The Rice School of Architecture welcomed students, faculty and visitors Nov. 7 for the opening of “Art, Architecture and the Middle Landscape,” a new exhibition exploring how art and architecture respond to and help shape social, political and ecological change. Hosted in William T. Cannady Hall as part of the Exhibitions at Rice program, the show will remain on view through Feb. 6, 2026.
The exhibition brings together drawings and photographs from the Chinati Foundation and Judd Foundation archives tracing the evolution of Donald Judd’s 100 untitled works in mill aluminum and the transformation of the former artillery sheds in Marfa, Texas, where the works are installed. Also featured are contemporary drawings and models by Rice Architecture associate professor Troy Schaum as well as a series of 20 Judd woodcut prints from 1992-93 on loan from the Judd Foundation.
A public opening reception drew attendees from across campus and Houston’s arts community, followed by a two-day symposium, Art in Context: Art, Architecture and the Middle Landscape, Part II, held Nov. 14-15. The symposium continued the exhibition’s investigation into practices of maintenance, repair, adaptive reuse and environmental stewardship in a moment of global turbulence.
Exhibitions at Rice, the curatorial program behind the show, advances design research through drawing, imaging, making and prototyping, weaving together scholarship and public engagement. The exhibition and all related events are free and open to the public.
To learn more, visit arch.rice.edu/events.
