreshed, blossoming Confetti Accumulation. Houstonians will be immersed in larger-than-life bluebonnets inspired by Houston’s iconic first sign of spring. And, of course, Color Factory will have a few surprises budding, too! Tickets are available for […]

Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

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 […]

Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

In the summer of 1905, Henri Matisse and André Derain embarked on a creative partnership that would change the course of French painting. The two painters experimented with daring directions in energetic bursts of color, form, and structure that eventually led to a boldly inventive artistic language known as Fauvism (from the French fauve, or […]

Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence

Museum of Fine Arts – Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, 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 […]

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose , Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. Across an installation, a video, and a series of commissioned sculptures, Erlanger continues her decade-long disruption of the “semiotics of suburbia.” In her practice, Erlanger thinks of the home as a greater ecosystem containing not only houses but […]

Ruth Asawa Through Line

The Menil Drawing Institute, 1412 W. Main St., Houston, TX, 77006, 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.

Janet Sobel: All-Over

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, 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.

Tay Butler: A Friendly Game of Basketball

Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St., Houston, TX, 77002, United States

A Friendly Game of Basketball in John M. O’Quinn Gallery is a solo exhibition by 2023/2024 Artist Studio Program participant Tay Butler. This multi-media exhibition presents Butler’s research of and art engagement with basketball’s racial history and contemporary anti-Black issues. Through various media—including installation, painting, drawing, photography, collage, music, and performance—Butler creates a multi-sensory environment […]

500 Años de Silencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna: Karen Navarro

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

“500añosdesilencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna” by Karen Navarro is a visual art exhibition that takes on a profound journey of reclamation and reconnection with the artist’s Indigenous heritage. Through a diverse array of mediums and a with a focus on the concept of beauty, this exhibition tells a unique story of resilience […]

‘Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette’

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages, occupying AST’s 13,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart […]

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, 3816 Caroline , Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum’s new rotating exhibition, The Blue Helmets in Action, focuses on the 93rd Infantry Division, the first African American combat division to be activated during World War II. The purpose of the exhibition is to educate visitors about this historically overlooked Army division. The exhibition follows the formation of The Blue Helmets, […]

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges”

Julia Hester Community Center, 2020 Solo Street, Houston, TX, 77020, United States

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges” is a thought-provoking art exhibition that delves into the urgent need for awareness and preparedness in the face of environmental risks. Through various artistic mediums, the project confronts issues such as the climate crisis, flooding, food deserts, hurricanes and tropical storms, environmental justice, and electricity disruption. The exhibition aims to […]

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) History Exhibit

The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

February 1, 2024 – July 31, 2024 From award-winning paintings to vintage bronco bull riding photos, this HLSR exhibit complements the rodeo season in February and the Texas History Month in March. This exhibit represents the cowboy spirit across Houston’s main heritages and is a big part of Houston history! Rodeo culture brings nearly all […]

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX, 77004-6804, United States

“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 […]

Xu Bing: Word Alchemy

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

‘Xu Bing: Word Alchemy’ assembles more than 50 of Xu Bing’s most important woodcut prints, videos, drawings, installations, and other ephemera representing almost 50 years of the artist’s creative output. Starting with Xu’s early engagements with social realism and Western art historical traditions alike, the exhibition charts the evolution of the artist’s linguistic experiments which […]

UHD Student Art Exhibition 2024

University of Houston Downtown – O’Kane Gallery, One Main Street, Houston, TX, 77002

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 […]

COLORS IN BLOOM

Color Factory, 3303 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX, 77098, United States

Spring into COLORS IN BLOOM at Color Factory! Leave your winter blues behind and take a stroll through its newly refreshed, blossoming Confetti Accumulation. Houstonians will be immersed in larger-than-life bluebonnets inspired by Houston’s iconic first sign of spring. And, of course, Color Factory will have a few surprises budding, too! Tickets are available for […]

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose , Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. Across an installation, a video, and a series of commissioned sculptures, Erlanger continues her decade-long disruption of the “semiotics of suburbia.” In her practice, Erlanger thinks of the home as a greater ecosystem containing not only houses but […]

Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, 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.

Ruth Asawa Through Line

The Menil Drawing Institute, 1412 W. Main St., Houston, TX, 77006, 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.

Janet Sobel: All-Over

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

In the summer of 1905, Henri Matisse and André Derain embarked on a creative partnership that would change the course of French painting. The two painters experimented with daring directions in energetic bursts of color, form, and structure that eventually led to a boldly inventive artistic language known as Fauvism (from the French fauve, or […]

Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

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

Museum of Fine Arts – Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, 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 […]

Third Ward Unity in Faith: Backbone of Our Souls

Community Artists’ Collective, 4101 San Jacinto Ste. 116, Houston, TX, 77004, 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, […]

Tay Butler: A Friendly Game of Basketball

Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St., Houston, TX, 77002, United States

A Friendly Game of Basketball in John M. O’Quinn Gallery is a solo exhibition by 2023/2024 Artist Studio Program participant Tay Butler. This multi-media exhibition presents Butler’s research of and art engagement with basketball’s racial history and contemporary anti-Black issues. Through various media—including installation, painting, drawing, photography, collage, music, and performance—Butler creates a multi-sensory environment […]

500 Años de Silencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna: Karen Navarro

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

“500añosdesilencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna” by Karen Navarro is a visual art exhibition that takes on a profound journey of reclamation and reconnection with the artist’s Indigenous heritage. Through a diverse array of mediums and a with a focus on the concept of beauty, this exhibition tells a unique story of resilience […]

‘Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette’

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages, occupying AST’s 13,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart […]

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges”

Julia Hester Community Center, 2020 Solo Street, Houston, TX, 77020, United States

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges” is a thought-provoking art exhibition that delves into the urgent need for awareness and preparedness in the face of environmental risks. Through various artistic mediums, the project confronts issues such as the climate crisis, flooding, food deserts, hurricanes and tropical storms, environmental justice, and electricity disruption. The exhibition aims to […]

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) History Exhibit

The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

February 1, 2024 – July 31, 2024 From award-winning paintings to vintage bronco bull riding photos, this HLSR exhibit complements the rodeo season in February and the Texas History Month in March. This exhibit represents the cowboy spirit across Houston’s main heritages and is a big part of Houston history! Rodeo culture brings nearly all […]

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, 3816 Caroline , Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum’s new rotating exhibition, The Blue Helmets in Action, focuses on the 93rd Infantry Division, the first African American combat division to be activated during World War II. The purpose of the exhibition is to educate visitors about this historically overlooked Army division. The exhibition follows the formation of The Blue Helmets, […]

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX, 77004-6804, United States

“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 […]

Xu Bing: Word Alchemy

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

‘Xu Bing: Word Alchemy’ assembles more than 50 of Xu Bing’s most important woodcut prints, videos, drawings, installations, and other ephemera representing almost 50 years of the artist’s creative output. Starting with Xu’s early engagements with social realism and Western art historical traditions alike, the exhibition charts the evolution of the artist’s linguistic experiments which […]

UHD Student Art Exhibition 2024

University of Houston Downtown – O’Kane Gallery, One Main Street, Houston, TX, 77002

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 […]

COLORS IN BLOOM

Color Factory, 3303 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX, 77098, United States

Spring into COLORS IN BLOOM at Color Factory! Leave your winter blues behind and take a stroll through its newly refreshed, blossoming Confetti Accumulation. Houstonians will be immersed in larger-than-life bluebonnets inspired by Houston’s iconic first sign of spring. And, of course, Color Factory will have a few surprises budding, too! Tickets are available for […]

Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

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 […]

Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth

Koslov Larsen, 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite C, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Koslov Larsen is pleased to present Sun to Earth, the gallery’s third solo presentation by artist Brenda Biondo. Combining several series of Biondo’s works, Sun to Earth introduces new ways of looking at common subjects while challenging viewers’ perception of color and three-dimensional space. The works explored throughout the show focus on atmospheric phenomena and […]

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose , Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. Across an installation, a video, and a series of commissioned sculptures, Erlanger continues her decade-long disruption of the “semiotics of suburbia.” In her practice, Erlanger thinks of the home as a greater ecosystem containing not only houses but […]

Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

In the summer of 1905, Henri Matisse and André Derain embarked on a creative partnership that would change the course of French painting. The two painters experimented with daring directions in energetic bursts of color, form, and structure that eventually led to a boldly inventive artistic language known as Fauvism (from the French fauve, or […]

Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence

Museum of Fine Arts – Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, 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 […]

Janet Sobel: All-Over

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Ruth Asawa Through Line

The Menil Drawing Institute, 1412 W. Main St., Houston, TX, 77006, 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.

Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, 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.

Third Ward Unity in Faith: Backbone of Our Souls

Community Artists’ Collective, 4101 San Jacinto Ste. 116, Houston, TX, 77004, 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, […]

Potentia // Actualitas

Throughline, 3909 Main St, Houston, TX, 77002, 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 […]

The Fourth Dimension: Four Person Exhibition, Opening May 3

Anya Tish Gallery, 4411 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Opening Reception: Friday, May 3, 6 – 8 p.m. On view: May 3 – June 29, 2024 Anya Tish Gallery is pleased to present “The Fourth Dimension”, an exhibition of work by four international and regional artists: HJ Bott, Árpád Forgó, George Grochocki, and Ricardo Paniagua. The concept of the fourth dimension has fascinated artists, […]

UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults Family Art Night!

UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults, Arbor Building 1315, 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX, 77058, United States

The UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults is excited to bring back our family art nights! These art workshops provide a place for you and your family to bond over the creative process of art making. We can’t wait to see you!

Tay Butler: A Friendly Game of Basketball

Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St., Houston, TX, 77002, United States

A Friendly Game of Basketball in John M. O’Quinn Gallery is a solo exhibition by 2023/2024 Artist Studio Program participant Tay Butler. This multi-media exhibition presents Butler’s research of and art engagement with basketball’s racial history and contemporary anti-Black issues. Through various media—including installation, painting, drawing, photography, collage, music, and performance—Butler creates a multi-sensory environment […]

500 Años de Silencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna: Karen Navarro

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States

“500añosdesilencio | El Lado Oculto de la Luna” by Karen Navarro is a visual art exhibition that takes on a profound journey of reclamation and reconnection with the artist’s Indigenous heritage. Through a diverse array of mediums and a with a focus on the concept of beauty, this exhibition tells a unique story of resilience […]

‘Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette’

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages, occupying AST’s 13,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart […]

‘Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette’

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages, occupying AST’s 13,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart […]

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, 3816 Caroline , Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum’s new rotating exhibition, The Blue Helmets in Action, focuses on the 93rd Infantry Division, the first African American combat division to be activated during World War II. The purpose of the exhibition is to educate visitors about this historically overlooked Army division. The exhibition follows the formation of The Blue Helmets, […]

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) History Exhibit

The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby, Houston, TX, 77002, United States

February 1, 2024 – July 31, 2024 From award-winning paintings to vintage bronco bull riding photos, this HLSR exhibit complements the rodeo season in February and the Texas History Month in March. This exhibit represents the cowboy spirit across Houston’s main heritages and is a big part of Houston history! Rodeo culture brings nearly all […]

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges”

Julia Hester Community Center, 2020 Solo Street, Houston, TX, 77020, United States

“Resilience Rising: Navigating Earth’s Challenges” is a thought-provoking art exhibition that delves into the urgent need for awareness and preparedness in the face of environmental risks. Through various artistic mediums, the project confronts issues such as the climate crisis, flooding, food deserts, hurricanes and tropical storms, environmental justice, and electricity disruption. The exhibition aims to […]

May the Fourth Be With You!

Children’s Museum of Houston, 1500 Binz, Houston, TX, 77004, United States

Attention all aspiring astronauts and Jedi knights! Dive into a day of intergalactic excitement where you can craft your own spaceship, meet Rey and Kylo Ren for thrilling story-time, and embark on mind-bending challenges in a galaxy far, far away!‍‍ What’s Happening: 501st Legion: (TBA) Check back for more updated information When: 10 am to […]

Xu Bing: Word Alchemy

Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, 77004, United States

‘Xu Bing: Word Alchemy’ assembles more than 50 of Xu Bing’s most important woodcut prints, videos, drawings, installations, and other ephemera representing almost 50 years of the artist’s creative output. Starting with Xu’s early engagements with social realism and Western art historical traditions alike, the exhibition charts the evolution of the artist’s linguistic experiments which […]

The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

Holocaust Museum Houston, 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX, 77004-6804, United States

“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 […]

Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

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 […]

Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth

Koslov Larsen, 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite C, Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Koslov Larsen is pleased to present Sun to Earth, the gallery’s third solo presentation by artist Brenda Biondo. Combining several series of Biondo’s works, Sun to Earth introduces new ways of looking at common subjects while challenging viewers’ perception of color and three-dimensional space. The works explored throughout the show focus on atmospheric phenomena and […]

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose , Houston, TX, 77006, United States

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. Across an installation, a video, and a series of commissioned sculptures, Erlanger continues her decade-long disruption of the “semiotics of suburbia.” In her practice, Erlanger thinks of the home as a greater ecosystem containing not only houses but […]

Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism

Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street , Houston, TX, 77005, United States

In the summer of 1905, Henri Matisse and André Derain embarked on a creative partnership that would change the course of French painting. The two painters experimented with daring directions in energetic bursts of color, form, and structure that eventually led to a boldly inventive artistic language known as Fauvism (from the French fauve, or […]

Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence

Museum of Fine Arts – Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, 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 […]

Janet Sobel: All-Over

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, 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 […]

Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions

The Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, 77006, 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.

Ruth Asawa Through Line

The Menil Drawing Institute, 1412 W. Main St., Houston, TX, 77006, 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.

Third Ward Unity in Faith: Backbone of Our Souls

Community Artists’ Collective, 4101 San Jacinto Ste. 116, Houston, TX, 77004, 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, […]

UHD Student Art Exhibition 2024

University of Houston Downtown – O’Kane Gallery, One Main Street, Houston, TX, 77002

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 […]

Potentia // Actualitas

Throughline, 3909 Main St, Houston, TX, 77002, 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 […]

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