Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Exhibitionsinterview
'America gives me no shortage of subject matter': Vincent Valdez on making art that connects communities
The artist's first major museum survey, "Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream..." at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, tracks 20 years of his identity-driven photorealism
Museums & Heritagefeature
Artists shine a light on historic Black communities in Texas
Art projects in Dallas and Houston are looking to preserve what is left of neglected ‘freedmen’s towns’ created by formerly enslaved African Americans
Heritagenews
A curator’s library of books on Black artists finds a home in Houston
In addition to assembling her own roving art book library, Amarie Cemone Gipson is a research fellow on a project in Houston to preserve and promote the history of Freedmen's Town
Museumsnews
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston names new director
Hesse McGraw has served at San Francisco and Nebraska art institutions
Politicscomment
How should museums respond to Donald Trump?
We asked directors of prominent US institutions what they can or should do