Chance and Fate: Tacita Dean’s long overdue exhibit at the Menil
Tacita Dean is possibly the most significant artist not widely known in the U.S.
Donna Tennant
Making Waves: Discovering Contemporary Cuban Photography at the MFAH
Thanks to a gift from Chicago collector Madeleine Plonsker and her husband Harvey, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, now has the most complete collection of post-revolutionary Cuban photography anywhere—nearly 400 works by some 80 artists.
Power and Glory: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries at the Kimbell
Imagine installing seven massive Flemish tapestries, each measuring 14 feet tall and 28 feet wide.
Clay into Flora: Rebecca Manson at The Modern
Rebecca Manson transforms clay into charged flora in her immersive installation, Barbecue, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth from May 25 through Aug. 25.
Drawing as a daily process: Ruth Asawa at the Menil
Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on Ruth Asawa’s lifelong drawing practice.
Mysticism, spirituality, and revolution: Black and Caribbean Surrealists at The Modern
The exhibition title, Surrealism and Us, references the essay “1943: Surrealism and Us” by Suzanne Césaire (1915-1966), a Martinique writer, feminist, and anti-colonialist. Césaire believed that the concepts, aesthetics, and power of Surrealism could encourage self-determination and independence.
Diversity, Connections and Community: Black Collage Comes to MFAH
Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, on view Feb. 18 through May 12 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the first museum survey of Black collage artists.
Pioneering Paintings by Janet Sobel Reunited at the Menil
Inspired by a gift from her grandson of one painting and four drawings, Janet Sobel’s early but short-lived career is now the subject of a compelling exhibition at the Menil Collection from Feb. 23 through Aug. 11.
Poetic Radiance: ‘An Archeology of Silence’ by Kehinde Wiley at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Kehinde Wiley and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Director Gary Tinterow first met in New York when Tinterow, then a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, proposed the acquisition of Wiley’s The Veiled Christ, a large 2008 watercolor.
Legendary Threads: Anni Albers at the Blanton
The German-born artist Anni Albers is not more widely known for several, unfortunately, common reasons.
A Cosmos of Chaos and Order: Leonardo Drew at the Carter
Leonardo Drew combines hundreds of intricate handmade objects to transform the first-floor gallery at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth into a multi-dimensional environment.
Coming into Light: Chryssa & New York at The Menil
The Greek artist Chryssa was an influential force on the New York art scene from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, but since that time, she has become deeply under-recognized, despite having created innovative work in light sculpture.