4. Insider’s Tip
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A luminous James Turrell installation is hiding in plain sight on Rice's campus.
(Photo: Courtesy of Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau) |
Houston is already well-known for modern art-fan meccas like the Menil Collection and the Rothko Chapel, but one of the city’s newest installations is actually hidden behind Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Artist James Turrell plays with light and space to influence how we view nature in the “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace. Every day (except Tuesdays) at sunrise and sunset, the public is invited to witness a 40-minute light show inside the pavilion, where a square hole reveals a view of the sky while various colors are projected onto the white ceiling (free; reserve ahead online).