Texas, September 5, 2025
News Summary
This fall, Texas museums and art centers will host an array of exhibitions featuring both renowned and emerging artists. Key highlights include major surveys of figurative painting, fabric works, and contemporary jewelry, running from late summer through spring. Institutions across the state will present diverse programming, allowing visitors to engage with various art forms and themes reflecting identity and culture. Notable exhibitions include Jenny Saville’s first major U.S. showcase and Robert Rauschenberg’s exploration of fabric art.
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Statewide roundup: Major fall art exhibitions in Texas announced
This fall, museums and art centers across Texas will present a wide-ranging slate of exhibitions featuring both established and emerging artists. Major shows include the first significant U.S. presentation of a leading figurative painter, a centennial survey focused on fabric works by a 20th-century innovator, a large-scale contemporary jewelry exhibition, and multiple regional exhibitions exploring identity, sound, photography, and sculpture. Dates span late August 2025 through spring 2026, offering a multi-month season of programming for visitors statewide.
What’s most important
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (October 12, 2025–January 18, 2026) will be the first major U.S. exhibition of the artist’s work and includes about 50 pieces tracing her career and influence on figurative painting. The Menil Collection in Houston will present Robert Rauschenberg: Fabric Works of the 1970s (September 19, 2025–March 1, 2026) as part of centennial observances and in collaboration with the artist’s foundation. The Dallas Museum of Art will open Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry (November 9, 2025–May 3, 2026) displaying more than 350 wearable artworks from the past century.
Major exhibitions and highlights
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth — Jenny Saville
Location: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Dates: October 12, 2025–January 18, 2026. Curated by Sarah Howgate, this exhibition brings together approximately 50 works and represents the first major U.S. survey of Jenny Saville’s career, emphasizing her role in renewing figurative painting since the early 1990s.
Menil Collection, Houston — Robert Rauschenberg
Location: Menil Collection. Dates: September 19, 2025–March 1, 2026. Organized for Rauschenberg’s centennial and produced in collaboration with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, this is the first museum survey dedicated to the artist’s use of cloth, with significant loans from public and private collections.
Dallas Museum of Art — Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry
Location: Dallas Museum of Art. Dates: November 9, 2025–May 3, 2026. The exhibition assembles over 350 wearable artworks spanning a century, with many pieces on display for the first time and emphasizing the breadth of contemporary jewelry as a medium.
The Contemporary Austin — HOST: Raul De Lara
Location: The Contemporary Austin. Dates: September 12, 2025–January 11, 2026. Raul De Lara’s anthropomorphic sculptures use everyday objects to explore migration, dual identity, and cultural belonging.
San Antonio Museum of Art — Larry Bell: Improvisations
Location: San Antonio Museum of Art. Dates: August 29, 2025–January 4, 2026. This exhibition presents works from 1969 to 2024 and includes collaborative installations designed to place the artist’s work in a historical context.
Old Jail Art Center, Albany — Curious: Short Films
Location: Old Jail Art Center. Dates: September 27, 2025–January 10, 2026. Short films by Liliana Porter and Lenka Clayton that investigate humor, absurdity, and emotional resonance will be on view.
Regional programming and additional exhibitions
Across East, South and West Texas and the Panhandle, institutions are presenting a mix of solo shows, faculty biennials and themed exhibitions. The Tyler Museum of Art will feature a floral sculpture by Alicia Eggert titled “Alas…”. The Art Museum of South Texas will present a show of Jason DeMarte’s work, “Arcadian Enclosures”, among other exhibitions. Rockport Center for the Arts will mount exhibitions by Jessica Ninci and Moira Garcia. In West Texas and the Panhandle, UTEP’s 2025 Department of Art Faculty Biennial will showcase 27 artists, and the Museum of the Southwest in Midland will open “Invasive: By Penelope Gottlieb” on October 2. The Amarillo Museum of Art has announced the AMoA BIENNIAL-600 open to diverse materials and genres, and Marfa will include a sound and light installation by Haroon Mirza during full moon events. The Grace Museum in Abilene plans three October exhibitions inspired by travel and photography.
Practical details and visitor notes
Exhibition dates vary by venue; several major shows run through early 2026. Visitors should check individual museum calendars for opening hours, admission policies, docent tours and any timed-entry requirements. The season includes both large-scale surveys and localized programming, providing options for single-day visits and multi-stop itineraries across the state.
Context and significance
Collectively, these fall exhibitions illustrate a wide range of approaches to contemporary and historical art practices: large surveys that reassess major artists’ contributions, genre-spanning presentations that expand notions of jewelry and wearable art, and regional shows that emphasize identity, place, and experimental media such as film and sound. The mix of first-time U.S. presentations, centennial commemorations, and community-focused exhibitions signals an active season for Texas institutions aiming to serve diverse audiences and bring varied artistic voices into public view.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When do the major exhibitions open?
- Opening dates vary by exhibition. Key dates include August 29, 2025 (Larry Bell), September 12–27, 2025 for several regional shows, October 12, 2025 for Jenny Saville, and November 9, 2025 for the Dallas contemporary jewelry exhibition.
- Which exhibitions are the largest in scale?
- The Jenny Saville survey and the Dallas Museum of Art’s Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry are among the largest, with approximately 50 works for Saville and more than 350 jewelry objects for Constellations. The Rauschenberg fabric survey at the Menil also represents a major museum-scale presentation.
- Are these exhibitions statewide or concentrated in one city?
- Exhibitions are distributed across Texas, including Fort Worth, Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Albany, Tyler, Rockport, Midland, Marfa, Abilene, Amarillo and the UTEP campus.
- Where can visitors find more details about each exhibition?
- Specific schedules, admission information and visitor services are available from each hosting institution’s official calendar and announcements.
| Exhibition | Location | Dates | Key features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | Oct 12, 2025 – Jan 18, 2026 | First major U.S. survey; ~50 works; curator Sarah Howgate |
| Robert Rauschenberg: Fabric Works of the 1970s | Menil Collection, Houston | Sept 19, 2025 – Mar 1, 2026 | Centennial collaboration; first museum survey of cloth works |
| Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry | Dallas Museum of Art | Nov 9, 2025 – May 3, 2026 | More than 350 wearable artworks from the past century |
| HOST: Raul De Lara | The Contemporary Austin | Sept 12, 2025 – Jan 11, 2026 | Anthropomorphic sculptures exploring identity and migration |
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