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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston company history timeline

1948

In 1948, a group of seven Houston citizens founded the Contemporary Arts Museum with the goal of presenting new art to the community and to document arts role in modern life through exhibitions, lectures and other activities.

1950

By the end of the decade, the Contemporary Arts Museum had outgrown the original 1950 facility, so the trustees raised funds to purchase a prominent site on the corner of Montrose and Bissonnet, where the new building, designed by Gunnar Birkerts, was built.

1957

Another major change occurred in 1957, when the previously all-volunteer Museum hired Jermayne MacAgy as its first professional director.

1972

In 1972, the present building opened with a controversial exhibition called Ten, featuring several artists working in non-traditional media.

2011

As of 2011, over 175 exhibitions have taken place within the innovative series.

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