Artists in Houston are taking stock of the storm’s devastating impact and the long process of rebuilding that lies ahead.

Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin is a writer based in Austin, Texas. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Architecture magazine, Icon design magazine, Art Papers, the Review of Contemporary Fiction, and American Craft magazine, among other publications. For 17 years she was the staff art critic of the Austin American-Statesman.
Paul Ramírez Jonas Asks What Constitutes a Public
In his much-deserved 25-year survey at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Ramírez-Jonas challenges conventional definitions of public art by openly asking what brings people together.
Nina Katchadourian’s Playful, Persistent Questioning
A survey of the artist’s work at the Blanton Museum of Art argues that there’s a seriousness behind her irrepressible pluckiness.