Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
5216 Montrose (map) (713) 284-8250
| WEDNESDAY 11am-7pm THURSDAY 11am-9pm FRIDAY 11am-7pm SATURDAY and SUNDAY 11am-6pm Closed Monday and Tuesday CAMH is now open later to make the Museum more available to you. Come by after work or before dinner to enjoy the exhibitions and programs at a time that better fits your busy schedule. CAMH has always been a great way to start the evening, and now it is even more convenient. |
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Opening Reception: It is what it is. Or is it?
Fri. 05/11 | 9:00PM - Sun. 07/08 | 7:00PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
Join us in celebrating the opening of CAMH's group exhibition It is what it is. Or is it?. Featuring sculpture, painting, photography, video, and interactive works, including new works and com…more»
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Featured Review from CultureMap
May 06, 2012It is what it is. Or is it? is a speculative proposition that considers how artists are using and making readymades today.
The exhibition is a dialogue with the readymade form, seeing it not as a collection of static objects, but as a practice of displacement that turns thought into form.
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Los Angeles Plays Itself (Screening of Part 1)
Thu. 05/24 | 7:30PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
In conjunction with Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX, CAMH presents a two-part screening of Thom Andersen's Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003). Andersen, a Los Angeles-based filmmaker, historian, criti…more»
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Featured Review from CultureMap
May 18, 2012Los Angeles-based filmmaker, historian, critic, curator and educator Thom Andersen uses cinema to examine neglected aspects of culture. His acclaimed documentary Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) explores how the city of Los Angeles has been used as both a backdrop and a character in the movies. Andersen gives an insightful and entertaining analysis of the history and character of this unique American metropolis, and reveals how Hollywood has represented and misrepresented its hometown.
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Lecture Series: One Artist, One Work
Sat. 05/26 | 3:00PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
Critic and writer Jennie King shares her paper Something Old, Something New, Something ‘Borrowed’: William Cordova’s Laberintosand the Machu Picchu Artifacts at Yale, which addresses a work in…more»
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Featured Review from CultureMap
May 20, 2012It is what it is. Or is it? explores how the readymade form has changed. Featuring sculpture, painting, photography, video and interactive works, including new works and commissions by an international group of artists, It is what it is. Or is it? is a speculative proposition that considers how artists are using and making readymades today. more at culturemap.com
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Los Angeles Plays Itself (Screening of Part 2)
Thu. 05/31 | 7:30PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
In conjunction with Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX, CAMH presents the second in a two-part screening of Thom Andersen's Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003). Andersen, a Los Angeles-based filmmaker, hi…more»
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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (Screening of Parts 1 & 2)
Thu. 06/07 | 7:30PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
British documentary filmmaker Sophie Fiennes (director of the Oscar-nominated 2011 film, Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow) teamed up with charismatic Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalyst, and …more»
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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (Screening of Part 3)
Thu. 06/14 | 7:30PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
British documentary filmmaker Sophie Fiennes (director of the Oscar-nominated 2011 film, Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow) teamed up with charismatic Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalyst, and …more»
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Artists/Scholars Talk: Lynn Herbert
Sat. 06/16 | 3:00PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
Former CAMH Senior Curator Lynn Herbert offers her views on the group exhibition It is what it is. Or is it?
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Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America
Thu. 06/21 | 7:30PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
Experimental filmmaker and independent film curator Craig Baldwin first became interested in the collage film form while studying under Bruce Conner at San Francisco State University. Since th…more»
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Be Johnny: Cityscope
Thu. 06/28 | 7:30PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
Join us for this live audio-visual performance by video design team Be Johnny that reworks and combines film material from the early history of cinema. Cinematic depictions of buildings, stree…more»
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Mess with Texas
Thu. 07/05 | 7:30PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
In the spirit of cinematic intervention, CAMH asked Texas artists Kelly Sears, Alex Luster, Mark and Angela Walley, Bryan Poyser, Scott Stark, and James Johnston to delve into the vast collect…more»
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Steel Lounge Underground
Fri. 07/13 | 8:00PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
It happens only once a year so don’t miss it! The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is pleased to present its much anticipated music event Steel Lounge Underground, Friday, July 13, 8PM-midnigh…more»
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Another Great Night In November
Thu. 11/15 | 7:00PM @ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (map)
Celebrating 21 years this past fall, Another Great Night in November is an evening full of stunning art, healthy competition, and Houston's most spectacular dames. Established as a counterpoin…more»
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