Visual Art

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec. 18-20

Chvrches in concert, Christmas at Bayou Bend, the Symphony plays Handel's Messiah, Day For Night festival debuts, and rock–climbing dance show Moving Mountains at Texas Rock Gym.

12/16/2015 By Nick Esquer

Art

Ties That Bind

The Menil Collection pulls selected works together for a fresh take on collage art.

12/11/2015 By Jenn Nguyen

Performance Art

Erik Estrada and the Fate of the Free World

Stephanie Saint Sanchez’s new superhero satire explores retrocrushes, sexuality, and Latin culture.

12/10/2015 By Andrea Siso

Photography

Changing the Channel

At Galveston Artists Residency, film photographer Victoria Sambunaris takes a good long look at the storied coastline.

12/10/2015 By William Geoffrey Wood

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec. 11-13

The opening of La Virgen de Guadalupe at HMNS, Hitchcock/Truffaut at MFAH, Lights in the Heights returns, The Weeknd at Toyota Center, and Bach Society Houston celebrates the season with Advent Vespers.

12/09/2015 By Nick Esquer

All That Jazz

A Little Party Never Killed Nobody

The Roaring Twenties goes on display in all its decadent glory in MFAH's Deco Nights.

12/08/2015 By Nick Esquer

Arts & Culture

Visiones Dei

HMNS' latest exhibit, La Virgen de Guadalupe, is a poignant look at the forming of a religious culture in the New World.

12/07/2015 By William Geoffrey Wood

Art

Art Imitates Life

San Antonio artist Tim Olson presents eclectic mixed-media works at d.m. allison.

12/03/2015 By Megha Tejpal

Events & Festivals

Femme Fest Hits Houston

Femme Fest heads to Houston for a day celebrating women, art and progress.

11/27/2015 By Sara Samora

Photography

An Appropriate Response to Reality

HCP's latest exhibit, Somewhere in the Balance, enters a disturbing dreamworld born out of anxiety.

11/19/2015 By William Geoffrey Wood

Visual Art

You Spin Me Right Round, Baby

Discovery Green's latest public art exhibition, Los Trompos, is a kaleidoscopic twirl of nostalgia.

11/16/2015 By Sara Samora

Museums

The MFAH Unveils a New Gift Shop and European-Inspired Café

Form and function combine at the recently renovated gift shop and MFAH Café.

11/13/2015 By Sara Samora

Art

Between the Shadow and the Soul

MFAH's latest Latin American exhibition gets sociopolitical through conceptual art.

11/12/2015 By Brittanie Shey

James Turrell

Twilight Epiphany: A Retrospective

A look back at one of Houston's most storied public arts pieces.

11/10/2015 By Emma Hurt

Art

Two-Toned Paint Job

Houston artists David Adickes and Justin Garcia team up again for a special abstract show.

11/09/2015 By Nick Esquer

Photography

Art Is Healing

Houston photographer Robert Flatt beats back Parkinson's with a click of the camera.

10/30/2015 By Katricia Lang

Art

The Sunny Side of Dalí

The Menil Collection serves up a new Dalí exhibit in all the artist's meta glory.

10/26/2015 By Nick Esquer

Art

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Jung Center's latest exhibit mixes Southern Gothic with fantastical fairytales.

10/26/2015 By Brittanie Shey

Art

Going Dutch

MFAH features the first monographic collection of artist Joachim Wtewael’s works

10/22/2015 By Andrea Siso

Arts Lecture

Modern (Art) Woman

Art curator Miki Garcia talks about contemporary art in the modern world at MFAH.

10/16/2015 By Jenn Nguyen