Power Structures: FotoFest Focuses on Critical Geography
Critical geography focuses in on oppressive, inequitable power relations in different areas.
Visual Art
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.
Pleasures of the Floating World: Ukiyo-e at the Blanton
During the relatively peaceful, prosperous, but isolationist Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan, ukiyo-e flourished as a popular art form.
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.
Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Five Texas Galleries
A Seasonal Spotlight on Five Texas Galleries in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio
Points of View: Radcliffe Bailey, Kara Walker and Derrick Adams at the McNay
The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio is using the recent acquisition of two important print suites as impetus to explore the diverse visions of three contemporary Black artists: Radcliffe Bailey, Kara Walker and Derrick Adams.
Kinsey African American Art & History Collection at the Holocaust Museum Houston
When the public has the chance to view a monumental, but private collection of art, it usually occurs if the collection is loaned to a museum and perhaps organized as a special exhibition.
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.
Texas Studio: Michelle Cortez Gonzales in Full Bloom
“I consider myself a bit of a late bloomer,” artist Michelle Cortez Gonzales tells me from her home studio in Fort Worth.
Art, Life, & Space Travel: ‘Six Scenes From Our Future’ at the CAMH
For 75 years, the Contemporary Art Museum Houston (CAMH) has sought to engage its community in a dialogue that stems from its inaugural exhibition: This Is Contemporary Art (1948).