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October 22, 2026 |
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Major retrospective exhibition to coincide with filming of upcoming documentary about the acclaimed sculptor<\/p>\n
Michael Prentice, acclaimed American post-war and contemporary sculptor, philanthropist and subject of upcoming documentary film.<\/p>\n
Join art collectors, curators and art enthusiasts at Michael Prentice: Forged in Stone, the largest and most comprehensive retrospective of Prentice\u2019s work. The career-spanning retrospective showcases more than 200 sculptures, drawings, historical photographs and other archival materials not previously seen by the public and includes the first major catalogue of Prentice\u2019s work.
Prentice\u2019s monolithic granite, Carrara marble, basalt and bronze sculptures have been featured in the high-profile art collections of Hubert de Givenchy, Yves St. Laurent, Jane Blaffer Owen and S\u00e3o Schlumberger. Among the many public and private clients that have commissioned his work, Prentice created monumental granite doors for Cartier\u2019s Fribourg, Switzerland headquarters.<\/p>\n
Oct. 22, 2026 \u2013 Nov. 21, 2026
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday \u2013 Saturday<\/p>\n
Prentice\u2019s prolific artistic accomplishments spurred his philanthropic endeavors. His commitment to re-establishing the collaboration between the artist and the architect led Prentice to establish the Sharpstown Prize for Architecture, in partnership with the University of Houston\u2019s Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design. In 2020, Prentice founded The Alta Arts, a non-profit organization to enhance and elevate art and architecture in Southwest Houston. The organization is named in honor of Prentice\u2019s grandmother, Alta Rockefeller Prentice, who bequeathed her home to The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), which helped expand the museum\u2019s footprint.
Admission is free. For more information visit michaelprenticesculptor.com and thealtaarts.org. Follow The Alta Arts on Instagram, Facebook and X.<\/p>\n