A new museum called Arthouse is opening in Marble Falls, Texas, on April 25, 2026, during the town's Paint the Town Festival. Its inaugural exhibition, "Words Matter," features text-based artworks by artists including Faith Ringgold, Ed Ruscha, Terry Allen, and Jenny Holzer, drawn from the collection of oil and gas entrepreneur Mickey Klein and his wife Jeanne, who are longtime art collectors named to ARTnews' Top 200 Collectors list. The building, designed by Lake Flato, is a limestone and metal structure on Main Street that will serve as both a public gallery and an office.
The museum matters because it brings a world-class art destination to the Texas Hill Country, a region not typically associated with major art institutions. The Kleins' deep ties to museums like the Chinati Foundation, the Whitney Museum, and the Blanton Museum of Art, along with their focus on education and community engagement, signal that Arthouse could become a significant cultural anchor for the area, making high-caliber contemporary art accessible to local residents and students.