SHOW UP: Robert Hodge
“The music has always been there, lingering in my presence,” said Robert Hodge, a Houston-based artist.
Visual Art
Monet to Matisse: A Century of French Moderns at the McNay
Artists—Americans, in some cases, expatriates in others—played key behind-the-scenes roles in helping to decide which European paintings and sculpture would comprise what became some of the great public collections in the United States.
The Blanton’s Vertical Leap: What a Difference a Rehang Makes
I’ve had a soft spot for the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin since it was the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery.
Lam Gift Makes SAMA a Center for Indigenous Australian Works
The captivating exhibition Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art, on view through May 14 at the San Antonio Museum of Art, kicks off with a notice to visitors that’s as startling as it is salutary.
Borders, Ritual and Awesomeness: Five Days of Fusebox
Fusebox, Austin’s contemporary, cross-disciplinary visual and performing arts festival, and all round benevolent force in the struggle to keep Austin weird, consolidated its offerings in 2016, going from a 10 or 12 day schedule to a five-day festival lineup.
New Dimensions: Richard Serra Prints at Nasher Sculpture Center
Richard Serra’s work in print-making may be unknown to the casual art-goer, the artist’s name associated instead with his massive, imposing sculptural work in steel.
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 in his career, he worked for an Australian children’s show, and you may best remember his pre-contemporary artist work from the 1986 classic Labyrinth, starring the late and great David Bowie.
Energy, Innocence and Originality: Geoff Winningham and Janice Freeman explore Houston Children’s perspective at Rice Media Center
One of the things we hear most about Houston is that it’s one of the most diverse cities in America, if not right at the top. Still, when people think of Texas, diversity isn’t the first thing to come to mind.
From Mexico (via Paris) with Love: A Franco-Mexican Collaboration Comes to Dallas
Six months after Agustín Arteaga joined the Dallas Museum of Art as its new director, visitors to the DMA will benefit from one of his last initiatives at his previous post running the Museo Nacional de Arte in Mexico City.
Concepts at Work: Nina Katchadourian at the Blanton Museum of Art
Nina Katchadourian has a mindfulness or awareness that might make a Buddhist blush.
Nothing’s Regular: Stanley Whitney at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
In the current FOCUS series of exhibitions at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, abstract paintings by the African American painter Stanley Whitney are on view through April 2. This solo show is his first in Texas.
Dropout By Dropping In: The Co-work Space for Potential Dropouts at Pollock Gallery
The Co-Work Space for Potential Dropouts, which will occupy SMU’s Pollock Gallery through March 11, is a project by the artist Avi Varma and curated by Pollock Curatorial Fellow Sofia Bastidas.