Journal
News, guides, reviews, and features from the Texas art scene.
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Review: Olga de Amaral — To Weave a Rock at the MFAH
A 60-year career in gold, silver, and thread. The Colombian fiber artist's first major U.S. retrospective is monumental, luminous, and unmissable.
RedDot Texas
Review: Robert Pruitt — Infinite at CAMH
Twenty-five years of portraiture, storytelling, and imagination. Pruitt's return to Houston is the homecoming the city's art scene needed.
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Review: Nic Nicosia — Everyday Surreal at the Nasher
Nic Nicosia's five-decade survey at the Nasher: Dallas's most important living artist, finally assessed.
Rubycityart · CC BY-SA 4.0
Review: Tracey Rose at Ruby City
Tracey Rose returns to San Antonio with TKO and 62 unseen drawings at Ruby City. A career-defining show.
Jhihyinlee · CC BY-SA 3.0
Meow Wolf vs. Art Club: Houston's Immersive Art Showdown
Meow Wolf vs. Artechouse Houston: two immersive art venues compared. Which one is worth your time?
Ernesto Neto at MFAH: SunForceOceanLife Review
Ernesto Neto turned crochet into a 6,000-pound sculpture you climb inside. His MFAH retrospective is unmissable.
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lichtenstein in Dallas: The DMA-Nasher Gift
Lichtenstein Foundation gifts 50+ works to the DMA and Nasher. The biggest joint acquisition in Dallas art history.
Nick Douglas · CC BY 2.0
Review: 'Town Meeting' at Art League Houston
Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin's exhibition revisits the 1978 gathering of 4,000 LGBTQIA+ Houstonians at the Astro Arena — and asks what's changed since.
Zereshk · CC BY-SA 3.0
Review: 'Canvas to Clay' at SAMA
SAMA pairs O'Keeffe with Maria Martinez pottery and Mexican ceramics. A quiet show that rewards slow looking.
Review: Cauleen Smith at CAMH
Cauleen Smith's CAMH survey is the must-see Houston show of summer 2026. Film, textiles, and radical generosity.
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Review: Revolver Galeria's 'Nomos' on Peden Street
Revolver Galeria opens on Peden Street with 'Nomos,' a Latin American group show about territory and belonging.
LingChen09 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Prada Marfa: The Desert Art That Wouldn't Die
Prada Marfa was meant to decay. Instead it became Texas's most famous artwork. The full, strange story.
Review: Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin' at the Blanton
Ellsworth Kelly's Austin chapel is a masterpiece of light and color. An atheist's gift to a university museum.
Review: Lozano-Hemmer's 'Undercurrents' at the Cistern
Buffalo Bayou Cistern meets Lozano-Hemmer: a mile of LED light inside a 1926 underground reservoir. Review.
Chelsea4567 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Review: Meow Wolf Houston's Radio Tave
A surreal radio station, an interdimensional portal, and the question every serious art city has to answer: what counts as art?
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