BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Hockney and Van Gogh paintings meet in Houston for exhibition on the joys of nature
Despite Covid-19, the show will open with works now safely flown across the Atlantic
NewsArt market
Houston politician's mysterious collection of African artefacts raises alarm bells
Hundreds of pieces of African art are being stored in a publicly funded warehouse by the Harris County commissioner Rodney Ellis with little explanation of their background
NewsPhotography
Resistance, subversion and identity at the heart of Fotofest's first African focus
The complicated kinship between photography and colonialism is exposed at this year's festival in Houston
NewsConservation & Preservation
After a discovery, Rothko Chapel moves to shore up its walls
Lack of steel reinforcement results in a plan to insert rebar, delaying the reopening of the Modernist sanctuary
NewsConservation & Preservation
Rothko Chapel to be restored, and gain auxiliary buildings
Artist's son says the project will "do right by my father’s vision for the space"
NewsBuilding projects
Houston's museum building boom continues with opening of Menil Drawing Institute
Campus expansions at three museums in Texas's biggest city focus on creating civic spaces as well as on showing art
NewsArtists
Jasper Johns show and catalogue raisonné open Menil Collection’s new Drawing Institute
The 88-year-old artist, who gets the institute’s inaugural show, was deeply involved in the drawings catalogue project
NewsPublic art
White supremacist messages and paint spread outside Rothko Chapel in Houston
The historic art installation created as a "sacred space for reflection" was restored and reopened on Monday
NewsConservation & Preservation
Hidden ‘LeWitt’ wall drawing may once again see light of day
Current owner of the collector William Stern’s former home wants to uncover work that was painted over when the Menil Collection sold the property
ArchiveBarnett Newman
Menil reveals secrets of Newman’s technique
An eight-year effort to restore a major work by Barnett Newman (1905-70) has shed new light on the artist’s methods.
ArchiveIran
Former Iranian ambassador gives $2.8m to assist Texas's Museum of Fine Arts in pursuit of Islamic art
The director says that the collection will be the first of its kind in the region, catering to an emergent Muslim community
ArchiveNicholas Serota
Tate director heads to Houston instead of Miami
Serota takes a mysterious trip
ArchiveKazimir Malevich
This summer, the "Kasimir Malevich: Suprematism" exhibition is to travel from Germany to the USA
Organised by the Guggenheim Foundation and the Menil Foundation, works presenting the Russian avant-garde's embrace of abstract art will be displayed
ArchiveRothko Chapel
Unveiled: the newly restored Rothko Chapel
A $1.8 million project saves both paintings and the contemplative space designed by the artist himself
ArchiveHouston
FotoFest 2000 combines traditional techniques with modern innovations
The Houston international photographic biennial is the only event of its kind in the US
ArchiveRobert Rauschenberg
Rauschenbergs confiscated from exhibition
Police take works of art off the walls to recover $5.5 million debt
ArchiveArt market
FotoFest 94 emphasises global environment concerns
The Texas gathering is expected to attract as many as 50,000 visitors
ArchiveMuseums
Houston's Museum of Fine Arts bucks the recession in Texas
The museum's endowment has grown to $157 million and a $50 million building by Raphael Moneo comes next