Things to do
Arden’s Gallery
Represents the works of artists Laurent Boccara, Ted Cowart, Margaret Dobbins, Ken Elliott, Sunny McKinnon, Diana Mendoza and Joan Son, plus fine art photography by Barbara Sloan and a selection of fine oils and graphics by other artists. Arden’s gallery also has a custom framing shop.
Art Car Museum
The Art Car Museum is dedicated to contemporary art with an emphasis on art cars, other fine arts and artists that are rarely, if ever, acknowledged by other cultural institutions. The museum’s goal is to encourage the public’s awareness of the cultural, political, economic and personal dimensions of art.
Asia Society
Forward-thinking Houstonians led by former First Lady Barbara Bush and former Ambassador Roy M. Huffington established Asia Society Texas Center in 1979. Sharing the vision of John D. Rockefeller 3rd, who founded Asia Society in New York in 1956, they recognized the need to educate Americans about Asia and to forge closer ties between Houston and the peoples and institutions of Asia.
Byzantine Fresco Chapel
Deconsecrated chapel of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus. Currently houses The Infinity Machine, a site-specific installation by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, the first of a series of long-term installations planned for the chapel building.
Cy Twombly Art Museum
A collaboration between the Menil, the Dia Foundation, and the artist himself, the Cy Twombly Gallery that opened in 1995 reflects the depth of this institution’s commitment to individual artists and to a standard of presentation that honors the creator’s intent as it immerses visitors in a carefully created environment.
Dean Day Gallery
DEAN DAY GALLERY has provided art expertise & resources in assisting private collectors, design professionals & corporations in the acquisition of fine art since 1980. The gallery features contemporary, abstract, realist artwork & sculpture appealing to both the beginning & avid collector. DEAN DAY GALLERY is centrally located on “Gallery Row” in the Upper Kirby District and is an ASID member.
Deborah Colton Gallery
The primary goal of the Deborah Colton Gallery is the creation of a continually evolving innovative showcase for the ongoing presentation and international promotion of strong historical and visionary contemporary artists worldwide. While living in Asia for eight years, Deborah Colton’s first emanation was a virtual gallery, starting in 1998, whose main focus was to create an awareness and appreciation for the multi-media talents of artists from Thailand, Japan, China and throughout Asia.
Holocaust Museum Houston
Holocaust Museum Houston is dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust, remembering the 6 million Jews and other innocent victims and honoring the survivors’ legacy. Using the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides, we teach the dangers of hatred, prejudice and apathy.
Hooks-Epstein Gallery
Founded in 1969, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc. is one of Houston’s longest running art galleries. Hooks-Epstein Galleries is the only gallery specializing in fine art glass in this part of the country. The gallery’s inventory includes such artists as Toots Zynsky, Alex Gabriel Bernstein, and Bertil Vallien, along with many other established glass artists.
Houston Bicycle Museum
The goal of the Houston Bicycle Museum is to display collections of antique and classic bicycles as well as exhibiting cycling related memorabilia. The museum covers the spectrum of cycling beginning at its infancy in the mid 1850’s and chronicling its evolution through to the most sophisticated of today.
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) is a nonprofit arts organization founded to advance education about the process, product and history of craft. HCCC’s major emphasis is on objects of art made primarily from craft materials: clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood or found/recycled materials.
Houston Museum of Natural Science
The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain and promote a museum of the first class.
Laura Rathe Fine Art
With over 25 years’ experience in the industry, gallery owner, Laura Rathe, started her career working as a private art dealer before establishing Laura Rathe Fine Art (LRFA) in 1998 in Houston, Texas. Since the gallery’s inception, LRFA has established itself as a leading contemporary art venue, offering an impressive range of exhibitions and programming to its patrons.
McClain Gallery
McClain Gallery’s program represents important twentieth-century figures while continuing to commit to younger generations of artists, which includes primary representation of many Texas-based artists. The gallery has mounted monographic exhibitions, as well as published scholarly catalogues for Peter Halley, Donald Baechler, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Rosa Loy, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Julian Schnabel, Bo Joseph and Pablo Picasso.
Michelle Y Williams Gallery
Michelle Y Williams is a Houston based creator, explorer, humanitarian, and artist. The imagination of her work is evoked through multiple channels, including canvas, wood, metal, plexiglas & clay. Yet, it is an absence of negativity and cynicism, which sustain the heart of her creations: a mélange of interwoven spirit and gratitude.
National Museum of Funeral History
The National Museum of Funeral History is an educational experience like no other and offers something for everyone. Discover America’s largest collection of authentic, historical funeral service items. Learn about caskets and coffins, hearses through history, plus the funerals of Presidents, Popes, celebrities and more while you witness the cultural heritage of the funeral service industry and its time-honored tradition of compassion.
Nicole Longnecker Gallery
Located in the heart of Gallery Row, this art gallery offers a wide range of contemporary art and artistic ideas in various media by artists on both a national and international level through an active program of exhibitions displaying artistic expressions in drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Nicole Longnecker Gallery is dedicated to promoting visual art in our community by supporting local educational efforts and various non-profit organizations along with engaging new collectors and educating the community about art.
Project Row Houses
Project Row Houses occupies a significant footprint in Houston’s Historic Third Ward, one of the city’s oldest African-American neighborhoods. The site encompasses five city blocks and houses 39 structures that serve as home base to a variety of community enriching initiatives, art programs, and neighborhood development activities.
Rudolph Blume Fine Art/Artscan Gallery
Founded in 1998, Rudolph Blume Fine Art / ArtScan Gallery specializes in contemporary art by artists of different generations. It hopes to serve the public by curating inspiring, cutting-edge, thought-provoking exhibitions. The gallery is home to innovative, singular, and pioneering exhibitions across a variety of media and genres including painting, sculpture, photography, video, drawing and printmaking.
The Jung Center
For more than fifty years, The Jung Center has served as a nonprofit resource unique to Houston—a forum for dynamic conversations on a diverse range of psychological, artistic, and spiritual topics. Our mission is to support the development of greater self-awareness, creative expression, and psychological insight—individually, in relationships, and within the community.
The Menil Collection
The Menil Collection is an art museum located in Houston, Texas, USA, in a 30-acre neighborhood of art. The main building houses special exhibitions and the permanent collection, and it anchors a campus with three other museum buildings: two are dedicated to single artists (Cy Twombly and Dan Flavin) and another to year-long installation projects; a fourth building is under construction for a drawing institute. Known for displays that allow the objects and works of art to speak for themselves—there are no “didactics” on the wall or media in the galleries—the Menil philosophy is to foster each individual’s direct, personal encounter with works of art. The display of carefully chosen artworks in sympathetic settings are Menil hallmarks.
The Orange Show & Smither Park
Houston postman Jeff McKissack created The Orange Show in honor of his favorite fruit and illustrate his belief that longevity results from hard work and good nutrition. Working in isolation from 1956 until his death in 1980, McKissack used common building materials and found objects — bricks, tiles, fencing, farm implements — to transform an East End lot into an architectural maze of walkways, balconies, arenas and exhibits decorated with mosaics and brightly painted iron figures.
William Reeves | Sarah Foltz Gallery
William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, established 2006 in Houston, Texas, is dedicated to the promotion of premier Texas artists of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing particularly on historically significant artists active in the state during the period of 1900-1975.