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2023 Ann Harithas

NOW ON VIEW:
"THE CREATIVE ERA OF ANN HARITHAS"

Houston’s Iconic Art Car Museum Closing April 28th, 2024

Houston’s nationally renowned Art Car Museum will be closing on Heights Boulevard in late April 2024. Under current plans, the last day the museum will be open to the public is April 28th, 2024.

Founded by Ann Harithas in 1998, the Art Car Museum opened to national fanfare with its audacious profile designed by artist David Best. Soon after opening, it was featured in national newspapers and publications, and has since become a must-see item on tourist itineraries in the Houston area. For more than 25 years the museum has showcased works from both local and international artists. It has provided a showcase for the art car collection of Ann Harithas and the wider US and worldwide art car community, and it has participated in broad community-based events such as Houston’s Art Car Parade, and the FotoFest Biennial.

Discussions are in progress with local and regional arts organizations to continue and evolve the Art Car Museum’s presence, legacy, and mission in the future. The details of those discussions and plans will be shared further as and when they take shape.

James Harithas, 1932-2023

We mark the passing of James Harithas, co-founder of the Art Car Museum and Station Museum in Houston, and a legend in contemporary art in Texas, the United States, and the world. To those who knew and worked with him, he was an extraordinary man – a complex, fiercely dedicated intellectual of the highest order and one of our preeminent art curators and scholars.

In Loving Memory of ANN O’CONNOR WILLIAMS HARITHAS, owner and Co-Founder of the Art Car Museum.Ann’s vision has brought art and Art Cars with inclusivity to the Houston community and beyond.To quote Ann, ”It is my deepest wish to see the Art Car movement flourish, because it brings the drama of art beyond the walls of the museum to people of all walks of life."She was a mentor and showed support and encouragement to not only the artists at the museum, but also her staff.Her sparkle and “joie de vivre”, will be missed, but not forgotten.May we all live on a little more like Ann.It is an honor to have worked with and for Ann, and to keep her vision vibrant and alive!

News, Events, & Exhibitions

The Art Car Museum, or “Garage Mahal” as many know it, opened in February 1998. It was founded as a not-for-profit arts organization by Ann Harithas, artist and long-time supporter of the Art Car movement, and James Harithas, currently Director of the Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas.

Art Cars

W.T. Burge

Opening Hours

CLOSED: Mondays & Tuesdays
OPEN: Wednesday-Sunday, 11am-5pm
By Appointment Only!
Please call for same day appointments, 713.861.5526
Email: artcarmuseum@gmail.com or Call for all other appointments, or if you need further assistance.
Admission is always FREE!

Art Car Museum
140 Heights Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77007
713.861.5526

Art Car Museum