Upcoming and Ongoing Exhibits

The visual arts are alive and well in Houston.  The Houston area museums present internationally recognized art to captivate audiences.  Commercial galleries listed below boast strong rosters of contemporary artists from Houston, Texas, and across the nation.  Galleries also represent art from the full spectrum of art styles and mediums.  Throughout the year photography, painting, sculpture, and multi-media exhibits demonstrate Houston’s vibrant artistic culture.

New Exhibits open each week while others depart, keep up to date here.  Ongoing exhibits are ordered by the ending date.  Recently opened exhibits will typically congregate at the end of the list.

All links open in a new window. If you know of an event not listed please e-mail me. Copyright requests should also be directed to Allen at the previous link. List Updated 9/04/08.

Opening Soon
Nancy Negley
Beginning on September 04, 2008
Meredith Long & Co. 2323 San Felipe
“Systems of Belief”
September 04, 2008 - October 04, 2008
HCC Art Gallery 3517 Austin
“Mechanical Perceptions”
September 05, 2008 - October 12, 2008
Fotofest 1113 Vine St. Ste. 101
Tracye Wear
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eptember 05, 2008 - October 11, 2008
Joan Wich & Co. 4411 Montrose Blvd.
S Pinto Souza
September 05, 2008 - September 26, 2008
Thornwood Gallery 1201 Birdsall St.
“Still Still Life” Joe Mancuso
September 05, 2008 - October 04, 2008
Barbara Davis Gallery 4411 Montrose
“Passage” Begona Egurbide
September 05, 2008 - October 04, 2008
Anya Tish Gallery 4411 Montrose Blvd.
“Viewpoints” Margaret Dobbins, Harold Joiner, Sally Mayfield
September 05, 2008 - October 02, 2008
Archway Gallery 2013 C West Gray
Texas Artist of the Year 2008: Melissa Miller
September 05, 2008 - October 10, 2008
Art League Houston 1953 Montrose Blvd.
“A Letter From Warren”
September 06, 2008 - September 28, 2008
18 Hands Gallery 249 W. 19th
Michelle O’Michael
September 06, 2008 - September 30, 2008
Darke Gallery 5321 Feagan
“Wildly Domestic” Carter Ernst
September 06, 2008 - September 22, 2008
G Gallery 301 E. 11th
Paul Kittelson
Beginning on September 06, 2008
Nauhaus 223 E. 11th St.
Brian Maguire
September 06, 2008 - September 28, 2008
Redbud Gallery 303 E. 11th
“Structure”
September 06, 2008 - September 24, 2008
Bering & James Gallery 805 Rhode Place, #500
Closing Soon
“Texas Grass Prints” Dave Webb
June 12, 2008 - September 06, 2008
Printing Museum 1324 W. Clay St.
Dan Kopp, Jay Davis
July 11, 2008 - September 06, 2008
CTRL Gallery 3907 Main St.
Jay Davis at CTRL Gallery.  © Davis.
“Color & Light” Victoria Lewelling, Monique Weston
August 23, 2008 - September 08, 2008
Hungry’s Gallery 2356 Rice Blvd.
Ongoing Exhibits
Affordable Australian Aboriginal Art
July 12, 2008 - September 12, 2008
Booker Lowe Gallery 4623 Feagan St.
“Modern Jackpot: Vintage Vegas Signs” Marilyn Davenport
June 30, 2008 - September 13, 2008
Printing Museum 1324 W. Clay St.
“Left Alone”
August 16, 2008 - September 13, 2008
ArtStorm 4828 Caroline St.
African American Battlefields of the Civil War: Contemporary Photography by William Earle Williams
May 13, 2008 - September 14, 2008
MFAH Caroline Wiess Law 1001 Bissonnet
“In Residence: Works by 2007 Artists-in-Residence”
July 11, 2008 - September 14, 2008
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft 4848 Main St.
“Defending Democracy” Emory Douglas, ASARO, Otabenga Jones & Associates
June 07, 2008 - September 14, 2008
Station Museum 1502 Alabama
Summer Group Show: Damon Thomas, Kathy Boortz, Debby Stevens
August 23, 2008 - September 14, 2008
Buchanan Gallery 220 25th St., Galveston
Ackermann’s Repository: A Window Into 19th-Century England
May 24, 2008 - September 21, 2008
MFAH Caroline Wiess Law 1001 Bissonnet
“From Clay to Metal” Ishmael Soto
August 28, 2008 - September 25, 2008
O’Kane Gallery UofH Downtown, 1 Main St.
“Transcendental Smoothie” Mary Magsamen, Stephan Hellerbrand
“The Grand Tour, Texas” Omar Vera
“(Re)Vision: A Visual Preservation of Houston’s Inner Loop” Shannon Duncan
“What’s in a Line” Judith Cottrell, Alex Lopez
August 22, 2008 - September 27, 2008
Lawndale 4912 Main St.
“END GAME: British Contemporary Art from the Chaney Family Collection”
June 14, 2008 - September 28, 2008
MFAH Caroline Wiess Law 1001 Bissonnet
Perspectives 162: Snow Allie Bogle, Libbie Masterson
July 18, 2008 - September 28, 2008
CAMH 5216 Montrose Blvd.
“NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith”
June 27, 2008 - September 28, 2008
The Menil Collection 1515 Sul Ross

“Heroes Alter Egos” Robert Hodge, Lovie Olivia, Michael K. Taylor, Lance Flowers
August 31, 2008 - October 02, 2008
Space125 Gallery 3201 Allen Parkway, Suite 250
Sam Taylor-Wood
August 02, 2008 - October 05, 2008
CAMH 5216 Montrose Blvd.
“Flora/Fauna and Other Natural Concerns” Helen Altman
August 23, 2008 - October 05, 2008
Galveston Arts Center 2127 Strand, Galveston
“Unabridged Editions: WIVLA Print & Photography Show”
July 31, 2008 - October 18, 2008
Printing Museum 1324 W. Clay St.
In the Forest of Fountainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet
July 31, 2008 - October 19, 2008
MFAH Audrey Jones Beck 5601 Main St.
“The Black List Project” Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Elvis Mitchell
August 03, 2008 - October 26, 2008
MFAH Caroline Wiess Law 1001 Bissonnet
“The Legacy of an American Potter” Warren MacKenzie
August 30, 2008 - November 30, 2008
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft 4848 Main St.
AIGA 50 Books/ 50 Covers
August 28, 2008 - December 13, 2008
Printing Museum 1324 W. Clay St.
Korean Art and Culture Initiative
December 08, 2007 - December 15, 2008
MFAH Caroline Wiess Law 1001 Bissonett
Korean, Girdle with pendants, 5th century
Suckling is Continuous: Kathy Kelley
February 09, 2008 - December 31, 2008
BBAP, Freed Park Houston Ave & White Oak Dr.
The Design Council 10-Year Anniversary Exhibition
August 23, 2008 - January 04, 2009
MFAH Caroline Wiess Law 1001 Bissonnet
“Imaginary Spaces”
August 22, 2008 - March 01, 2009
The Menil Collection 1515 Sul Ross
The Quest for High Bear: A Boy’s Odyssey Through Indian Country 1925-1939
August 15, 2008 - March 15, 2009
HMNS 1 Herman Circle Dr.
War Bonnets, from the Gordon W. Smith Native American Art & Artifact collection. © Dick Lane