Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese will explore Jean-Michel Basquiat’s blatant reproduction of images, particularly those from the history of art, which has perplexed critics and scholars of this work. She considers…
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In conjunction with her exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Debra will have works on view at Moody Gallery October 11-18, 2014. On Saturday, she will sign her book,…
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Founded in 2001, Triple Candie is a research-oriented, independent curatorial agency–run by two art historians–that produces exhibitions about art but largely devoid of it. Its primary purpose since late 2005…
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Known mainly for his large-scale semi-figurative canvases, Josh Hagler’s work has followed a natural evolution in the artists’s personal exploration and anxiety around religious thought and its history. In 2012,…
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In the film 1972, Sarah Morris gathers together picturesque views of Munich, archival photographs, the empty Olympic stadium, and interior spaces and interweaves them with documentary-style interview footage of Georg…
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Richard Brettell, a leading scholar on impressionism and French painting and the McDermott Distinguished Chair of Art and Aesthetic Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, discusses signs of…
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He’s been making work for over 50 years, but this show presents Earl Staley’s recent paintings, made since his reappearance in the Houston area.
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In homage to the building that has been the MFAH’s Core program‘s home since its inception, Mary Leclère and Lily Cox-Richard have organized a show of seven former Core fellows.…
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Andy Grotfeldt and Terry Suprean: Before Disappearing into the Wilderness
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonNew work by artists Andy Grotfeldt and Terry Suprean: Grotfeldt’s tactile and handmade work offers a stark counterpoint to Suprean’s seductive photographic visions, yet both address a shared yet divergent…
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Mike Osborne’s Monopoly translates the game board’s Mondrian-like map into photographs that grapple with the Atlantic City’s complicated past and present. His conversion of the game into representations of actual…
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In his 67th year of exhibitions, Bott presents a collection of works expanding on what is known as the “24 Basic Scribbles,” the inherent, fundamental marks that are consistently found…
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London-based artist Danny Rolph populates his work with Pop Art references and gestural marks located in sunsets inspired by the skies of West Texas and Baroque Venetian painting.
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A group show of artists who engage with the concept of momento mori in ways that go beyond traditional applications. Featuring Anne J Regan, Alejandro Borsani, Morgan Chivers, Tatiana Istomina,…
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A curious group show (with Aaron Garber-Maikovska, Stanya Kahn, Chloe Seibert, Jesse Stecklow, and Ian Swanson), curated by Keith J. Varadi, who must have a curious theme in mind when…
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Based in San Antonio, Cassie and Shipton are a multidisciplinary creative couple, each known for exploring human perceptions of space and duration through a wide range of media. This is…
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Guest curator Christine Jelson West of Lawndale Art Center brings together the works of three young Houston-area women artists, Rebecca Braziel, Kari Breitigam, and Isela Aguirre, who each address the…
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Curator Russell Etchen presents painters Bill Haveron, El Franco Lee II, and Dylan Roberts: “With an appreciation for cartoons and comics, the figurative and the abstract, the spiritual realm, and…
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On both Wednesday and Thursday evenings, The Contemporary Austin will open its roof at 6:30pm to show the documentary Tiny at 7:30pm. Tiny explores one couple’s attempt to build a…
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Claire Cusack’s work is intuitive but meticulously constructed from meaningful “trash.”
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Noted record producer, Brian Beattie and his wife, artist Valerie Fowler, bring their low-tech immersive multimedia show to Houston. Brian sings the songs (on the CD/illustrated book sung by Bill…