HIGHLIGHTS
MUSEUM DISTRICT
HIGHLIGHTS
RICE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY / FARISH GALLERY Sol Le Witt : New Work 6100 Main St . | 713.348.6069 | www . ricegallery . org
For more than 20 years , Rice University Art Gallery has been the only university gallery in the nation devoted to commissioning sitespecific installation art . Artists early in their careers as well as artists of international reputation have constructed temporary works , each of which transformed the Gallery ’ s signature “ white box ” space in a completely different way .
On February 9 , Rice Gallery will come full circle by reinstalling one of its earliest installations , Sol LeWitt ' s Glossy and Flat Black Squares ( Wall Drawing # 813 ), 1997 as its closing exhibition of the school year . LeWitt ( 1928 – 2007 ), a leading figure in minimalism and pioneer of conceptual art , created the majestic work in response to Rice Gallery ’ s architectural space .
THE MENIL COLLECTION The Beginning of Everything : Drawings from the Janie C . Lee , Louisa Stude Sarofim and David Whitney Collections
1533 Sul Ross St .| 713.525.9400 | www . menil . org
“ When I see a white piece of paper ,” the artist Ellsworth Kelly once remarked , “ I feel like I ’ ve got to draw . And drawing , for me , is the beginning of everything .”
In anticipation of the opening of the Menil Drawing Institute in October 2017 , the museum presents The Beginning of Everything : Drawings from the Janie C . Lee , Louisa Stude Sarofim and David Whitney Collections in the museum ’ s main building . The show highlights promised gifts from the collections of Janie C . Lee and Louisa Stude Sarofim , as well as works from David Whitney ’ s 2005 bequest . The works featured will continue to shape the core of the Menil ’ s collection . The exhibition runs through June 18 .
DIVERSEWORKS Kate Gilmore and Heather Rowe : Only in Your Way
3400 Main St . | 713.223.8346 | www . diverseworks . org
Only in Your Way is the first collaborative two-person exhibition between New York-based artists Kate Gilmore and Heather Rowe . The exhibition includes newly commissioned , site-specific sculptural works , installation and a live durational performance . Only in Your Way features distinct new works by each artist , conceived to be in conversation with each other , utilizing the gallery space and considering ideas about sculptural objects and architecture in relation to the female body . Gilmore , a performance , video and installation-based artist , explores issues related to identity , gender , power and endurance in her work . Rowe ’ s work lies at the intersection of sculpture , architecture and installation , often building upon cinematic experience through the framing of space and rhythmically constructed form .
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