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    best march art

    9 eye-catching March openings and events no Houston art fan should miss

    Tarra Gaines
    Mar 13, 2023 | 2:15 pm

    A forest grows indoors as a small museum-sized collection of sculptures finds an outdoor home. Indeed, art blooms everywhere this month in Houston.

    From a new gallery at the MFAH to the 10-year anniversary of one of our favorite art walks, to a showcase of national and international art stars to a historical eye on a famed curator, we have the must-sees for spring art break and beyond.

    Art of the Islamic Worlds at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (permanent)

    Do look now, Houston: another new gallery just dropped at the MFAH. Once again the opening of the Kinder Building in 2020 continues to make art ripples throughout the rest of the museum’s campus, freeing up space to put more of the vast collection on permanent view.

    This latest gallery opening in the Law Building, will showcase Iranian Art on extended loan from the Afshar Collection as well as selections from the MFAH’s holdings that reflect the breadth and depth of art from historic Islamic lands.

    With nearly 6,000 square feet of space, which includes the eventual use of an adjoining garden, the new presentation will highlight a trove of major, and in many cases rare, objects never before displayed in such depth, including paintings, manuscripts, ceramics, carpets, and metalwork spanning more than 1,000 years.

    "2023 Core Exhibition" at the Glassell School of Art (now through April 14)

    One of the not-so-hidden gems of Houston’s art life is the prestigious residency program at the MFAH’s Glassell School for postgraduate art critics and visual artists.

    And every year with the Core Exhibition, we get a sneak peek at the latest work of these up and coming national and international artists in one show. Most have already made their art mark on the national and world art stage, so to see their work together makes for an art rarity we never miss.

    This 2023 Core Exhibition features work by the 2022–2023 artists-in-residence: Bryan Castro, Saúl Hernández-Vargas, Erin Holland, Yifan Jiang, Jagdeep Raina, and Fred Schmidt-Arenales.

    “Someone in My Car” at Art League Houston (now through April 22)

    This new exhibition by Houston-based, Venezuelan-Lebanese conceptual artist, Violette Bule, invites the viewer to consider the duality of the usually anonymous interactions of ride-sharing from the perspectives of both passenger and driver.

    The installation of work captures Bule’s year-long performance as a ride-share driver, transforming her lived experience into works of art for an exhibition that includes photographic portraits of her passengers, videos of the city, and audio clips of conversations she overheard while driving.

    “A Good Cry” at Art League Houston (now through April 22)

    Multidisciplinary artist and activist, Sallie Scheufler, the act and perhaps art of crying. The show muses on and makes a muse out of tears using numerous mediums, including a series of performative videos where Scheufler induces crying to regain a sense of control over her body, using onions, menthol, a high-powered fan.

    She also forces herself to fake tears to a work consisting of crystals grown from her own tears on used tissues make a disposable object precious and serve as a record of her cries.

    “Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest” and “Worry Will Vanish” at Museum of Fine Arts (now through September 4)

    Summer comes a little early at the MFAH this year. We usually expect the museum to ring in their tradition of offering one or multiple immersive or interactive large-scale art installations in Cullinan Hall around May, but we’re certainly ready to take a spring break walk in this particular forest now.

    This special exhibition brings together two of Pipilotti Rist’s experiential works from the MFAH collection: Pixel Forest (2016), an installation of thousands of hanging LED lights, and Worry Will Vanish (2014), a two- channel video projection that takes viewers on a dream-like journey through the natural landscape, the human body and the heavens above.

    A major contemporary art innovator since the mid-1980s, Rist’s work has pushed the boundaries between video and the built environment, exploiting new technologies to create installations that fuse the natural world with the electronic sublime.

    “True North: A Heights Boulevard Sculpture Project” (now through December)

    Heights Boulevard once again turns into an open-air gallery, as one of the city’s best art walk returns with a special 10th anniversary celebration of its decade long mission to bring art by prominent and emerging Texas artists outdoors to the community.

    In honor of that 10th anniversary, the annual sculpture exhibition looks back and to the future, joining forces with some of its early artists to showcase their latest works.

    This year, True North has collaborated with acclaimed artists Joe Barrington, Marsha Dorsey-Outlaw, Dan Havel, Paul Kittelson, Sharon Kopriva, Patrick Medrano, Dean Ruck and Ed Wilson, all of whom have been a part of True North's dynamic journey since its inception.

    “Efflorescence” at Ion Plaza (March 22 through Spring)

    The latest public art addition to the Ion innovation hub blooms with this interactive installation fabricated by the Austin-based artist team of Ilya Pieper and Whiptail Designs (Nathan Kandus).

    Affixed to the Ion Plaza’s trellis, “Efflorescence” consists of a snaking vine structure with pigmented mica painted leaves. The installation also incorporates a number of flowers that are made from dichroic film, a material that appears to change color as viewers changes position.

    "Bayou City Art Festival" in Memorial Park (March 24-26)

    Houston's favorite and always massive outdoor art festival hits the park again. As one of the largest juried fine art festivals in the United States.

    The three-day festival features the works of 300 national and international artists, a food truck park, two entertainment stages, a craft beer and wine garden, an Art Bar, an Active Imagination Zone for kids of all ages, a VIP hospitality lounge, and more, and now all within a quick walk from the Memorial Park Land Bridge trails.

    “The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps” at Menil Collection (March 24-August 13)

    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents "Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish"
      

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    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents "Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish" closing day

    When we walk into an exhibition or even a whole museum we might think we’re looking at art from our own unique perspective, but someone beside the original artist can influence how we see the art, the curator. The Menil puts the spotlight on the discerning eye of curator with this new show.

    Featuring 130 artworks by seventy artists, the exhibition will explore the influential curatorial vision of the Menil Collection’s Founding Director Walter Hopps (1932–2005) and his appreciation for art from the 1930s to the early 2000s.

    In a statement about the exhibition, current Menil director, Rebecca Rabinow, notes the importance of Hopps’s influence. “While Director of the Menil, Hopps worked with Dominique de Menil to curate landmark exhibitions of artists Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duchamp, Edward Kienholz, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. She deeply valued his ‘infallible eye’ and ‘understanding of current trends.’ Two years after the museum opened, Hopps relinquished his directorial role so that he could return to his true love: working with artists and curating exhibitions.”

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    Best May Art

    Floating worlds and immersive experiences top Houston's 9 best new art openings

    Tarra Gaines
    May 8, 2025 | 2:30 pm
    ​“Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified, The Immersive Rock Experience!”
    Photo courtesy of Artechouse
    “Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified, The Immersive Rock Experience!” opens at Artechouse in May.

    After an blooming array of outdoor art installations the last few months, new art takes flight indoors for some rocking immersive shows and stunning exhibitions embracing the natural world. Art and science meet at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Houston Museum of Natural Science, while art and history merge at Rice Moody Center, the CAMH, and the Menil Collection. Houston-based artists also take the spotlight in several big shows across the city.

    “EAT!!” at the Silos in Sawyer Yards (now through May 24)
    This exhibition from local mixed-media artist Diane Gelman showcases the art of dining in a thoughtful-yet-whimsical new way. A feast for the eyes, this new solo exhibition features paintings, sculptures, and installations all about one of our favorite subjects, food. For Gelman, a registered and licensed dietitian, food is a celebration, served with joy, fostering social activity and positivity the world over. It is a universal language that promotes cross-cultural connection, and nourishes both our bodies and souls. “EAT!!” will encourage personal reflection and will be an entire smorgasbord for the senses. Gelman was awarded a 2025 Individual Artists Grant for EAT!! from the City of Houston.

    “Audubon's Birds of America” at Houston Museum of Natural Science (now through September 1)
    Perhaps one of the most famous naturalist books of all time, John James Audubon’s Birds of America series captivated its original 19th century audience with its spectacular, life-sized ornithological illustrations and helped to make birding the hobby that it is today. This fascinating exhibition at the HMNS gives us the chance to see these illustrations up close in all their colorful plumage. Originally organized by the National Museums Scotland, the exhibition includes 46 prints from their rare unbound collection of Birds of America. Along with these magnificent illustrations, the show will explore both the beauty of Audubon’s work and the complexities of his legacy, including Audubon as an adventurer and naturalist legend, as well as the more complex, problematic realities of his actual life.

    “Floating World: A.A.Murakam” at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (now through September 5)
    In the past few years, Houston has become home to so many immersive and interactive art spaces, but the MFAH will always be the pioneer when it comes to giving viewers the chance to play amid the art. Once again, the MFAH has captured art lightning in a bottle, this time literally, with the multi-gallery exhibition by the Tokyo and London-based A.A.Murakami, also know as Azusa Murakami, and Alexander Groves. Melding science, nature, and art, the duo create large-scale immersive landscapes working in mediums of light, fog, plasma, bubbles and sound. Each gallery holds work that is etherial, constantly transforming and will never be the same with each visit. Expect “Floating Worlds” to be a local social media art star by June.

    “This is the first exhibition in a U. S. museum of the work of these remarkable artists,” noted MFAH director Gary Tinterow. “The term that A.A.Murakami has used to characterize their work, 'Ephemeral Tech,' aptly captures the uncanny nature of these mesmerizing environments, which rely on the latest innovations in artifice and science to evoke the timeless, fleeting moments of nature’s forces.”

    “The Eternal Garden: Titanium Art by Aka Chen” at Houston Museum of Natural Science (now through September)
    This exhibition of work by the renowned Taiwanese artist Aka Chen features 20 sculptures that uniquely combine jewelry artistry and Chinese brush painting using titanium and gemstones. Chen’s unique process involves sculpting the metal under water using precision tools originally designed for medical applications and working at extraordinarily high temperatures. Once shaped, the titanium undergoes an anodization process, revealing a mesmerizing iridescent shimmer. This intricate process culminates in the artful setting of carefully selected gemstones, each enhancing the inherent beauty of the titanium and elevating the pieces into works of art. Chen’s sculptures represent the most delicate objects and creatures in nature, like flowers, butterflies, and dragonflies, but are formed by some of the strongest natural material.

    “Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified, The Immersive Rock Experience!” at Artechouse (May 15-August 31)
    When the artful fun house that is Artechouse opened last June, the plan was always to rotate in new installations and exhibition, and this latest one will surely rock our art world. This immersive video experience takes audiences on a 50-minute rock ‘n’ roll journey through music history, dropping them into a 270-degree, floor-to-ceiling, 18K-resolution digital canvas and state-of-the-art surround sound. Putting viewers right in the midst of rock history and classic concerts, “Amplified” features rare footage from live performance and behind-the-scenes and candid artist moments, exclusive portrait sessions, album art, and posters. Artechouse says “Amplified delivers one of the most comprehensive collections of rock ‘n’ roll imagery ever assembled and includes the work of 500 photographers and film directors."

    “The Space Between Looking and Loving: Francesca Fuchs and the de Menil House” at Menil Collection (May 23-November 2)
    This show of the acclaimed Houston-based artist’s latest work was inspired by a 50-year-old letter that John de Menil wrote to Fuchs’s father, a German classical archeologist, when seeking his expertise on a sculpture in Menil’s private collection. Decades late, Fuchs found a photo of that piece in her father’s personal effects. “The Space Between” becomes Fuchs’s response to John’s unanswered letter, in the form of her painting various objects, including other art work, from the de Menil House. Through her own artwork, Fuchs reflects on the nature of everyday objects, attempting to capture their fundamental truths. For this series of paintings, Fuchs researched hundreds of photographs taken of the de Menil’s home and studied how artworks were moved through the interior spaces throughout the decades.

    “Francesca’s sincere and inspired approach to researching the de Menil house and permanent collection has generated a refreshingly original and rich perspective on the lives of objects collected by John and Dominique de Menil,” described Menil Collection curator, Paul R. Davis. “Her enduring pursuit of painting compels us to think about the layered and fungible meanings of everyday objects.”

    “Figurative Histories” at Rice Moody Center (May 30-August 16)
    For their dynamic summer exhibition, the Moody Center celebrates Texas-based artists Letitia Huckaby, Earlie Hudnall, Jr., David McGee, and Delita Martin. Besides hailing from the Lone Star State, these four artists also create figurative artwork influenced by their personal histories and socio-political themes. Their work often depicts the human body and uses images from the past to understand the present. Many of the pieces in the exhibition also explore historical absences, especially the lack of Black representation in traditional Western art.

    The exhibition will include photographs by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. of daily life in Houston’s Third, Fourth, and Fifth Wards, eight portraits from Letitia Huckaby’s acclaimed “A Living Requiem” series. The show will also feature seven large-scale watercolors from David McGee’s “Avenging Angels” series, more than one hundred works on paper from his “Tarot Cards” series, and brand new works by Delita Martin, drawn from her “Song Keepers” series, which honors the presence of Black women in history, memory, and spirit.

    “Clément Cogitore: Collective Memories” at Rice Moody Center (May 30-August 16)
    Presented in adjacent galleries, these two video installations from the renowned French artist, director, and photographer, Cogitore, create a dialogue with each other about the nature of community performance and collective energy. The first film, Les Indes galantes, offers a contemporary version of the the 18th century Baroque opera ballet by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. In this reimagining, classic ballet is replaced with krumping, a dance style popularized in South Central Los Angeles in the early 2000s. The second video, Morgestraich (2022), pays tribute to the Carnival of Basel, an event held in Switzerland since the Middle Ages. The piece features elaborately dressed carnival participants against a dark backdrop, walking continually toward an invisible crowd.

    “Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe” at Contemporary Arts Museum (May 30-March 29, 2026)
    This mid-career survey of the award-winning, Houston-born artist will showcase nearly a decade of her multidisciplinary work, including painting, printmaking, video, photography, fiber, and sculpture. Jackson creates much of her art through a research process grounded in interviews with local community members, historians, and advocates. Jackson weaves together color theory and these discovered histories to explore themes of land, labor, and law — culminating in vibrant pieces that celebrate the empowerment of disenfranchised groups within American democracy.

    “My family is a product of the Great Migration route from Texas to California and I am thrilled to bring Across The Universe to Contemporary Arts Museum Houston,” Jackson said in a statement. “This opportunity to share more than 10 years of my work visualizing public narratives across disciplines to the city of my birth is a long held dream come true.”

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    Photo courtesy of Artechouse
    “Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified, The Immersive Rock Experience!” opens at Artechouse in May.
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