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University of Houston to Present Temporary Public Art Project and Artist Talk by Shahzia Sikander

1.30.2024: Public Art of the University of Houston System (Public Art UHS), in partnership with Madison Square Park Conservancy, has commissioned a multimedia work by 2006 MacArthur Fellow Shahzia Sikander.

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Public Art UHS Announces Rachel Mohl as Executive Director and Chief Curator

10.3.2023: The University of Houston is pleased to announce theappointment of Rachel Mohl as the new Executive Director and Chief Curator of Public Art forthe University of Houston Systems (Public Art UHS).

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UHV Hosts Symposium to Celebrate Art Collection

UHV News // Lauren Emerson // 9.27.2023: The University of Houston-Victoria welcomed members of the community to an art symposium Tuesday to celebrate the donation of 40 pieces of Texas art to the university’s Victoria campus. The Linda and William Reaves Collection of Texas Art Symposium was an homage to 20th-century Texas art and acknowledged […]

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From Houston to Athens, Rick Lowe Takes His Social Sculpture Global

New York Times Style Magazine // Adam Bradley // 6.7.2023: The artist, known for the influential Project Row Houses in Houston, discusses music, basketball and art’s ability to improve lives.

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Shahzia Sikander depicts never-ending struggle for freedom, justice

Dawn Newspaper // Anwar Iqbal // 1.30.2023: WASHINGTON: “Struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation,” Pakistani Ame­rican artist Shahzia Sikander used these “never fading words” by Coretta Scott King to announce the inauguration of her work, Havah.

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Public Art UHS | February 2024 Newsletter

Public Art UHS proudly presents, Havah…to breathe, air, life, a temporary multimedia exhibition by globally recognized artist Shahzia Sikander (American, b. Pakistan, 1969). Featuring monumental outdoor works, the exhibition challenges traditional symbols of power, justice and female representation. The installation was co-commissioned by Madison Square Park Conservancy and Public Art UHS and was first exhibited in […]

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Public Art UHS Spring 2023 Newsletter

Inspired by Jorge Pardo’s Folly on view in Wilhelmina’s Grove at the University of Houston, Public Art UHS presents its third annual Art on Screen Film Series featuring UMBRAL 0 x SÍNTESIS, a collection of experimental films commissioned by FICUNAM, the International Film Festival of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

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Public Art UHS Winter 2023 Newsletter

Enjoy a multi-sensory saxophone quartet performance featuring dynamic works by UH student composers inspired by Frank Stella’s dynamic Euphonia (1997), a site-specific mural at the Moores Opera House lobby and theater. 

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Public Art UHS Fall 2022 Newsletter

Public Art UHS proudly announces the installation of two new site-specific commissions and the acquisition of twenty works by some of the most dynamic artists working from Houston today, all of which will be on public view this fall.

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Public Art UHS Summer 2022 Newsletter

Instantaneous Beauty: Andy Warhol and the Photographic Process, opens on May 19th at its second venue, the University of Houston-Clear Lake Art Gallery. The opening night program will include a screening of a selection of Warhol’s famed Screen Tests courtesy of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburg. 

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