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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Weingarten Art Group has been working with private collectors for over two years to craft a collection focused on featuring Women and Latin American artists. Recently their collection took center stage when the clients hosted over 200 women in their home for the Contemporary Art Museum Houston‘s annual women’s only fundraiser “Another Great Night”. The…
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PaperCity’s Tarra Gaines writes about Weingarten Art Group’s latest winter installation at Discovery Green this week. Paloma is a light and sound installation by french studio Pitaya featuring 200 origami style birds paired with “Here and Now” by Houston based artist Lina Dib installed along the Brown Promenade. Tarra writes: Houston’s favorite urban park and one…
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Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle’s Senior Writer and Critic, Arts & Culture, features Weingarten Art Group’s latest public art installation at Discovery Green. “Paloma” by French studio Pitaya and “Here and Now” by Houston based Lina Dib come together to create a one-of-a-kind immersive environment along the Brown Promenade. In the feature Molly writes: The Discovery…
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Houston Press arts and culture writer Susie Tommaney includes Weingarten Art Group project at Discovery Green titled Paloma by French art studio Pitaya and Houston based Lina Dib in 10 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston. About the installation Susie writes: By day Paloma will look like a flock of origami birds suspended from the live…
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