Houston

A city floats a mile above the earth. Transparent modules glint with water vapor, neon pulses like a heartbeat, and the promise of a different kind of life hums in the air. This is The Hydrospatial City, the centerpiece of Gyula Kosice: Intergalactic, on view Oct. 26-Jan. 25, 2026 at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

There is a certain charge that comes when artists insist that the stuff of daily life, its toys, its rituals, its messes, belongs on the same stage as monuments and masterpieces.

A curtain lifts. A dancer moves across the stage, costume fluttering around graceful limbs.

After 50 years in business, Betty Moody continues to run her gallery with passion and enthusiasm. She is celebrating this landmark occasion with two shows featuring gallery artists: Part I runs from Sept. 13 to Oct. 25, and Part II from Nov. 8 to Dec. 20.

This is how Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe, on view at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston through March 29, 2026, begins—or how it continues.