With its soaring expressways and seemingly endless geography, little defines Houston in the public consciousness more than urban sprawl. This fall, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft takes on the implications…
September 2013
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This talk with Joseph Monteyne, Ph.D., Associate Professor, History of Art, University of British Columbia examines a number of graphic satires produced in London during the second half of the 18th century depicting…
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John Albok (1894–1982) was a tailor by profession and an artist by passion. He emigrated from his native Hungary to New York City in 1921 and became an American citizen.…
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Benjamin Terry says: “I’m interested in moments that seem slightly off. Multiple reads. The way a shape, a line, an interaction, a material, or a color can create, alter, and…
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Arthur Meyerson is recognized as an important photographer. Since 1974, this native Texan has traveled throughout the world, creating advertising, corporate and editorial photographs, as well as fine art imagery.…
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Moving Violation is a multifaceted installation by artist Mark Nelson which explores the basic human experience of movement. Mark Nelson explores this central aspect of movemetn through the realities…
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The Art Guys will repetitively traverse the busiest street intersection in Houston, first in one direction for four hours (clockwise), then in the other direction for four hours (counter clockwise).
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The final performance of No Matter How Hard I Try I Can’t Look The Same As I Did Yesterday, a new performative installation by experimental opera singer, Lisa Harris. Through…
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Behold the third annual Houston Fine Art Fair! Moving back to George R. Brown Convention Center, a more central downtown location, is expected to stimulate more fairgoer participation from scores…
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“The Artist’s Eye” is an ongoing program moderated by Kimbell staff. It brings artists to the Museum to discuss works in the permanent collection, share the special insights of the…
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Utilizing the abandoned evidence of quotidian human existence as raw material, Marianne Vitale transforms decaying elements of rural life into rugged visual poems alluding to a larger cosmology.
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Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) is one of Mexico’s most famous political cartoonists and illustrators. In conjunction with the exhibition Community Altars will display local artists, school groups, and activists in…
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Archway Gallery presents Woven Spaces – Lines and Layers featuring new works by artist Sherry Tseng Hill. This new collection of Hill’s work focuses on her fascination with the study of…
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Women and their Work present the third installment of Stop & Go, a touring screening series in which established filmmakers and visual artists unveil their most recent experiments in stop-motion…
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TransAMplitude is a group exhibition of four artists whose work is tied together by an investigation of linear transit. This exhibition will include works in various media by J. Derrick…
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David Politzer received a BS in Studio Art from Skidmore College in 1998, and an MFA in Photography from Syracuse University in 2005. In 2012, he was the recipient of…
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Emily Peacock’s “You, Me & Diane” is a series of photographs based on work from the seminal book Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph. Peacock has recreated Arbus’ influential images using…