Scope and Contents Think BigA grand era of large-scale, site-specific installation art at Rice Gallery comes to an end. But does a new beginning await? By Michael Hoinski Date Feb 3, 2017 Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email a link to this page https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/think-big/Notes Yasuaki Onishi's reverse of volume RG, on display at Rice Gallery, in 2012.Nash BakerFor more than twenty years, Rice...

Scope and Contents Portland Art Museum is Tapping into the Legacy of Arguably Oregon’s Greatest Artist Now, finally, Portland is getting a long-term display of Rothko’s works. Rothko exhibit at the Portland Art Museum. By Shannon Gormley | Published February 7, 2017 Updated February 7, 2017Before Mark Rothko became one of the most prominent abstract expressionists of all time, he was a student at Lincoln High School.After emigrating from Eastern Europe, Rothko's family settled here in...

Scope and Contents Wisdom - and altruism - come with age By Roberta Ness Feb. 6, 2017 More Comments Print 3 1 of 3 A view inside the Rothko Chapel. 2 of 3 A moment of reflection during a visit to Rothko Chapel led to a greater understanding of how we can shed our egos as we age. Photo: Molly Glentzer 3 of 3 Dr. Roberta Ness, was presented with the John Snow Award from the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association at a recent annual meeting in San...

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Three poets from a single family - Willis Barnstone, Aliki Barnstone and Tony Barnstone - will read and discuss their work as part of "concept of the Divine" series, 7 p.m., Rothko Chapel, 3900 Yupon. $10 donation suggested; reception and book signing afterward; rothkochapel.org

Scope and Contents HGO’s World Premiere of Some Light Emerges Is Inspired by the Rothko Chapel The new opera by Pulitzer prize winner Mark Campbell highlights philanthropist Dominique de Menil.By Sydney Boyd 2/28/2017 at 10:57am AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Facebook234Share to TwitterShare to Google+Share to PinterestShare to SMSShare to EmailShare to Print Hgo production hero 1600 master some light emerges 10.14.16 ihe3p4Image: Houston Grand OperaWhen Mark Campbell...

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Mark Rothko knew well the unconventional nature of truth. Negative space can be positive. Empty rooms can hold much more than air. And secular spaces can carry the voice of God.

If his abstract expressionism was seen as a sideways approach to the world he saw around him, then it was only because there was no other way. The path to anything sublime, he felt, could never be straightforward.

Scope and Contents Lynn Wyatt Lands First Sneak Peek Taste of Lusted-After Houston Restaurant Yauatcha Fever Grips All BY Shelby Hodge // 03.28.17 photography Chinh Phan 1 9Sanford Criner and Lynn Wyatt meet the playful dragon at Yauatcha private party.Lynn Wyatt gave her French chef the night off Tuesday and moved her latest signature intimate dinner party from her River Oaks dining room to the much-anticipated Yauatcha, which opens to the public on Wednesday in The Galleria. That coup...

Scope and Contents From Matisse to Turrell, 8 Artists Who Designed Transcendent Chapels Alexandra Alexa Apr 10, 2017 2:26 pm Artists have a long history of designing spiritual and religious spaces. Michelangelo put his finishing touches on the sprawling ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1512, but countless others had created art to transform sacred spaces well before him. Take Giotto (c. 1267–1337) for example, who created frescoes, altarpieces, and panel paintings that adorn churches throughout Italy, and is...

Scope and Contents Fearless New Ensemble Loop38 Performs In Complete Darkness Since its debut in December, the 17-person group has been breaking uncommon musical territory in Houston.By Sydney Boyd 4/14/2017 at 12:00am Published in the May 2017 issue of Houstonia AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Facebook170Share to TwitterShare to Google+Share to PinterestShare to SMSShare to EmailShare to Print 0517 town electrolab loop38 immjcaLoop38 percussionist Brandon Bell, performing with the...

Scope and Contents Houston Welcomes New Music Ensemble Loop38 Steven BrownSteven BrownApril 14, 2017 HoustonMusic Loop38. Photos by Lynn Lane.Loop38 co-founder Jerry Hou.Traditional tunes, rhythms and harmonies played no role. Instead, the chamber ensemble offered up an ever-shifting soundscape of shimmers, glimmers, rustlings and wisps —Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s salute to the Northern Lights. This time, her Lichtbogen for instruments and electronics wafted beneath the...