Houston Sights

  1. Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

    Beer cans, welded-steel oranges and plastic flowers as folk art? Conservative Houston has a wacky art streak. The late Jeff McKissack molded his house into a junk-art tribute to his favorite fruit until his passing. Today it's the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, off I-45 S, which fosters the folk-art vision by offering tours and keeping up the 50,000-can exterior of the Beer Can House (222 Malone St), off Memorial Dr. The center can give directions to other arty houses around town.

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  2. Rothko Chapel

    For lovers of 20th century art the Rothko Chapel is a special place of beauty. Fourteen paintings by abstract master Mark Rothko specifically painted for this non-denominational space create a meditative sanctuary that seems light years away from the traffic and buzz of Houston. The chapel also holds meditation sessions and sponsors an annual human rights award.

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