Image: Whispers of the Heart, digital painting mounted pigment print to museum-grade acrylic, 30 x 30 inches

Chalda Maloff: Modern Mirrors

Ardest Gallery presents Modern Mirrors, a juried art show curated by Gabriela Monterroso. The group exhibition features work that expands the definition of portraiture — whether literal, interpretive, symbolic, or realistic — shifting beyond a mere likeness to explore the subject’s inner world, identity, and the complexities of human experience. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 6, from 5-8 p.m., featuring a presentation by the guest juror at 7 p.m..

On view September 3-27, 2025

2025 Beauchamp Art Writing Prize

Gulf Coast invites submissions for the 2025 Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing, honoring Toni Beauchamp’s legacy by supporting emerging and mid-career writers in visual arts criticism and research. Open to expository writing, scholarly essays, and reviews published in the past year, the prize awards $3,000 to the winner and $1,000 to two runners-up. Judged by Natalie Hegert, entries (≤1,500 words) are due in .doc, .docx, or .pdf, with no entry fee.

Deadline: September 15

Untitled Art, Houston

Art lovers, mark your calendars! Untitled Art is coming to Houston, September 19–21, 2025, at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Experience cutting-edge painting, sculpture, photography, and more from 86 international exhibitors across 21 countries — including 20 galleries from Texas. Whether you're a collector, artist, or just curious, this is your chance to discover the next big thing in Texas art.

September 19-21, 2025

David-Jeremiah presents “Artist Talk"

As part of the Modern’s Exhibition Lecture Series, Artist David-Jeremiah presents "Artist Talk,” in conjunction with the exhibition David-Jeremiah: The Fire This Time. The artist confronts and reconfigures the conventions of the customary artist’s talk format. Rather than offering a straightforward commentary on his process or intentions, “Artist Talk” becomes a site of interrogation where themes of authorship, responsibility, and commodification are debated rather than explained.

August 29 | 8 p.m.

Sarah Williams: Taillight Towns at Talley Dunn Gallery

Sarah Williams’ intimate, tightly-painted works often portray buildings such as gas stations, bungalows and the environments surrounding these structures. These tableaux of American life, while unremarkable in themselves, are elevated by Williams’ adept handling of light and mood.

On view through August 30

Dog Days at DORF

While the term “dog days” historically referred to a season of heat, unrest, and misfortune in ancient Roman and Greek calendars, this show reclaims the phrase with a different perspective: that in a time of global uncertainty and rising temperatures, the steady, loving presence of a dog can be a grounding force — a source of comfort, stability, and meaning.

Now on view!

Soundscape | Sandman: Music for Frequented Dreams at the Georgetown Arts Center

Music for Frequented Dreams is a 2-hour sound installation featuring live improvisation by sound artists Sasquatch and Seth, designed to accompany Molly Mansfield’s Frequented Dreams. Using the Fibonacci sequence as a structural foundation and metaphor for the cyclical and organic nature of culture, the work highlights the ways in which each generation reinterprets and builds upon the past.

Now on view!

Larry Bell: Improvisations Opening Soon at the San Antonio Museum of Art

Larry Bell: Improvisations celebrates the achievements of the influential American contemporary artist known for his groundbreaking use of industrial materials and processes. Featuring works from 1969 to 2024, the exhibition includes Bell’s signature
floating glass cubes and a monumental glass wall installation created for SAMA’s grand opening in 1981 and reinstalled for the first time in decades.

On view Friday, August 29

Synthesis & Subversion Redux at the Ruby City

Ruby City proudly presents Synthesis & Subversion Redux, an exhibition celebrating the legacy of Frances Jean Colpitt and the evolving conversation around Latinx art. This new exhibition revisits Colpitt’s groundbreaking 1996 show, Synthesis and Subversion: A Latino Direction in San Antonio Art, and its influence on contemporary art practices today.

Now on view!

Deals All Day at RULE Gallery

Deals All Day is a show of new paintings, photographs, and sculptures by Mo Eldridge and Matt Scobey. The works are the result of an ongoing conversation between friends. The exhibition and conversations circle around the many forms of deals. All day the deals of the world frame our view: the deals we make with one another, the spirit of deals we make to stay alive. The exhibition stacks and threads layers of light, fragments, and forms.

Now on view!

SFA School of Art Faculty Exhibition

This annual exhibition features recent artwork by SFA’s School of Art faculty members, including ceramics, sculpture, painting, photography, metals, prints, and mixed media. This year’s featured faculty member is Benjamin Anderson, assistant professor of animation.

Now on view!

MK Kiel Huff: Her Head in the Clouds at the Center for Contemporary Arts Abilene

Mary K. Huff is a feminist assemblage artist who crafts layered, unapologetically political works from found materials.  After graduating in 1980, she moved with husband and fellow artist Anthony Huff to New York City, before eventually settling with her family in Potosi, TX.

Now on view!

Between What I Fear and What I Hope at Rockport Center for the Arts

Shawn Camp makes paintings, videos, light and sound pieces that explore the boundary between the physical and the transcendent. The artist's recent acrylic paintings suggest air and space, imagery devoid of solid forms. That nothingness is framed through subtle geometric divisions and contradictory hints of color. Through translucence and refraction, the shimmering surfaces convey a sense of atmosphere and explore the mystery of light, matter, and space.

Now on view!