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Renowned contemporary artist Alex Katz has created a 35,000-square-foot mural in The Woodlands, Texas, commissioned by The Howard Hughes Corporation to anchor a new 2.3-acre outdoor community gathering space in Waterway Square. This significant new work by a leading figure in today’s art world will add a new attraction to one of the largest collections of outdoor public art in the country.

Alex Katz’s mural, titled Flowers, 2022, is hand-painted on a 358 x 105-foot wall on the south side of The Woodlands Waterway Square garage and becomes one of the largest art murals in Texas. The mural transforms the northeast corner of Waterway Square, engaging the last remaining inactive streetscape within the one-acre downtown public plaza that serves as a vibrant, walkable urban core in The Woodlands Town Center.

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The artist said what excites him about this project is the immense size and how it will become a part of the community. “I think art belongs to all people,” said Katz. “Not everyone who sees art in a public space is a gallery or museum goer. This mural will give everyone something to think about—whether viewed from a distance, from a car, or up close. When one is standing next to the painting, it becomes environmental; you feel like you’re in the painted floral landscape.”

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