"RED HOT: Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection"

There are all kinds of reasons behind all kinds of shows. As to the truth of rumors that the Chaneys plan to donate anywhere from $2 million to $10 million to the MFAH, Francis Carter Stephens, director of the MFAH's public relations department, laughed and said, "I haven't heard a thing about that." I want a better survey of contemporary Asian art, but at the end of the day, I'm glad to see most of the works in "RED HOT." I just wish it didn't feel like it was also a part of some art-market manipulation scam. Or, as Borden more tactfully puts it, "I get that the museum does need new trustees and money. I just wish it could be done with more grace and high-mindedness."