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.
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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.
Literary superstars and new voices: Inprint Houston’s biggest season ever
Winners of National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, Booker Prizes, MacArthur Fellows and even Oscar nominees are among the writers we expect every year when Houston’s foremost literary arts organization, Inprint, announces the lineup for their Margarett Root Brown Reading Series.
Bridging Musical Worlds: DACAMERA’s Transformative New Season
“One of the things we’re focusing on with this theme of alchemy is the way composers start with all different kinds of materials, and transform them into something truly magical,” says Sarah Rothenberg, DACAMERA’s artistic director.
Texas Makes Way for a Dance Icon: Twyla Tharp’s Diamond Jubilee Tours Four Cities This Fall
This is not Twyla Tharp’s first rodeo.
Music and Democracy: Apollo Chamber Players garner national attention for their advocacy-centered programming
Rather than focusing on a single upcoming concert, NPR’s Weekend Edition spotlighted Apollo for building its entire season around real-world events.
New Territory: Ars Lyrica Looks to Handel, a Commission and Women of Mozart’s Vienna
Ars Lyrica Houston is adding a twist to its usual what’s-old-is-new-again programming: In the midst of the neglected gems that it has in store for next season, Houston’s baroque ensemble will throw in some works that actually are new.
Journey to Geneva: NobleMotion Explores the Intersection of Art, Neuroscience and AI
The premiere of Meeting of Minds at the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH) in January played to sold-out audiences.
Stars Align for Harmonia Stellarum Houston
Hidden in the mountains north of Lake Como, the beautiful Chiesa dei Santi Eusebio e Vittore in the town of Peglio sits forgotten in time and space.
Texas Studio: Gabriela Estrada brings dance history into motion
Choreographer and University of Houston Assistant Professor M. Gabriela Estrada has always looked to the past to inspire her work.
Sculpture + Sanctuary: ‘Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege’
Change always comes at a cost, and more often than people realize, it is a human cost.
Making Memories: Thomas Demand’s The Stutter of History at the MFAH
Do you remember Princess Diana’s fatal car crash in 1997? How about the Fukushima nuclear accident of 2011? Florida’s 2000 presidential election recount, with its hanging chads?