Visual Art

Celebrate Prince's Life With Art and Of Course, Music

East End Studio Gallery showcases its free art event, Punch a Higher Floor, a tribute to the Purple Prince, next weekend.

05/11/2016 By Sara Samora

Visual Art

Heads Up: Seven Large Bunnies Are Hopping Into the City

Art Brookfield presents Intrude, a public art exhibit with inflatable rabbits to touch and hug.

05/09/2016 By Leah Lucio

On the Town

Forget May Flowers: This Month Brings Mayhem at the CAMH

Infamous punk-rock artist Mark Flood trashes the past with his “gratest,” gutsiest hits.

04/28/2016 By Steve Jansen

Events

Weeknight Pick-Me-Ups: Concerts, Plays and Art Shows

Coffee can only do so much to turn your day around.

04/19/2016 By Marianella Orlando

Photography

The Staitis: The Family Behind the Texas Oil Boom

The Heritage Society's new exhibit, Profile of a Houston Oil Family, features photos of a forgotten oil pioneer.

04/14/2016 By Max Jefferson

Photography

A New FotoFest Exhibit—Only Made of Hair?

Photographer Ray Redding's Hair-Raisers exhibit features not your typical hipster beard.

04/13/2016 By Sara Samora

Art Parade

Houston's 29th Art Car Parade Rules Downtown Streets

A look at this weekend's crazy and cool wheels.

04/12/2016 By Zain Mohammed

Museum

MFAH’s High Society Showcases Work by Forgotten Painter Franz X. Winterhalter

An underappreciated German portrait artist finally sees his spotlight.

04/11/2016 By Laura Gillespie

Photography

I Chat, You Chat, We Chat—In Photos

Modern media shapes Asia Society's newest exhibition, We Chat, a take on how we communicate.

04/01/2016 By Laura Gillespie

Photography

Silhouettes and City Streets at Fotofest

At Archway Gallery, Fikry Botros' poignant street scenes depict a city landscape from the ground up.

03/31/2016 By Jenn Nguyen

Go Ahead and Jump

At This Month’s CounterCurrent Arts Festival, a Houston House—Yes, a House

“Instead of trying to get them to come to our crazy house, let’s bring our crazy house to them.”

03/31/2016 By Laura Gillespie

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: April 1–3

Queer Hippo Film Festival, Two-Lane Blacktop at MFAH, Handel's Messiah at Ars Lyrica, Hermann Park Kite Festival, Mumford & Sons in concert

03/30/2016 By Nick Esquer

Visual & Performance Art

Project Row Houses Wants to See Things Differently

Third Ward arts community Project Row weaves an artistic tapestry of social change in its latest Round 44 group exhibition.

03/25/2016 By Sarah Douglass

Project Row Houses

Taking a Seat at the Black Lunch Table

Third Ward arts collective Project Row hosted Black Lunch Table, a chance for the community to learn more about Houston visual artists of the African Diaspora.

03/24/2016 By Camilla Cook

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: March 25–27

Matthew Morrison sings at Jones Hall, Dance Salad Festival returns, Grounded opens at Alley Theatre, Goldfinger plays at MFAH, Project Row Houses' Round 44 tackles social change.

03/23/2016 By Nick Esquer