A video tour of the Houston Museum of African American Culture's latest exhibition, featuring works by Danny Simmons and TAFA.
Houston Museum of African American Culture
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Five-Minute Tours
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"The new position of Chief Curator needs a unique blend of curatorial expertise, community engagement know-how, and Afrocentric knowledge. Christopher brings all of these to the table and much more."
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Highlights of events at the DeLuxe Theater, the Houston Museum of African American Culture, and the Eldorado Ballroom in Houston's Third Ward.
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Christina Rees and artist Emily Peacock bring you a horse show in Albany, a vision for a Latinx museum, and the grand opening of the MFAH’s long-awaited new building.
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New York-based visual artist Pamela Council has created a big fountain at Houston’s Miller Outdoor Theatre at Hermann Park to celebrate Juneteenth. (If you don’t know what Juneteenth is, go…
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"Listen, Donald Trump should be the president of Sharknado."
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Fall Preview! Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on Glasstire's top picks for Texas this fall.
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This time of year, the art scene usually just settles down for a long winter’s nap, but Houston seems to be bucking that trend this year (at least for this…
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The Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) has a new CEO, reports Molly Glentzer of the Houston Chronicle. After 14 years at Syracuse University, Kheli R. Willetts, Ph.D will…
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Since iconic Houston artist Bert Long died last year, friends and fans have been busy paying tribute. Last month, there was a celebratory fundraiser to help publish a posthumous book…
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Those who happened to catch Theaster Gates’ performance at the Houston Museum of African American Culture, presented in conjunction with his work in the 2010 CAMH show Hand+Made: The Performative…
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The first official SLAB Parade + Family Festival took place yesterday at Houston’s MacGregor Park with the usual food trucks, community booths, kids’ activity stations, and a stage for live…
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Documentary photographer Peter Beste, who grew up in the Houston area, is probably best known for his photo series and book True Norwegian Black Metal, which came from spending seven…
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News
First Annual SlabFest! Houston to Celebrate a Different Kind of Art Car
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonCar culture is so big in Houston that the annual Art Car Parade is no longer quite enough to contain all the car enthusiasm in the city. Now, the Houston…
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Years ago, an artist and I were discussing humor as a device in art. I expressed the opinion that, while there seemed to be a wide-spread acceptance of humor when…
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Jean-Ulrick Désert is a Haitian-born American artist living in Germany. His performance project Negerhosen 2ooo is one of the standouts of the soon-to-close Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art…
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Article
The Houston Fine Art Fair and The Texas Contemporary Fair: Twice the fairs equals twice the drama
So you may have heard, Houston is getting an art fair. Um, actually two art fairs. There has been a ridiculous amount of controversy surrounding these fairs, a classic tempest…