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5216 Montrose Blvd. Houston, TX 77006

713-284-8250

http://www.camh.org

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5216 Montrose Blvd. Houston TX 77006

Hours: Sun 12pm-5pm, Tue,Wed,Fri,Sat 10am-5pm, Thu 10am-9pm

''Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane''

Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until June 30

Multidisciplinary art, including performance art, is the focus of ''Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane.'' Both proto-feminist artists, Jona...

Video Rewind: Jonas and Pane in Parallel

By Kelly Klaasmeyer | Thu, April 04, 2013

Joan Jonas was the first person in the United States with a Sony Portapak video recorder. She bought it on a trip to Japan in 1970. Gina Pane injured herself in performances to "shock viewers out of complacency." Both artists were born in the... More »
$The Rest of the Best: Houston\'s Top 10 Museums$

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Museums

By Olivia Flores Alvarez | Thu, March 07, 2013

Houston's Museum District is a favorite destination for both locals and tourists. But choice museum offerings aren't limited to that one location. And while we have several world-class museums (the Mu... More »
$The Rest of the Best: Houston\'s Top 5 All-Ages Venues$

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 All-Ages Venues

By Altamese Osborne | Fri, November 30, 2012

5. CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM HOUSTON The chasm dividing Houston music and Houston art is shrinking; more and more arts venues are teaming up with local musicians and/or DJs to add rhythm to their galle... More »
Jane Alexander and the Dangers of Success

By Kelly Klaasmeyer | Thu, September 20, 2012

South African artist Jane Alexander came to the attention of the art world decades ago with her 1985/86 sculpture The Butcher Boys. The work is composed of three life-size male figures sitting in a row on a bench; their postures are at turns... More »
Free for All: Jane Alexander, Raul Gonzalez, Asia Society, Lou Berney and Baby Jesus

By Olivia Flores Alvarez | Thu, August 09, 2012

Two art exhibits open on Friday, the much-anticipated "Jane Alexander: Surveys (from the Cape of Good Hope)" at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and "Raul Gonzalez: Farewell Show" at the Jack Mei... More »
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2012 | Best Curator

Art-film dorks, especially those into found-footage collages, were in hog heaven from April 13 to July 8 when "Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX" posted up at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. For that, we must thank Peter Lucas, who doubles as CAMH's education associate. The curator of the exhibit/film series brought his programming experiences from the Northwest Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema over to the museum's Zilkha Gallery. There, Joseph... More »
2008 | Best Art Show

With works including everything from square-dance dresses to Pilgrim mannequins to shadow puppets committing antebellum sodomy, "The Old Weird America" presented a weirdly insightful take on America. CAMH senior curator Toby Kamps honed in on bizarre strains of American folk culture in contemporary art and came up with a provocative collection of works that made viewers take a long, hard look at their cultural assumptions. Among the highlights was Cynthia Norton's Dancing Squared (2004), a... More »

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5216 Montrose Blvd. Houston, TX 77006

713-284-8250

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''Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane''

Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until June 30

Video Rewind: Jonas and Pane in Parallel

By Kelly Klaasmeyer | Thu, April 04, 2013

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Museums

By Olivia Flores Alvarez | Thu, March 07, 2013

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 All-Ages Venues

By Altamese Osborne | Fri, November 30, 2012

Jane Alexander and the Dangers of Success

By Kelly Klaasmeyer | Thu, September 20, 2012

Free for All: Jane Alexander, Raul Gonzalez, Asia Society, Lou Berney and Baby Jesus

By Olivia Flores Alvarez | Thu, August 09, 2012

2012 | Best Curator

2008 | Best Art Show

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