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Besides the alluring finds in fields and barns, this fall’s Round Top Antiques + Design Show was defined by exciting events with a side of country. Cue The Halles, where PaperCity magazine and Round Top Publishers created a series of unique evenings to…
Read MoreThe “Repsychedelic” theme of the deliciously raucous Orange Show gala was as much a nod to the era of bell bottoms, flower power and LSD as it was to 21st century sustainability mandates. Embracing the motif, devotees of the folk art phenom…
Read MoreCalling all disciples of architecture, modernism and design: An upcoming lecture cracks open an important chapter in the alluring tale of mid-century modernism. This Wednesday, November 9, Houston Mod — the nonprofit devoted to preserving and educating…
Read MoreOne of the luminaries of American bath design, Barbara Sallick — co-founder, with husband Robert Sallick, of the iconic brand Waterworks — is coming to Houston for the launch of her latest book, The Ultimate Bath (Rizzoli, $60), with a talk and book si…
Read MoreNew Orleans is a mythic metropolis, where the perfume of the past and the strains of jazz, zydeco, and blues encounter a contemporary renaissance that honors history. Here, the gilded griot of multiculturism pervades while a fresh breeze of culinary, d…
Read MoreAutumn brings a global dialogue to Houston — and it’s a conversation that couldn’t be more topical. The Future is Unwritten – Healing Arts Houston: Innovations in Arts and Health aligns with Houston’s prime roles in health care and the visual and perfo…
Read More28 years ago — a lifetime ago in contemporary art, and nearly a decade before the first Art Basel Miami Beach was staged — a micro art fair was born that would go on to shape both the New York and U.S. collecting scene for a generation to come. It ecli…
Read MoreHouston’s gallery scene boasts a series of foundational women dealers — Fredericka Hunter, Betty Moody, Barbara Davis, Kerry Inman, María Inés Sicardi and Allison Ayers. Together, they comprise more than two centuries in the art biz. Now there’s a prom…
Read MoreFour hundred years, the Atlantic Ocean, and eons of art history separate the two artists featured in “SLAY: Artemisia Gentileschi & Kehinde Wiley,” opening this month at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth (July 19 – October 9). Yet Gentileschi (t…
Read MoreA quartet of Houston art shows are honoring the meaning and message of Juneteenth as they address the African diaspora. Coup for CAMH The much anticipated “Amoako Boafo: Soul of Black Folks” arrives at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, co-organized by…
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