Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art - Houston, Texas

Claire Sherman participates in Happy Agitation curated by Christopher Patch at Able Baker Contemporary in Portland, Maine.

Out of Place: A Feminist Look at the Collection presents artworks that defy conventional museum display and collecting frameworks. By featuring works that have routinely been seen as “out of place” in major museums—because of the artist’s identity or their unorthodox approach to materials and subjects—the exhibition examines how artists can transform long-held cultural assumptions.

The Daily Collector: As we enter into the new decade, the revitalized spirit of painting is an insurgent force gaining traction online and in critical circles. At once, standard bearers of the art world rise from institutional halls and New York studios even as populist fervor follows a social media firestorm of painters who are … Continued

JB Baladad’s performance translates Weiner’s statement through urban dance, demonstrating the paranoia and trauma caused by gun violence in America. JB started his dance career in Qatar as an expatriate. He earned his BA in Multimedia Arts from Asia Pacific College in the Philippines, where he competed in over ten collegiate dance competitions and performed … Continued

“New Skin,” curated by Jason Stopa, is a five-part ensemble featuring a dozen paintings by Clare Grill, Juan Logan, Michael Berryhill, Shirley Kaneda, and Stopa himself—most of whom have been showing in New York for more than ten years.

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas has announced 60 artists selected for State of the Art 2020, a national survey exhibition of contemporary artists that will feature more than 100 works of art at the museum and its new satellite contemporary art space, which is called The Momentary. The show opens on February … Continued

Texas Civil Rights Project’s 2019 Bill of Rights dinner recognizes Cruz and Olivia Ortiz as TCRP Rising Leader Award Recipients.

This year, Lesley University celebrates their 30th graduating class from the low-residency MFA in Visual Arts program at Lesley Art and Design. In celebration, they are proud to present the exhibition, Kith + Kin: Friends and Mentors of Lesley MFA, an exhibition that highlights the effort and contribution of mentors and visiting artists over the years.

“Woman’s Face (Green Eyelids, Blue Nose,” from 1972, is among works on view in Knox Martin: New York 1962-2019,” at Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art through Dec. 7.

More than a decade after it appeared to late local artist, collector and benefactor Linda Pace in a vivid dream, Ruby City is finally a reality. Inspired by Pace’s sketches, designed by famed British architect Sir David Adjaye and built in partnership with local firm Alamo Architects, the $16 million, 14,000-square foot contemporary art center … Continued

Texas Contemporary is exciting on many levels, shining a spotlight on local artists and galleries and offering well-deserved exposure to national and international collectors. If you’re ready to show some H-Town love, here’s our road map about who to look for and where to find them at GRB.

Early this summer, while giving me a constructive painting critique, a friend recommended I look at Deborah Brown’s work. The similarity of our shared matter, a female figure surrounded by dogs in nature, was uncanny; and the moment was made even more synchronistic by my location atop a deck, deep in the woods near the Delaware water … Continued