Houston Art Events

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Target Free First Sunday: To the Moon and Beyond Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Sun., October 4, 1:00pm-5:00pm	Kirby-West U	Art Children's Events Family Events Free Events
When professional magician and theater producer/director Georges Méliès saw a moving picture demonstration in 1895, he was thoroughly enraptured and dedicated the rest of his life to the new art form. (One could make a convincing case that Méliès, invented... More >>

"Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet" Discovery Green Conservancy	Daily from Fri., October 9 until Sun., January 3	Downtown/ Midtown	Art Environmental
All of the 50 super-size globes (they're five feet wide and seven feet tall) in the "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet" outdoor exhibit are messages from artists around the world, from schoolchildren to international talents, suggesting solutions to global warming. In Mitch Levin and... More >>

Keith Carter: "Unseen & Rediscovered" Art League Houston	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Thu., October 1 until Fri., October 30	Montrose	Art Free Events
For cultural institutions, fall is the time to bring out the artillery, and Art League Houston's big gun is photographer Keith Carter, one of Texas's most prolific and renowned artists. In "Unseen & Rediscovered," an exhibition of photographs by the 2009 Texas Artist of the Year, the Art League... More >>

Jill Moser: "Sixteen Street" Art Exhibit Wade Wilson Art	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., September 24 until Sat., October 24	Montrose	Art Free Events
It may technically be fall, but it still feels summery inside Wade Wilson Gallery, currently home to "Sixteen Street," a collection of works on paper by Jill Moser. A painter and drawer who seeks to develop a "rendered visual language," Moser creates abstract but simple works, often a... More >>

"Taboo!!" Art Exhibit Bering & James Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Wed., October 14 until Wed., November 18	River Oaks	Art
Catherine Cameron, one of eight artists and photographers participating in the Bering & James exhibit "Taboo!!," makes art that examines the idea of the forbidden. Her EGO 6 Persona Self Portraits series of soft-focus black-and-white photographs show only glimpses of her; a close-up of her... More >>

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"Topiary Text Lead" space125Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Mon., September 7 until Mon., October 5, 10:00am-4:00pm	River Oaks	Art

"Flotsam and Jetsam: Artists Respond to Hurricane Ike" Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., August 8 until Thu., October 8	Clear Lake	Art Free Events

"Fragmento" Station Museum of Contemporary Art	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Wed., September 2 until Sun., October 18 more dates/times	Third Ward	Art Free Events Multi-Cultural

"Omar Angel Perez: Stilett"O"s" Houston Center for Contemporary Craft	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., August 29 until Sat., October 24, 10:00am-5:00pm more dates/times	Downtown/ Midtown	Art

"Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas" Contemporary Arts Museum Houston	Every week Thursday from Thu., September 3 until Sun., November 1, 10:00am-9:00pm more dates/times	Montrose	Art

"Ancient Lands/Modern Landscapes: Aboriginal Paintings from Sandover River Country" Booker-Lowe Gallery	Fri., September 18, 6:00pm-8:00pm more dates/times	Heights	Art

"Reduced Visibility" Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Fri., September 4, 6:30pm-8:30pm more dates/times	Kirby-West U	Art Museum Exhibits & Events

"The Image Altered" Art League Houston	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., September 18 until Thu., November 19, 9:00am-5:00pm	Montrose	Art Free Events

"Body in Fragments" The Menil Collection	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., August 21 until Sun., February 28, 11:00am-7:00pm	Montrose	Art

"Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews during the Holocaust" Holocaust Museum Houston	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Thu., July 16 until Sun., February 7, 9:00am-5:00pm more dates/times	Third Ward	Art Free Events Multi-Cultural Photo

"The Hosek Collection of American Art" Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday from Sat., August 22 until Sat., December 19, 10:00am-5:00pm more dates/times	Outer Loop - NW	Art

“Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday from Wed., September 16 until Sun., January 3, 10:00am-5:00pm more dates/times	Kirby-West U	Art Museum Exhibits & Events

Menil Collection The Menil Collection	Daily	Montrose	Art Museum Exhibits & Events

Sunday Storytime Tours Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Every week Sunday, 2:00pm-3:00pm more dates/times	Kirby-West U	Art Children's Events Museum Exhibits & Events Reading & Storytelling

Target Free First Sunday Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Sun., October 4, 1:00pm-5:00pm	Kirby-West U	Art Lectures

Distinguished Critics Lecture: Raphael Rubinstein The Menil Collection	Tue., October 6, 7:00pm	Montrose	Art Free Events Lectures

Antiques 101 Bayou Bend Collection	Wed., October 7, 6:00pm	Heights	Art Lectures

Mughal Painting at its Zenith: The Life and Reign of the Indian Emperor Shah Jahan, Builder of the Taj Mahal Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Thu., October 8, 6:30pm	Kirby-West U	Art Lectures

18 Hands Gallery: Fiber Exhibit/October Opening Reception 18 Hands Gallery	Sat., October 10, 6:00pm	Heights	Art Art - Galleries Parties & Receptions

Looking Together Museum of Fine Arts, Houston	Mon., October 12, 9:30am-11:30am	Kirby-West U	Art Lectures