Weingarten Art Group is a boutique art advisory firm with Houston roots and a national and international presence. The firm provides expert service and brings thoughtful, imaginative solutions to private, corporate and public clients, specializing in collection development, acquisitions and budget management, strategic planning, public art, corporate partnerships, education and travel.
Lea Weingarten began the Weingarten Art Group in 2006, after more than fifteen years’ experience of working with public and private art collections in achieving their collecting goals. Ms. Weingarten co-founded the Menil Collection’s popular Contemporaries collecting group at the personal request of Mme. Dominique de Menil.
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When hunting for art that’s downright cool, the “richly saturated, lightly psychedelic” work of Jim Lambie always hits the high notes. Equipped with a lesser-known, but highly influential musical background, Lambie has been rocking art enthusiasts with his visually stunning works and installations for two decades now. Reflective is the key word when it comes…
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Discovery Green’s 2020 winter public art installation titled “Monuments” by Australian artist Craig Walsh honors Houston Heroes by projecting slow-motion videos of their faces onto the park’s large live oak trees. Houston Chronicle‘s Arts and Culture writer Molly Glentzer describes the installation as: Walsh’s monuments are visual whispers, not shouts. And trees provide a canvas…
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WAG Project
When activating a mixed-use space like GreenStreet Downtown, we seek out art that creates a rich experience for a viewer, visit after visit. We’re looking for showstoppers that grab your attention but also invite a closer look, rewarding you with a deeper layered meaning. The art is specially considered to renew and inspire your sense…
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WAG In The News
Austin and Houston based Interior Designer Marcus Mohon is a strong advocate for the pairing of fine art with elegant design. When he was chosen to participate in the 2020 Kips Bay Designer Show House in Dallas, Texas he reached out to Weingarten Art Group to curate selections that would compliment his graceful and inviting…
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