Visual Art
Material History: CraftTexas 2016 at Houston Center For Contemporary Craft
It seems as though we are in an ‘artisanal’ moment: Pickles, dinnerware, boots, you name it and someone has handcrafted it.
Timeless Details: James Buss at Holly Johnson Gallery
Installation shot of James Buss: The Poem’s Four Corners Credit: Todora Photography Artist and Fort Worth native James...
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 of sculpture to which we’ve grown so accustomed.
Abstract Independent: Dorothy Hood Retrospective at Art Museum of South Texas
Dorothy Hood’s artwork is a reflection of a life of unapologetic independence. Before man walked on the moon, the Texas native began making her own trailblazing discoveries in the art of abstraction.
Pierre Huyghe Wins 2017 Nasher Prize, the Foremost International Sculpture Honor
Pierre Huyghe, Cambrian Explosion, 2014, Live marine ecosystem, Photo credit: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich Monday night, the Nasher...
Show Up: Shayne Murphy
“Do you know the stereotype that any male who’s approaching his mid-30s becomes really interested in World War I or World War II?,” Shayne Murphy laughs sheepishly, including himself in this group.
Learn/Imagine: Pablo Helguera at DiverseWorks
Pablo Helguera's exhibition The Fable is to be Retold at DiverseWorks (on view through Nov. 19) opened with a performance recital in five parts, each of which considers the ways we learn and imagine, evoked through the lens of youth.
Collages of Consumption: Lucie Stahl at Dallas Museum of Art
Lucie Stahl, Critic’s Pick, 2014, Inkjet print, aluminum, epoxy resin. The next person you see rummaging through trash...
Projecting Poetry: Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola’s Eastext
When Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola arrived in the United States from Argentina in 2002, he had with him three hundred dollars and a bicycle.
Houston Makes Room for Two New(ish) Galleries: Capsule Gallery + Cindy Lisica Gallery
Two gallerists have set up shop over the last year on the Houston scene: Cindy Lisica of Cindy Lisica Gallery, and Sarah Sudhoff of Capsule Gallery Cindy Lisica Gallery joined the 4411 Montrose cluster alongside Anya Tish Gallery, Barbara Davis Gallery, David Shelton Gallery, and UNIX Gallery, while Capsule Gallery is located in the Isabella Court complex in Midtown, with neighbors Inman Gallery, Kinzleman Art Consulting, Samara Gallery, Art Palace and Devin Borden Gallery.
Some Memories are Painful: Jenny Vogel at The Reading Room
Jenny Vogel, In the Absence of Bodies. Installation view. Photos by Kevin Todora. Jenny Vogel In The Absence...