Top Five

This week: a retrospective of portraits by a renowned local artist in Houston, a show of abstract works created across three decades in Galveston, a celebration of Black joy through photorealistic portraits in Dallas, and more.

This week: a solo show featuring portraits of disappeared individuals from Central and South America in Houston, a Dallas-based artist's first solo museum exhibition in Fort Worth, an exhibition of objects and structures that draw on the visual language of plumbing and drainage in Austin, and more.

This week: a solo show featuring works on paper, abstract paintings, and figurative watercolors in Houston; two contemporaneous solo shows featuring interactive installations in San Antonio; airbrush paintings completed during an artist residency in Austin, and more.

This week: paintings of iconic landmarks and neighborhoods in Dallas, photos, videos, and site-specific installations exploring the human connection to water in Houston, a group exhibition of fabric works addressing a range of difficult topics in Austin, and more.

Brandon Zech, William Sarradet, Jessica Fuentes, and special guests talk about upcoming exhibitions in Texas, including "Tsherin Sherpa: Spirits" at the Asia Society Texas Center in Houston, "Groundswell: Women in Land Art" at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, "The Long Lives of Very Old Books" at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, and more.

This week: a solo show documenting decades of performance art in Austin, an immersive installation in Marfa, two interdisciplinary exhibitions by one artist in Houston, and more.

This week: a retrospective survey in Houston, a solo show featuring abstract works in Dallas, an annual juried exhibition of regional, national, and international artists in Texarkana, and more.

This week: an exhibition exploring a curator's influence on a collection in Houston, a show featuring notable Southern African-based artists in Dallas, international Indigenous artists respond to the impacts of nuclear testing, nuclear accidents, and uranium mining in El Paso, and more.

This week: surreal portraits of childhood by a graffiti artist in Dallas, a group exhibition exploring female experience, motherhood, nature, and the body in San Marcos, a retrospective of forty years of work by a Texas artist and musician in Amarillo, and more.

This week: an exhibition highlighting early Texas art in Tyler, a solo show using cremated human remains as an artistic medium in Houston, an exhibition featuring large-scale assemblage-style sculptures in Dallas, and more.

This week: charcoal and mixed-media landscapes in Austin, a one-day showcase of analog films by Texas artists in Houston, a solo exhibition of abstract organic wood sculptures in San Benito, and more.

This week: a group exhibition exploring the cowboy in contemporary culture in Dallas, a two-person show investigating trauma and healing in Waco, an exhibition featuring photography and generative artworks in Houston, and more.

This week: an exhibition featuring resident artists in Galveston; a solo show highlighting lesser-known Black leaders, stories, and events in Fort Worth; an exhibition of new figurative works by a Denver-based artist in Marfa; and more.

This week: a traveling exhibition exploring nature, health, and sustainability comes to San Antonio; a juried exhibition of Texas art in Fort Worth; an annual art festival in Rockport; and more.

This week: a multi-sensory retrospective in Houston, an exhibition of works spanning 15th to 17th century Flemish paintings in Dallas, a solo show by a beloved Texas artist in Tyler, and more.

This week: a show of etherial paintings in Dallas, two artists in Houston examine LGBTQ+ political and social histories, an exhibition by a Texas-raised artist at a new Austin gallery, and more.

This week: an international show of abstract paintings in Dallas, one artist's work is on view at three venues in Houston, an immersive installation in Austin, and more.

This week: a group show featuring over 100 artists in Houston, a retrospective of abstract works in Fort Worth, fourteen women-identifying artists examine womanhood in Austin, and more.

This week: a two-city exchange between artist-run spaces in Houston and San Antonio, an experimental collaborative exhibition in Austin, colorful abstract paintings in Rockport, and more.

This week: a solo show of colorful, patterned compositions in Houston, a sister-duo explores caregiving through an array of mediums in Austin, a Brooklyn-based artist depicts machines as allegories for the body and mind in Dallas, and more.