Houston Artists Make Artnet’s “50 Most Exciting Artists” List
No one can resist putting out the obligatory year-end listicle, so yesterday Artnet News published “The 50 Most Exciting Artists of 2014.” Art critic/curator Christian […]
Asia Society Appoints New Executive Director
In April 2012, the 34-year-old Asia Society Texas Center officially opened its headquarters, a beautiful building in Houston’s Museum District designed by famed Japanese architect […]
Triptychs and Disasters (Real and Painted) Make for a Record-Breaking Week
“The art industry is booming,” says U.S. News & World Report, “as proved by record-breaking bidding wars at auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s this week.” […]
Martha Blackwelder, Leader of Museum District Expansion, To Leave Asia Society Texas Center
Asia Society Texas Center reports that Martha Blackwelder has announced her plans to step down as Executive Director after overseeing six years of expansion. Blackwelder […]
Asia Society’s Velders to Direct Alabama’s Mobile Museum of Art
Deborah Velders, Deputy Director of the New Asia Society Texas Center is leaving Houston to take over as director of the Mobile Museum of Art […]
Asia Society’s New Tanuguchi Building Subject of PBS Documentary
A 30-minute PBS documentary on the newly completed Asia Society Texas Center building is in the works. Houston PBS is producing the video, the third […]
