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From top: Richard Stout's Long Day at Bolivar, 2015, at Foltz Fine Art. Ed Wilson's Atlas, 2025, at Redbud Arts Center. Teresa Serrano's Goddess of Fertility, 1993, at Barbara Davis Gallery. Below: Chayse Sampy's USS Blue, 2024, at Houston Museum of African American Culture. Te x a s M a s t e r Remembered "Beyond the Sea: Richard Stout's Gulf Coast Legacy" a t F o l t z F i n e Art (September 6 — October 11). R e d i s c o v e r o n e of the pillars of Houston's 20th- century art world. Painter and UH professor Stout's melding of lyrical p a s s a g e s o f abstraction with a sense of place still speaks to us. These qualities make this late Beaumont-born artist's canvases t i m e l e s s a n d compelling. A Half-Century Milestone "50th Anniversary Exhibition, Part I" at Moody Gallery (September 13 — October 25). Marking a half centennial as an art dealer, gallerist Betty Moody devotes this fall to showcasing the gallery's foundational artists, joined by more recent arrivals who have characterized her program across five decades. Catch the OGs in Part 1; Part II follows November 8 — December 23. Sci Fi Meets Art "Bio Morphe" at Moody Center for the Arts (September 5 – December 20). Seven international artists including Louise Bourgeois are showcased in this smart take on nature, science, and technology, from biology to bioengineering, with a stance that varies between utopian and dystopian. Watch for showstopping site- specific installations by Sui Park and Eva Fàbregas. Crafty Doubleheader "CraftTexas 2025" and "Roberto Lugo, Pigeon Crib: Houston Edition" at Houston C e n t e r f o r Contemporary C r a f t ( b o t h o p e n i n g S e p t e m b e r 6 , t h r o u g h , r e s p e c t i v e l y, J a n u a r y 3 1 , 2 0 2 6 , a n d O c t o b e r 2 5 , 2025). Lugo's renowned street- a r t t a k e o n ceramics is informed by contemporary culture and a critique o f c o l o n i a l i s m . Here, he dialogues with James McNeill Whistler's fabled Gilded Age Peacock Room in a complex interplay across time. Another reason to visit: the biennial "CraftTexas," juried his fall by the Metropolitan Museum curator Abraham Thomas, who culled 50 pieces by 49 artists, out of 350-plus submissions. An Important Pairing "Danny Simmons: The Journey to Everything" and "Chayse Sampy: Who Feels It, Knows It" at Houston Museum of African American Culture (both through December 15). This doubleheader begins with the traveling museum exhibition showcasing dramatic recent work by Philadelphia-based Simmons — painter, poet, novelist, arts-foundation philanthropist, and creator of Neo-African abstract expressionism. He's also a Tony Award winner for Def Poetry Jam and older brother of hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons and rapper Joseph Simmons of Run DMC. Paired with Danny Simmons is Houston-based Sampy's work. Her sculptural mixed media paintings conjure enigmatic images that embody Afro Surrealism. Latin American Pioneer "Teresa Serrano: Echoing What Is Known" at Barbara Davis Gallery (September 5 – October 18). Spanning 40 years and traveling to Houston directly from Serrano's recent retrospective at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, this exhibition presents a talent for the art-history books. Nearing her 90s (born Mexico City, 1936), Serrano's nuanced work in sculpture addresses the body in ways that are discrete, yet powerful. Heavy Metal "Ed Wilson: If I Knew Then" at Redbud Arts Center (September 6 — October 25). Mr. Houston Sculpture, aka Ed Wilson, is known for heroically sized public art including a hard-won commission at George R. Brown Convention Center. Metal is his medium. At Redbud, he turns on the playful side, altering his usual jumbo scale, inspired originally by the desire to make toys for his grandkids. These little metal masterpieces recall Tonka trucks while demonstrating the artist's finesse with his material. 54