Texas
AUSTIN
THE BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART
512-471-7324
“Go West! Representations of the American Frontier” now-Sept. 23: Works from the C.R. Smith Collection of art of the American West. “American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting” now-May 13: More than 110 paintings by 71 artists of the Hudson River school.
THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER
512-471-8944
“The King James Bible: Its History and Influence” now-July 29: Materials from the Ransom Center and the Folger Shakespeare Library explore this book and its influence on the humanities even in the present day.
DALLAS
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART
214-922-1200
“Face to Face: International Art at the DMA” now-June 10: Works from the collection shown in pairs that suggest some similarities between the cultures and traditions. “Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties” now-May 27: A wide-ranging examination of works from the end of World War I to the start of the Great Depression, through painting, sculpture and photography.
KITTRELL/RIFFKIND ART GLASS GALLERY
972-239-7957
“Jared and Nicole Davis, Lea de Wit, Chris Hawthorne and April Wagner” March 10-April 7: New works from five glass artists.
THE TRAMMELL AND MARGARET CROW COLLECTION OF ASIAN ART
214-979-6430
“Fabled Journeys in Asian Art: East Asia” now-Aug. 5: Paintings, fans, sculpture and desk furniture that depict journeys. “David Gibson: Toward Kasuga Shrine along a Pathway of Lanterns” now-April 29: Photographs that evoke the peaceful spirit of the lanterns along the paths leading to the Shinto-Buddhist shrine in Nara.
FORT WORTH
KIMBELL ART MUSEUM
817-332-8451
“The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Clark” now-June 17: Exhibition of 72 paintings from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass.
HOUSTON
CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM HOUSTON
713-284-8250
“The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991” now-April 15: A survey of leading women artists that examines the feminist contribution to the deconstructionist movement. “Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion” now-April 1: Works by the Chicago-based painter who is interested in the expressive qualities of abstraction.
HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
713-529-4848
“Bride 11: Lia Cook” now-May 13: Large-scale woven images of human faces, woven on a digital jacquard loom, inspired by her imaging work in psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. “Transference: Andy Paiko & Ethan Rose” now-May 13: Exhibition that explores the aural potential of glass vessels.
THE MENIL COLLECTION
713-525-9400
“Imprinting the Divine: Byzantine & Russian Icons From the Menil Collection” now-March 18: More than 60 works that span 600 years. “Richard Serra Drawings: A Retrospective” now-June 10: The artists first drawings retrospective that traces Serra’s use of drawings both as artwork and as it applied to his sculpture. “This World Is Not My Home: Danny Lyon Photographs” March 30-July 29: Forty-five photographs that trace the artist’s career by a leading figure in the American street photography movement.
THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON
713-639-7300
“Tutenkhamen: The Golden King and the Great Pharoahs” now-April 15: More than 100 works featuring spectacular treasures. “Revelation: The Major paintings of Jules Olitski” now-May 6: Thirty-five paintings by a pioneer in Color Field Painting. “Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection” now-June 3: Almost 200 ceramics and works on paper from the collection, acquired by the museum in 2007.
IRVING
IRVING ARTS CENTER
972-252-7558
“27th Annual Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition” April 21-May 26: Juried exhibit features artwork by artists from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
SAN ANTONIO
MCNAY ART MUSEUM
210-824-5368
“Andy Warhol: Fame and Misfortune” now-May 20: More than 150 objects in all media exploring the artists obsession with fame and disaster.
SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART
210-978-8100
“Imagenes del Pueblo: Spanish Popular Graphics from the Permanent Collection” now-June 28: Works from the museum’s collection of more than 100 pieces of Spanish graphic art from the 18th and 19th centuries. “San Antonio Collects: African American Artists” now-May 6: Works reflecting the struggles and triumphs of the African American artistic community.
