Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin: The Scene at Devin Borden Gallery
June 12, 2018
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Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin: The Scene at Devin Borden Gallery

Stepping into The Scene (Houston: 1969 -1981) at Devin Borden Gallery, the space seemed small,…

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Breaking Bread and Breaking Through: The CADD FUNd and Emergent Talent in Dallas
May 29, 2018
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Breaking Bread and Breaking Through: The CADD FUNd and Emergent Talent in Dallas

In February 2007, a group of 13 Dallas galleries came together to form Contemporary Art…

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Christopher Knowles: In a Word at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
January 24, 2018
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Christopher Knowles: In a Word at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

While I was viewing this exhibition, a man approached me with an unsolicited opinion.

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Art Aglow: Light Charmer Electrifies Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
January 17, 2018
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Art Aglow: Light Charmer Electrifies Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

A shop owner flips a switch, sending a few thousand volts through glass tubes bent…

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In This Petri Dish: Day for Night Festival Immerses Houston In Art, Music, Activism
November 14, 2017
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In This Petri Dish: Day for Night Festival Immerses Houston In Art, Music, Activism

Day for Night, the music and art festival now entering its third year, has caused…

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Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-Time Star at Moody Center for the Arts
October 31, 2017
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Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-Time Star at Moody Center for the Arts

There’s a living room constructed in the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University.

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Show Up: Jake Margolin and Nick Vaughan
September 25, 2017
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Show Up: Jake Margolin and Nick Vaughan

“We found Charles’s death certificate in the Trinidad municipal library, and the Catholic cemetery had…

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The Sound of Things: Alyce Santoro and Bohyun Yoon at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
August 18, 2017
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The Sound of Things: Alyce Santoro and Bohyun Yoon at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

<em>Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish:</em> Pipilotti Rist at MFAH
June 26, 2017
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Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish: Pipilotti Rist at MFAH

Last summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presented two installations and a few somewhat…

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Collective Art: The Propeller Group at Blaffer Art Museum
June 20, 2017
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Collective Art: The Propeller Group at Blaffer Art Museum

There’s something deceptive about the exhibition on view at the University of Houston’s Blaffer Art…

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Double Consciousness: Ann Johnson at Hooks-Epstein Gallery
April 19, 2017
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Double Consciousness: Ann Johnson at Hooks-Epstein Gallery

You can’t see, shortened from the phrase “You can’t see how you see me,” is…

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SHOW UP: Robert Hodge
March 20, 2017
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SHOW UP: Robert Hodge

“The music has always been there, lingering in my presence,” said Robert Hodge, a Houston-based…

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Master of Scale and Detail: Ron Mueck at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
March 10, 2017
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Master of Scale and Detail: Ron Mueck at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Ron Mueck got his start as a puppeteer, learning the trade from his family. Early…

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Energy, Innocence and Originality: Geoff Winningham and Janice Freeman explore Houston Children’s perspective at Rice Media Center
March 10, 2017
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Energy, Innocence and Originality: Geoff Winningham and Janice Freeman explore Houston Children’s perspective at Rice Media Center

Balance in the Fog of Memory: Angel Otero at CAMH
December 26, 2016
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Balance in the Fog of Memory: Angel Otero at CAMH

Angel Otero: Everything and Nothing, on view at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston through March…

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Sculpture Month Houston Takes Over the Silos and Area Galleries
October 3, 2016
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Sculpture Month Houston Takes Over the Silos and Area Galleries

This October, a new event will arise in Houston, highlighting this diversity and the plethora…

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Self-Taught Art: Works from the Stephanie and John Smither Collection at The Menil
August 9, 2016
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Self-Taught Art: Works from the Stephanie and John Smither Collection at The Menil

On view at the Menil Collection through Oct. 16, As Essential As Dreams: Self-Taught Art…

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<em>flow:</em> Jae Ko at CAMH
June 23, 2016
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flow: Jae Ko at CAMH

Downstairs at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Zilkha Gallery is a cold space. When…

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Meditations on Love, Art, and Life: Yayoi Kusama at the MFAH
June 17, 2016
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Meditations on Love, Art, and Life: Yayoi Kusama at the MFAH

The name Yayoi Kusama often conjures images of polka-dots spreading out into the infinite, and…

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SHEILA PEPE invites SONDRA PERRY—<em>Put me down Gently: A Cooler Place + I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That</em>
June 14, 2016
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SHEILA PEPE invites SONDRA PERRY—Put me down Gently: A Cooler Place + I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That

“It’s very much like a drawing,” Sheila Pepe began. “Things are drawn, laid down, erased,…

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Reclaiming History: <em>Where the Ranch Actually Was</em> at Devin Borden Gallery
March 8, 2016
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Reclaiming History: Where the Ranch Actually Was at Devin Borden Gallery

Those living on the sidelines of traditional (read: white/heteronormative/etc) in the United States must constantly…

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Deconstructing Suburbia: New and Recent Works by Hillerbrand + Magsamen
February 23, 2016
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Deconstructing Suburbia: New and Recent Works by Hillerbrand + Magsamen

Deconstruction is a common theme in the arts. Whether a concept or an object, many…

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Weaving Narratives of Music and Art: Jennie C. Jones at the CAMH
February 11, 2016
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Weaving Narratives of Music and Art: Jennie C. Jones at the CAMH

Music, much like visual art, has long been a tool used to comment and reflect…

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Pop Around the World
October 19, 2015
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Pop Around the World

VISIBILITY
September 3, 2015
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VISIBILITY

A Test, A Plume, A History
August 14, 2015
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A Test, A Plume, A History

ALL IMAGES: Gabriel Martinez, Mountain War Time, 2015. Originally commissioned and produced by Artpace San…

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The Cosmic Womb
July 15, 2015
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The Cosmic Womb

The Longest Distance
June 19, 2015
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The Longest Distance

Texas Abstract
April 9, 2015
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Texas Abstract

Cosmic Concerts
March 3, 2015
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Cosmic Concerts

Required Reading
January 27, 2015
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Required Reading

Sprawling Conversation
December 17, 2014
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Sprawling Conversation

HJ Bott: Scribble Morphings
October 27, 2014
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HJ Bott: Scribble Morphings

Right Here, Right Now: Houston
October 10, 2014
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Right Here, Right Now: Houston

Suga
June 29, 2014
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Suga

Currently on view at BLUEorange Contemporary, Suga is the fifth exhibition in a cycle of…

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Trenton Doyle Hancock: Skin and Bones, 20 Years of Drawing
May 13, 2014
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Trenton Doyle Hancock: Skin and Bones, 20 Years of Drawing

Any daydreamer remembers being back in school, either ignoring the teacher or absorbing the world…

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Popping Up While Putting Off
May 5, 2014
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Popping Up While Putting Off

On any given day, the anonymously adorable 1930s bungalow looks just like the other houses…

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Melanie Smith’s Seduction
March 20, 2014
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Melanie Smith’s Seduction