This Week in Texas Art
Aug 23 – Aug 30, 2026
What's opening and on view this week across Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Marfa.
Art, Place, and Power: Project Row Houses in Houston's Third Ward
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 8, 2026
Rana Begum: No. 1573 Reflectors
Rana Begum: No. 1573 Reflectors
The Ismaili Center, Houston
2026
Jacklee · CC BY-SA 3.0
Art Has Many Facets
The Menil Collection
Through Sep 10, 2026
The1fiddler · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vian Sora: Outerworlds
Asia Society Texas Center
Through Sep 2026
Nevine Mahmoud
Asia Society Texas Center
Through Sep 2026
ARTECHOUSE Houston: Blooming Wonders
ARTECHOUSE Houston: Blooming Wonders
ARTECHOUSE Houston
Mar 6 – Sep 7, 2026
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ernesto Neto: SunForceOceanLife
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Mar 8 – Sep 7, 2026
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Undercurrents
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Undercurrents
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
Through Jan 24, 2027
Jacklee · CC BY-SA 3.0
Foyer Installation: Mel Bochner, Chryssa, and Dorothy Hood
The Menil Collection
Apr 1 – Oct 25, 2026
dvanhorn from Somerville, MA, USA · CC BY 2.0
John Akomfrah: The Hour of the Dog
The Menil Collection
Apr 24 – Oct 11, 2026
Robert Pruitt: Infinite
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Through Nov 2026
Divination: Beverly Buchanan & Dionne Lee
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Through Nov 2026
Jacklee · CC BY-SA 3.0
Southern Outsider Artists
The Menil Collection
May 6 – Dec 13, 2026
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Picasso–Klee–Matisse: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
May 20 – Sep 13, 2026
Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
May 22 – Nov 1, 2026
Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Moody Center for the Arts
Summer 2026
Art Club: Summer 2026
Art Club: Summer 2026
Art Club at POST Houston
Summer 2026
Prints & Drawings: Selections from the MFAH Collection
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Through Sep 1, 2026
Echoes & Reverberations: Everyone Is an Artist & Engineer
Echoes & Reverberations: Everyone Is an Artist & Engineer
Houston Public Library — Central
Through Aug 2026
Marking Time: Process in Minimal Abstraction
Marking Time: Process in Minimal Abstraction
Menil Drawing Institute
Jun 20 – Oct 11, 2026
Summer Exhibition
Summer Exhibition
Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino
Jul – Sep 2026
La Ruche HTX Summer Residency Exhibition
La Ruche HTX Summer Residency Exhibition
RUBY Projects / La Ruche HTX
Jul – Aug 2026
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
America 250: 1776–2026
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Jul 1, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027
Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0
Contested Landscapes
Houston Center for Photography
Jul 10 – Sep 20, 2026
Nick Douglas · CC BY 2.0
Summer Exhibition: Material Conversations
Art League Houston
Jul 10 – Aug 30, 2026
Cauleen Smith: We Already Have What We Need
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Jul 15 – Oct 3, 2026
Chelsea4567 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Learning Curve 18
Houston Center for Photography
Jul 16 – Sep 6, 2026
Olga de Amaral: To Weave a Rock
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Jul 25 – Sep 19, 2026
Jordan Strafer: Trilogy
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Jul 28 – Nov 26, 2026
Jacklee · CC BY-SA 3.0
Enchanted: Visual Histories of the Central Andes
The Menil Collection
Jul 30 – Nov 14, 2026
Jesus Benavente: NUESTROWORLD
Jesus Benavente: NUESTROWORLD
DiverseWorks
Aug 1 – Sep 30, 2026
Gabriel Martinez: Article
Gabriel Martinez: Article
The Ismaili Center, Houston
Aug 15, 2026 – TBD
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Samurai to the Imperial Court
Dallas Museum of Art
Through Sep 6, 2026
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Roy Lichtenstein: Joint Acquisition
Nasher Sculpture Center
Jan 31 – Oct 24, 2026
LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Du Chau: Tracing the Threads of Memory
Crow Museum of Asian Art
Apr 4, 2026 – Mar 14, 2027
Dallas contemporary 16 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Francisco Moreno: Historia Sintética
Dallas Contemporary
Apr 17 – Aug 30, 2026
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
X Marks the Spot: Brand X Editions
Dallas Museum of Art
May 24 – Nov 8, 2026
Nadia Kaabi-Linke · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dallas Contemporary Summer Series 2026
Dallas Contemporary
Jun – Aug 2026
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
The First Bauhaus Portfolio
Dallas Museum of Art
Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 15, 2027
Shinya Azuma: (Not) Samurai, (Not) Cowboy
Shinya Azuma: (Not) Samurai, (Not) Cowboy
Galleri Urbane
Aug 22 – Sep 26, 2026
Joseph Carway: Fuzzy Felt
Joseph Carway: Fuzzy Felt
Galleri Urbane
Aug 22 – Sep 26, 2026
Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
Rosas y Revelaciones
Mexic-Arte Museum
Through 2026
Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
Contemporary Project 16: Tammy Nguyen
Blanton Museum of Art
Jan 17 – Sep 6, 2026
Will Buckner · CC BY 2.0
Laura Lit at Laguna Gloria
The Contemporary Austin
Apr 23, 2026 – Jan 17, 2027
Art in Every Corner: The WPA
Blanton Museum of Art
May 2 – Sep 27, 2026
Where Memory Becomes Land
Where Memory Becomes Land
Central Library Gallery
Jul 16 – Sep 13, 2026
Spirit of Space
Spirit of Space
Art For The People Gallery
Aug 22 – Oct 30, 2026
Yuliya Lanina: Dress Rehearsal
Yuliya Lanina: Dress Rehearsal
grayDUCK Gallery
Aug 29 – Sep 26, 2026
Rubycityart · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sensing Meaning: Abstract Painting
Ruby City
Sep 27, 2025 – Aug 30, 2026
Zereshk · CC BY-SA 3.0
Canvas to Clay: O'Keeffe & Martinez to Mata Ortiz
San Antonio Museum of Art
Oct 4, 2025 – Oct 4, 2026
Daniel Rios Rodriguez: Open This Wall
Daniel Rios Rodriguez: Open This Wall
Ruby City Studio
Oct 25, 2025 – Oct 4, 2026
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Untitled: 20 Years of Collecting Contemporary Art
McNay Art Museum
Through 2026
roy.luck · CC BY 2.0
Tejanos Legacy: Another American Origin Story
Briscoe Western Art Museum
Through 2026
Rubycityart · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tracey Rose
Ruby City
Jun 6, 2026 – May 9, 2027
HDRDON · CC BY-SA 3.0
Five New Exhibitions
Contemporary at Blue Star
Jun 27 – Oct 4, 2026
Another Hit: 48 Artists
Another Hit: 48 Artists
FL!GHT Gallery
Jul 4 – Sep 30, 2026
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