Current
Exhibition
Mural by Manik Raj Nakra: Man Who Fell to Earth
December 8, 2023 – Present
The Contemporary Austin will showcase a mural by artist Manik Raj Nakra on the Jones Center’s downtown building on 7th and Congress.
Jim Hodges, With Liberty and Justice for All (A Work in Progress), 2014–2016. Stainless steel, Dichrolam, acrylic, enamel paint, and LED lights. Installed, 84 x 1,737 x 10 inches. Installation view, The Contemporary Austin – The Moody Rooftop at the Jones Center, Austin, Texas, 2017. Artwork © Jim Hodges. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Image © The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Exhibition
Jim Hodges: With Liberty and Justice for All (A Work in Progress)
December 17, 2016 – Ongoing
The Contemporary Austin unveils a new outdoor installation by artist Jim Hodges for The Moody Rooftop at the Jones Center.
Installation view, Perry Art Park, Austin, Texas, 2017, with (from left) Peter Reginato, Blue Float, 1978; Jim Huntington, Dayton, 1977; and Betty Gold, Alas #IV, 1994. Artwork and image courtesy The Contemporary Austin – Museum Without Walls Program. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Museum Without Walls
Museum Without Walls at Perry Park
May 6, 2017 – Ongoing
The Contemporary Austin’s Museum Without Walls program brings art beyond the walls of the museum and out into the community in new ways and in diverse venues.
David Deming, Mystic Raven, 1983. Painted steel. 264 x 192 x 72 inches. Collection of The Contemporary Austin. Gift of TRST Congress, Inc., 1992.10. Installation view, Pease Park at Shoal Creek Greenbelt, Austin, Texas, 2017. Artwork and image courtesy The Contemporary Austin – Museum Without Walls Program. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Upcoming
Jiab Prachakul, Purpose, 2022. Acrylic on linen canvas. 48 x 63 in (120 x 160 cm). Collection of Debbie and Jonathan Rosen. Image courtesy the artist.
Exhibition
Jiab Prachakul: Sweet Solitude
January 31 – August 3, 2025
Jiab Prachakul: Sweet Solitude comprises a selection of paintings from the past five years, presented in a sequence that loosely mirrors Prachakul’s own journey as an artist. Having lived in Europe for much of her adult life, her paintings are often inflected with her desire for connection amidst a feeling of displacement, a sense of romantic longing pervading throughout.
Raven Halfmoon, Tsu’-Cus Iya’y? I (Star Sister I) (detail), 2022. Stoneware, glaze. 42 x 30 x 62 in. Courtesy the artist and Ross + Kramer Gallery, New York. Artwork © Raven Halfmoon. Image courtesy The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Photograph by Jason Mandella.
Exhibition
Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers
January 31 – August 3, 2025
Raven Halfmoon’s (b. 1991, Caddo Nation; lives and works in Norman, Oklahoma) touring solo exhibition will span both of The Contemporary Austin’s sites with an indoor exhibition at the Jones Center and an outdoor sculpture, Flagbearer, which will be installed at the museum’s Laguna Gloria location in mid-February.
Tenant of Culture, Puzzlecut Boot Brown (detail), 2021. Recycled shoes and belts, shoe last, glue, and thread. 12 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 3 1/2 in (32 x 34 x 9 cm). Artwork © Tenant of Culture. Image courtesy the artist. Photograph by Kunstdokumentation.com.
Exhibition
HOST: Tenant of Culture
January 31 – August 3, 2025
HOST: Tenant of Culture presents newly commissioned works by Hendrickje Schimmel alongside a selection of recent works in an installation that explores the tension between seductive, consumer-facing displays and spaces less visible in the fashion industry, such as production factories and fulfillment centers.
Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria
Wangechi Mutu, Water Woman, 2017. Bronze. 36 x 65 x 70 inches. Edition 2 of 3, with 2 AP. Collection of The Contemporary Austin. Purchased with funds provided by the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation, 2017.5. Installation view, The Contemporary Austin – Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, 2017. Artwork © Wangechi Mutu. Image courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Exhibition
Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria
The Contemporary Austin’s Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria is named in honor of a founding grant by the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation. This contemporary art destination presents exhibitions and permanent outdoor art installations on a site of great natural beauty on Lake Austin.
Past
Installation view, Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses, The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center on Congress Avenue, 2024. Artwork © Carl Cheng. Image courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Alex Boeschenstein.
Exhibition
Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses
September 6 – December 8, 2024
Nature Never Loses surveys six decades of the prescient, genre-defying work of artist Carl Cheng (b. 1942, San Francisco; lives and works in Santa Monica). Having studied both fine art and industrial design, Cheng first developed his art practice in Southern California in the 1960s, amid political unrest, an interdisciplinary art scene, a booming post-war aerospace industry, and rapid development of the landscape. His ever-evolving body of work, incorporating a variety of materials and media, engages with environmental change, the relevance of art institutions to their publics, and the role of technology in society—topics with urgent contemporary relevance.
Katarina Janečková Walshe, Adaptation, 2024. Acrylic, ink, pigments, and oil stick on canvas. 112 x 196 inches. Installation view, HOST: Katarina Janečková Walshe, The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center on Congress Avenue, 2024. Artwork © Katarina Janečková Walshe. Image courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Exhibition
HOST: Katarina Janečková Walshe
September 6 – December 8, 2024
Ten years ago, when Katarina Janečková Walshe moved from her hometown of Bratislava, Slovakia to Corpus Christi, Texas, she was prompted to examine how those aspects of experience manifest in American and Texan culture. In this installation, titled Mother Land, the artist extends her inquiry to contemplate the transformative potential that applying a mother’s love and care universally might unleash.
Guadalupe Maravilla, Mariposa Relámpago, 2023. Bus, volcanic rock, steel, and objects collection from a ritual of retracing the artist's original migration route. 110 x 108 x 420 inches. Commissioned by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Installation view, Guadalupe Maravilla: Mariposa Relámpago, The Contemporary Austin – Laguna Gloria, 2024. Courtesy the artist and P·P·O·W, New York. Image courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photo by Alex Boeschenstein.
Exhibition
Guadalupe Maravilla: Mariposa Relámpago
April 4, 2024 – November 3, 2024
Mariposa Relámpago is the artist’s largest sculpture to date and is part of the artist’s Disease Throwers series—sculptures that incorporate natural materials, handmade objects, and items collected by the artist while retracing his migratory route to become shrines and healing instruments.