David Hockney: The Four Seasons, Woldgate Woods
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Returning to the landscape of his Yorkshire childhood in Northern England, David Hockney (born 1937) updated the classic…
August 20 through September 01, 2025
150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Since 1999, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has collaborated with the Houston chapter of the American Institute…
August 31 through August 15, 2025
Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography
From the MFAH: "Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography traces the evolution of photography in Cuba from the 1960s to the 2010s. The exhibition looks at…
September 29 through August 03, 2025
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Experiments with Physical Color
From the MFAH: "Some two dozen works by the Venezuelan master Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923-2019), who dedicated his career to investigating color as an autonomous element…
May 28 through July 15, 2025
Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond
From the MFAH: "The 18th and 19th centuries in Britain came to be known as the golden age of watercolor. During this era, artists shifted…
January 12 through July 06, 2025
Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples
From the MFAH: "In October, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will present Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples, an expansive exhibition of…
October 27 through January 20, 2025
Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery
From the MFAH: "Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery offers a visionary understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels of community-based knowledge and personal experience.…
October 20 through January 12, 2025
Notre-Dame Cathedral Immersive Experience
From the MFAH: "Following the devastating fire on April 15, 2019 that destroyed the roof, spire, and much of the interior of Notre-Dame de Paris,…
November 23 through January 05, 2025
Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer
From the MFAH: "Interdisciplinary artist Jacolby Satterwhite transforms the Museum’s vast Cullinan Hall with A Metta Prayer. The expansive multimedia installation fuses choreography, video, animation,…
May 18 through November 10, 2024
From the MFAH: "Arielle Masson: Chaotic Nodes is the first exhibition in a series celebrating the Glassell School of Art faculty. The exhibition is open…
August 10 through October 06, 2024
Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History
From the MFAH: "Thomas Demand has spent three decades exploring the intersections of history, photography, and memory. His large-scale photographic works investigate the way images…
June 30 through September 15, 2024
Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan
From the MFAH: "Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912) was a period of unprecedented cultural and technological transition. Over these remarkable decades, the country experienced radical social…
July 07 through September 15, 2024
Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will present the nationally touring Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West,…
June 09 through September 02, 2024
Prints & Drawings: Selections from the MFAH Collection
From the MFAH: "On View through September 1, 2024 A suite of 60 works presented in independent installations highlights strengths of the museum’s collection: Leaving…
May 28 through September 01, 2024
Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will present Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence, the artist’s new, monumental…
November 19 through May 27, 2024
Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism
From the MFAH: "In the summer of 1905, Henri Matisse and André Derain embarked on a creative partnership that would change the course of French…
February 25 through May 27, 2024
Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage
From the MFAH: "Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage is the first major museum exhibition devoted to exploring the breadth and complexity of Black identity and…
February 18 through May 12, 2024
Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "For centuries, Bergen, one of the largest port cities in Scandinavia, was a thriving hub of global commerce,…
February 11 through May 05, 2024
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is the only U.S. venue for an ambitious exhibition of the work…
November 03 through February 16, 2024
Rembrandt to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the Armand Hammer Collection
From the MFAH: "Rarely seen outside of Los Angeles, 46 paintings and works on paper from the renowned collection of the Hammer Museum at UCLA…
October 15 through January 21, 2024
Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America
From the MFAH: "In April 1955, two photographers were awarded grants by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, both for U.S. survey projects. One was Robert…
October 08 through January 07, 2024
2022 Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography
From Museum of Fine Arts Houston: "The annual exhibition Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography documents and celebrates Houston’s diverse neighborhoods through a collaboration between…
March 11 through December 15, 2023
William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Immerse yourself in the world of William Kentridge through exceptional works spanning 35 years of the celebrated South…
June 25 through September 10, 2023
Woven Wonders: Indian Textiles from the Parpia Collection
From MFAH: "A selection from one of the most significant private collections of Indian textiles outside of India will be on view at the Museum…
June 10 through September 04, 2023
Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure presents an ensemble of 60 masterpieces highlighting Alberto Giacometti’s major achievements of the…
November 13 through February 12, 2023
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Philip Guston never stopped questioning the place of the artist in society. His paintings resonate with a profound…
October 23 through January 16, 2023
Gordon Parks: Stokely Carmichael and Black Power
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Fifty-five years ago today, Life magazine published photographer Gordon Parks’ groundbreaking images and profile of Stokely Carmichael, the…
October 16 through January 16, 2023
Beauty and Ritual: Judaica from The Jewish Museum
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and The Jewish Museum, New York today announced a partnership to establish…
July 10 through September 18, 2022
Virtual Realities: The Art of M.C. Escher from the Michael S. Sachs Collection
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "On Sunday, March 13, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will open the largest and most comprehensive exhibition…
March 13 through September 05, 2022
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Conceptual artist Leandro Erlich constructs visual paradoxes and optical illusions that force viewers to question their own perception…
June 26 through September 05, 2022
Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Extraordinary Realities examines the career of Shahzia Sikander during her prolific first 15 years. Paintings, drawings, and video animations show how…
March 20 through June 05, 2022
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "From the moment of their unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in February 2018, the official portraits…
April 03 through May 30, 2022
Dawoud Bey: An American Project
From the MFAH: "Photographer Dawoud Bey portrays communities and histories that have been underrepresented or even unseen. From portraits in Harlem to nocturnal landscapes, classic street…
March 06 through May 30, 2022
Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America
From the Museum of Fine Arts Houston: "From Thursday, April 21, through Sunday, April 24, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents the 15th annual…
April 21 through April 24, 2022
Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia showcases the diversity and brilliance of ancient Colombian cultures. The exhibition…
November 06 through April 16, 2022
From the MFAH: "The MFAH presents the U.S. tour of Afro-Atlantic Histories, an unprecedented exhibition that explores the history and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade. The exhibition comprises…
October 24 through January 17, 2022
Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Georgia O’Keeffe forged a career as one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. She became…
October 17 through January 17, 2022
Connecting Currents: Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts
To register for the artist walk with Teresa Margolles and Ellen Lesperance on October 11, 2021, go here. From the Museum: "The Nancy and Rich…
March 11 through January 15, 2022
The Korean Film Days festival returns in person with recent arthouse and genre movies from the country’s robust film industry. Selections include an Oscar-winner, the…
December 10 through December 12, 2021
Ernesto Neto: SunForceOceanLife
To register for the virtual art workshops on August 18 and 19, 2021, go here. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "This summer, the…
May 30 through September 26, 2021
Impressionism to Modernism: Monet to Matisse from the Bemberg Foundation
From the MFAH: "Some 90 paintings and works on paper from the exceptional collection of late philanthropist Georges Bemberg are coming this summer to the…
June 27 through September 19, 2021
Olga de Amaral: To Weave a Rock
From the MFAH: "Olga de Amaral has pioneered her own visual language within the fiber arts movement. Her radical experimentation with color, form, material, composition, and…
July 25 through September 19, 2021
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Three Centuries of American Art highlights more than 200 works from the private collection of Fayez S. Sarofim. The…
July 14 through September 06, 2021
Conversations with Artists: Vik Muniz
From the MFAH: "Conversations with Artists This series brings MFAH curators together with artists whose works shaped the inaugural installations and special commissions for the…
August 12 through August 12, 2021
Virtual Lecture: “Chat and Chew” with Artist Trenton Doyle Hancock
To register for this online event, go here: From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Next up in the Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series: Trenton…
July 08 through July 08, 2021
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "The second biennial MFAH Staff Art Show celebrates an important art resource: the Museum’s talented employees. In addition to…
June 13 through June 27, 2021
Hockney – Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature
From the MFAH: "Two visionary artists, separated in time and space, are united by a shared fascination with nature. See the work of David Hockney…
February 21 through June 20, 2021
Christiane Baumgartner: Virtual Lecture
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston "Next up in the Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series: Printmaker Christiane Baumgartner joins prints & drawings curator Dena…
June 10 through June 10, 2021
Between Sea and Sky: Blue and White Ceramics from Persia and Beyond
To register for the virtual discussion with Aimée Froom, go here. From the MFAH: "The enduring appeal of blue and white ceramics stretches across the…
January 25 through May 31, 2021
Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting
From the Museum: "Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting celebrates lighting devices—innovative, practical, delightful, and fun. Over the past 100 years, the field of lighting design…
February 27 through May 16, 2021
To view this exhibition online, go here. From the Museum: "Founded in 2014, BLOCK is a focused year-long program for advanced students with an ongoing…
April 15 through May 15, 2021
Virtual Lecture: Artist Aaron McIntosh
To register for this artist talk, go here. From the Museum of Fine Arts Houston: "Next up in the Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series: Aaron…
May 13 through May 13, 2021
Steven Holl: Making Architecture
From the Museum: "Steven Holl: Making Architecture reveals Steven Holl’s intricate and distinctive process of making architecture through 17 recent projects, among them the campus redevelopment…
December 04 through February 14, 2021
Carmen Herrera: Structuring Surfaces
A solo exhibition featuring work by Carmen Herrera. From the MFAH: "Carmen Herrera: Structuring Surfaces is the Museum’s first exhibition devoted exclusively to the work…
October 21 through January 18, 2021
The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010
An exhibition reviewing the tenure of former MFAH directer Peter C. Marzio. From the MFAH: "Serving as director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston…
October 25 through January 10, 2021
Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library
To view the virtual discussion with Philippe de Montebello and James Anno, go here. From the Museum: "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Glory…
March 01 through January 03, 2021
2020 Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography
An annual group photography exhibition featuring work by Houston area high schools. From the MFAH: "See Houston from a new angle—through the eyes of the…
July 05 through January 03, 2021
Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait
The Museum’s landmark partnership with the Kuwait-based al-Sabah Collection and the cultural institution Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah continues with an expanded installation of Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The…
January 31 through December 27, 2020
Sarah Charlesworth: Arc of Total Eclipse, February 26, 1979
From the Museum: "Follow the path of a total solar eclipse through the front pages of local newspapers along the way. Arc of Total Eclipse,…
July 02 through November 29, 2020
Echoes of Harlem: The Graphic Work of Aaron Douglas
An exhibition featuring the work of Aaron Douglas. View the work online here. From the MFAH: "Aaron Douglas (1899–1979) was a graphic artist, painter, and…
March 10 through November 07, 2020
See how a work of art comes to life. In Proof of Concept, drawings, paintings, and proofs reveal the progress of an artwork prior to the…
January 09 through October 11, 2020
Core Program Lecture Series: Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Note: This event is online-only. For more information, go here. "The latest edition of the ongoing “Core Lecture Series” features contemporary artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan.…
October 08 through October 08, 2020
Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection
In February 2020, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will examine Italy’s postwar explosion of disruptive design in the exhibition Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985, The…
February 14 through September 06, 2020
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
From the Museum: "This summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the final venue to present Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age…
June 27 through August 30, 2020
Black Cultural Organizations in Houston: “Soul of a Nation” Virtual Panel Discussion
"Explore the importance and resilience of Houston’s Black cultural organizations, their birth and evolution over the years, and their role in today’s social and political…
August 15 through August 15, 2020
A Selection of Protest Photographs from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
An online presentation from Jason Dibley. From the MFAH: "Join VAA live on Facebook and YouTube Wednesday, August 5, at 6:00 p.m. for a virtual…
August 05 through August 05, 2020
Coffee with a Curator: Rex Koontz
A conversation series from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston featuring curators. Watch at the Museum's Instagram account. From the MFAH: "Did you know that…
July 31 through July 31, 2020
Coffee with a Curator: Ann Dumas
Note: This event is online only. An online conversation series from the MFAH, hosted on Instagram. From the MFAH: "Ann Dumas, consulting curator of European…
July 17 through July 17, 2020
Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum’s Collection
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum’s Collection. Featuring a dynamic range of work by 20…
February 27 through July 05, 2020
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Francis Bacon: Late Paintings. Organized by the Centre Pompidou, where it debuted in September 2019, this is the…
February 23 through May 25, 2020
Note: This event is online-only. Stuck in the house with nothing to do? Mix it up at DJ Sun’s virtual Happy Hour. Mark your calendar…
May 14 through May 14, 2020
A few years from now... Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94.…
March 25 through March 31, 2020
Norman Rockwell: American Freedom
"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom is the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to Norman Rockwell’s iconic depictions of the Four Freedoms outlined by Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Freedom of Speech, Freedom…
December 15 through March 22, 2020
Paradigm Shifts in Latin American and Latinx Art (1980-2019)
Free and Open to the Public in Brown Auditorium--Mari Carmen Ramírez, Wortham Curator of Latin American Art at MFAH, will examine the profound transformations in…
March 19 through March 19, 2020
Arthur Turner: Legacy of Students
Arthur Turner: Legacy of Students Orton Gallery
December 16 through February 23, 2020
Arthur Turner: Reflections showcases the work of Houston artist Arthur Turner, an accomplished watercolorist and beloved instructor at the Glassell School of Art for nearly 50 years.…
December 16 through February 23, 2020
A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection
"A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection comprises a series of installations that trace the course of photography from its invention to the…
October 03 through February 23, 2020
Jasper Johns: 100 Variations on a Theme
"The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this exhibition, which is timed in anticipation of the artist’s 90th-birthday year in 2020. The exhibition centers…
September 29 through February 16, 2020
Beatriz González: A Retrospective
"Beatriz González: A Retrospective is the first large-scale U.S. exhibition dedicated to the work of Colombian artist Beatriz González. Based in Bogotá, González (born 1938) is not…
October 27 through January 20, 2020
"The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Miss Ima Hogg & Modernism. The exhibition features some 50 works from the Museum’s permanent collection and will be…
July 27 through November 03, 2019
Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography
An exhibition of fashion photography featuring over 200 images. "Icons of Style showcases a diverse view of fashion and fashion photography—from elegant portraits made in…
June 23 through September 22, 2019
Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors
A solo exhibition featuring Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson's immersive, nine-screen video installation.
July 20 through September 22, 2019
William Forsythe: Choreographic Objects
A solo exhibition featuring immersive installation by William Forsythe in the Caroline Wiess Law Building.
May 23 through September 15, 2019
Spanish Colonial Paintings from the Thoma Collection
An exhibition featuring Spanish colonial artworks from the collection of Carl and Marilynn Thoma.
September 26 through September 15, 2019
"An exhibition featuring a survey of works from the MFAH collection of Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latinx art. Between Play and Grief presents…
March 16 through September 08, 2019
Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum’s Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11
"In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the…
July 20 through September 02, 2019
Solange Knowles: When I Get Home
A film screening in Houston. "The film was directed and edited by Solange Knowles with contributing directors Alan Ferguson, Terence Nance, Jacolby Satterwhite, and Ray…
July 17 through July 17, 2019
Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art
A show of portraits, landscapes, and still lifes by Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The exhibition includes more than 50 works the artist made throughout his life,…
March 10 through June 27, 2019
Mending: Craft and Community showcases "28 objects drawn from the museum’s collection that highlight both formal and metaphorical examples of mending. The selection reveals techniques…
December 08 through June 09, 2019
Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
"Photographer Sally Mann explores what it means to be Southern. For more than 40 years, Mann has made experimental, hauntingly beautiful photographs that address overarching…
March 03 through May 27, 2019
Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017
"Odysssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017 is the first major exhibition dedicated to sculptures by renowned contemporary artist Jack Whitten. Although Whitten has long been celebrated…
March 03 through May 27, 2019
Peter Fischli and David Weiss: Büsi (Kitty)
A video by Swiss art duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss
February 26 through April 28, 2019
Garden Paradise: The Magnificent Safavid Carpet from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow
"Garden Paradise: The Magnificent Safavid Carpet from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow explores the importance of the garden to Islamic culture through the lens of the world-renowned Wagner…
November 02 through March 24, 2019
A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection
"A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection is a series of installations that trace the course of photography from its invention to the…
September 12 through February 24, 2019
Tanya Aguiñiga: AMBOS on the Road in Texas
"The 11th annual Booker-Lowe Lecture, organized by the Glassell Studio School, is a talk with artist Tanya Aguiñiga, whose work is on view in the…
February 16 through February 16, 2019
Kindred Spirits: Louise Nevelson & Dorothy Hood
"The focused selection of paintings, sculpture, and works on paper, encapsulates the evolution of artists Louise Nevelson and Dorothy Hood across four decades and reveals…
November 03 through February 03, 2019
Always Greener: Seeing and Seeking Suburbia—Selections from the Museum’s Collection
"Navigating suburbia’s varied and evolving identities, the prints, drawings, and photographs on view in Always Greener form a rich portrait of suburban life. Suburbia’s grass…
August 21 through February 03, 2019
Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits
"Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol sheds new light on changing ideas of monarchy and nationhood in Britain. The exhibition features…
October 07 through January 27, 2019
26th Annual Houston Iranian Film Festival
The Houston Iranian Film Festival is back for its 26th year! For more information, please go here.
January 18 through January 27, 2019
Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975
"Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955–1975 charts the trajectory of the Venezuelan Informalist movement from the mid-1950s through its last manifestations in the 1970s. More…
October 28 through January 21, 2019
This exhibition, in the MFAH's Hirsch Library, features ephemera related to Pete Gershon's upcoming book, Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972–1985.
August 28 through December 15, 2018
Contemporary Dutch Design: Selections from the Museum’s Collection
"Contemporary Dutch Design showcases objects from the MFAH collection demonstrating a range of materials, techniques, and unprecedented approaches that place Dutch designers at the forefront…
May 19 through November 25, 2018
A show of 36 paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures by Houston-based artists. This show is organized and curated by Pete Gershon, the MFAH's Core Program coordinator and…
August 03 through November 11, 2018
40 Years of Discovery: Gifts of Clint Willour
"40 Years of Discovery celebrates the indelible mark curator and collector Clint Willour has made on the museum. Since 1976, his support and passion for…
June 09 through October 14, 2018
Digital Worlds: New Media from the Museum’s Collection
"Digital Worlds: New Media from the Museum’s Collection demonstrates the breadth of invention artists bring to contemporary art through digitization. The exhibition features a selection…
June 23 through October 08, 2018
Book Launch: Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972-1985
Pete Gershon will discuss his new book, Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972-1985, followed by a panel discussion and book signing. For a full…
September 23 through September 23, 2018
Futures/Faculty Selections features works by faculty members of the museum's Glassell Studio School.
August 03 through September 23, 2018
Ingmar Bergman's Cinema: A Centennial
The film series Ingmar Bergman's Cinema: A Centennial spotlights "the career of the iconic Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007). The series includes 15 films highlighting…
August 24 through September 23, 2018
Conversation & Book Signing: Sense of Home: Richard Stout & Jim Edwards
Curator Alison de Lima Greene joins Richard Stout and Jim Edwards in conversation about their work and the book Sense of Home: The Art of…
September 22 through September 22, 2018
Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age
An exhibition featuring works by the experimental Dutch designer Joris Laarman Lab. The show features 65 pieces of furniture, drawing suites, and videos.
June 24 through September 16, 2018
An installation of Mike + Doug Starn's artwork Big Bambú. For more on the piece, go here.
June 10 through September 03, 2018
Hidden Layers: Painting and Process in Europe, 1500–1800
"Hidden Layers: Painting and Process in Europe, 1500–1800 highlights recent technical findings for European paintings in the Blaffer and MFAH collections. The imaging techniques of…
July 08 through September 03, 2018
A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection
"A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection is a series of installations that trace the course of photography from its invention to the…
March 28 through September 03, 2018
Music on the Plaza is a new summer music series in the MFAH's new outdoor space, The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza.
June 15 through August 17, 2018
Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India
An exhibition featuring nearly 250 objects from the kingdom of Marwar-Jodhpur, one of the largest princely states in India, in the northwestern state of Rajasthan. The…
March 04 through August 12, 2018
Family, Community, and Shorts: A Project Row Houses / MFAH Collaboration
"In a collaboration celebrating the 25th anniversary of Project Row Houses, the MFAH presents films considering themes of family, community, and identity. Ryan N. Dennis,…
July 13 through July 15, 2018
Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography
Eye on Houston features photographs created by Houston area high school students. The works depict the students' daily lives and are inspired their personal stories.
January 24 through June 24, 2018
Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art
An exhibition showcasing the collection of Edith and Percy Straus. Given to the museum in 1941, the collection includes works by Fra Angelico, Giovanni di Paolo, Bartolomeo…
February 19 through June 17, 2018
Michelangelo and the Vatican: Masterworks from the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples
Michelangelo and the Vatican: Masterworks from the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples highlights "the artistic legacy of Pope Paul III (1468–1549), whose patronage…
March 11 through June 10, 2018
The MFAH's sixth annual Jazz on Film series. For more details, go here.
June 05 through June 05, 2018
Radicals and Revolutionaries: America’s Founding Fathers
"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America’s Founding Fathers" features paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the MFAH collections—including 18th-century selections from Bayou Bend and Rienzi—along with…
March 10 through May 28, 2018
Celebrating Community: Opening Day
An event celebrating the opening of the MFAH's new Glassell School of Art building. For more details, go here.
May 20 through May 20, 2018
12th Houston Palestine Film Festival
The Houston Palestine Film Festival returns for its 12th year. For more information and tickets, go here.
May 05 through May 06, 2018
A screening featuring short films and videos by this year’s 2017–18 Core Program artists-in-residence.
May 04 through May 04, 2018
Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America
The Latin Wave Film Festival is back for its 13th year! "The festival premieres eight films reflecting the vibrant and innovative cinema scene thriving throughout Latin…
April 26 through April 29, 2018
Kimono Zulu Pop-Up at the MFAH Shop
"Kimono Zulu, a creative exploration led by Tina Zulu, will host a three-day trunk show at the The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, MFA Shop…
April 20 through April 22, 2018
Conversations with the Director: William Middleton
MFAH Director Gary Tinterow will speak with author William Middleton about Middleton's new biography, Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil.
April 03 through April 03, 2018
The MFAH's annual Five Funny French Films program returns in 2018 for its eighth year. For a full list of films and for tickets, please go…
March 23 through March 25, 2018
The Glamour and Romance of Oscar de la Renta
An exhibition celebrating the life and career of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta. The show features nearly 70 ensembles created by de la Renta.
October 08 through March 18, 2018
The Houston Jewish Film Festival is back for its 14th year. Films at this year's festival include Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me, a portrait…
March 10 through March 11, 2018
David Levinthal: Photographs 1972–2016
An exhibition featuring works by New York-based photographer David Levinthal. The show celebrates a gift to the museum of 44 of Levinthal's images that explore themes of…
October 14 through February 18, 2018
Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces from Persian Lands
An exhibition featuring more than 100 pieces of Persian art created from the 6th to the 19th century. The works span a range of media, including carpets,…
November 19 through February 11, 2018
Seeing Sound: Mary Ellen Bute Retrospective
A screening of short, abstract animations by artist Mary Ellen Bute. The Houston-born artist created works that "translated music into choreographed shapes, shifting lights, and brilliant…
February 03 through February 03, 2018
25th Annual Houston Iranian Film Festival
A film festival celebrating Iranian films. Many of the films were created by or are highlighting young Iranian women. For more details and tickets, go…
January 19 through January 28, 2018
HOME—So Different, So Appealing
"HOME—So Different, So Appealing features U.S. Latino and Latin American artists from the late 1950s to the present who use the universal concept of “home”…
November 17 through January 21, 2018
MFAH Core Program Lecture Series
A series of lectures by visiting artists and scholars. All talks are free and open to the public.
October 19 through December 14, 2017
Inspired by Robert Frank: Publishing the Photobook in the 21st Century
A panel discussion about the current environment in the field of photography and photobooks, as well as perspectives on the future. The panel will be…
December 09 through December 09, 2017
5th Annual Houston Turkish Film Festival
The MFAH's annual Turkish Film Festival has returned! For tickets and more information, please go here.
October 13 through October 15, 2017
In the Studio: Craft in Postwar America, 1950-1970
An exhibition of nearly 40 American craft objects created between 1950 and 1970. During this period, artists focused on creating objects by hand rather than working…
May 18 through October 08, 2017
Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950
An exhibition chronicling "the development of modern art in Mexico and the social, political, and cultural forces that shaped it over the course of nearly…
June 25 through October 01, 2017
Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians—The Mohammed Afkhami Collection
A show featuring works by three generations of Iranian-born artists. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, photography, and video pieces that "shed light on the rich heritage,…
July 01 through September 24, 2017
Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish
An exhibition featuring two works by Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist. Both works in the show, Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish, were recently acquired by the MFAH.…
June 11 through September 17, 2017
Homelands and Histories: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh
An exhibition of photographs by Fazal Sheikh. The show is in celebration of the MFAH's acquisition of 75 photographs by the artist.
May 06 through September 04, 2017
Houston Museum District's Zone 3 Experience
For Houston Museum District's Zone 3 Experience, visit the MFAH, the CAMH, the Jung Center, and St. Paul's United Methodist Church for special tours, family activities…
July 29 through July 29, 2017
WITNESS: Garth Clark’s Journey through the Ceramic Art Revolution
A talk by Garth Clark, the celebrated author, editor, collector, gallerist, lecturer, and perhaps the most influential and provocative voice in the field of international ceramics. The…
July 22 through July 22, 2017
A series of films highlighting the music and musicians of jazz. To see all screenings and to buy tickets, go here.
June 03 through June 25, 2017
Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats
A show of ikat textiles, including robes, dresses, and hangings from the Murad Megalli Collection of the Textile Museum in Washington D.C. The exhibition is supplemented…
March 12 through June 04, 2017
A show of thirteen works by hyperrealistic sculptor Ron Mueck. Via the MFAH: "Assembled from public and private collections around the world, the exhibition focuses on…
February 26 through May 29, 2017
Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950
An exhibition of modern and contemporary Cuban art created since 1950. The show aims to highlight the narrative of artists who lived and worked in…
March 05 through May 21, 2017
A screening of The Art Life, a documentary about the life and work of David Lynch.
May 20 through May 21, 2017
Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America
The 12th annual Latin Wave Film Festival presented by the MFAH. The festival features 10 films reflecting the vibrant cinema scene throughout Latin America and welcomes…
April 27 through April 30, 2017
Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870
A show of prints, drawings, and illustrated books from the MFAH's collection.
February 12 through April 16, 2017
This popular MFAH film series is back for its seventh edition! To see a full lineup of films and to buy your tickets, please go…
March 31 through April 08, 2017
A two-day symposium examining 19th-century material culture in Texas and the Southwest.
February 24 through February 25, 2017
Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Treasure from Berthouville
An exhibition featuring over 170 coins, plates, bowls, statues, and more from the Roman Empire.
November 06 through February 08, 2017
The 24th annual Houston Iranian Film Festival. For tickets and more information, please go here.
January 20 through January 24, 2017
Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from the National Palace Museum, Taipei
A show of paintings, sculptures, calligraphic works and decorative objects from the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
October 23 through January 22, 2017
A survey of works by Impressionist artist Edgar Degas. The show is co-organized by the MFAH and the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia and…
October 16 through January 16, 2017
Julian Onderdonk and the Texan Landscape
An exhibition of works by American Impressionist and San Antonio native Julian Onderdonk (1882–1922). Onderdonk is known for his depictions of the Texas countryside and depictions of bluebonnets.
October 02 through January 02, 2017
A Texas Legacy: Selections from the William J. Hill Collection
An exhibition of furniture, drawings, paintings, pottery, silver, and other goods made in Texas between the mid-19th and early 20th centuries.
October 02 through January 02, 2017
An exhibition of works by photographer Helen Levitt (1913–2009). Throughout her live, Levitt photographed the people and places in New York City, capturing simple activities that were a…
September 13 through January 02, 2017
Look to the East: Decorative Arts and Orientalism, 1870 –1920
An exhibition featuring approximately 40 works showcasing the influence of “the East” on Western artists and designers in the late 19th and the 20th century. The…
June 25 through October 23, 2016
Catherine Morris, Sackler Center Curator for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, will visit Houston for three days to participate in…
October 05 through October 07, 2016
Statements: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection
An exhibition featuring 47 works by African American artists. The show includes works by regional and international artists, including Trenton Doyle Hancock, Robert Pruitt, Kara…
January 24 through September 25, 2016
Matthew Barney: River of Fundament
A screening Matthew Barney's three-part film River of Fundament. For tickets, go here. Show times are as follows: Act I Friday, September 16, 7 p.m. Act…
September 16 through September 18, 2016
Kusama: At the End of the Universe
An exhibition featuring two installations by artist Yayoi Kusama. The exhibition brings two of the artist’s signature infinity rooms—Aftermath of the Obliteration of Eternity (2009) and Love Is…
June 12 through September 18, 2016
Infinite Pause: Photography and Time
An exhibition exploring "photography's ability to both stop time in an instant and to capture its extended duration." The show features nearly 50 photographs by…
June 18 through September 11, 2016
High Society: The Portraits of Franz X. Winterhalter
An exhibition featuring 45 paintings by Franz X. Winterhalter, and artist renowned for his portraits of 19th-century European royalty.
April 17 through August 14, 2016
Olivia de Havilland Centennial Tribute
A program of films celebrating actress Olivia de Havilland's 100th birthday.
July 01 through August 13, 2016
A film festival highlighting the history and legacy of Jazz music. The festival is organized by guest curator Peter Lucas. For tickets, go here.
June 03 through June 24, 2016
Sculpted in Steel: Art Deco Automobiles and Motorcycles, 1929–1940
An exhibition showcasing 14 cars and three motorcycles that exemplify the sleek, elegant, sexy art deco auto designs from 1929 to 1940.
February 21 through May 30, 2016
An exhibition featuring works by 2016 Core artists-in-residence, including Tsuyoshi Anzai, Jason Byrne, Danielle Dean, Sondra Perry, Ivor Shearer, Kenneth Tam, and Rodrigo Valenzuela. Core critics-in-residence…
April 21 through May 26, 2016
A bus tour conceived by Core fellow Critic-in-Residence Andy Campbell. The tour will "visit several sites important to Houston's postmodernist building boom. Along the way participants…
May 18 through May 21, 2016
Houston Palestine Film Festival
A film festival highlighting films from Palestine. For a full schedule and tickets, go here.
May 13 through May 15, 2016
Filmmaker Julien Temple visits the MFAH. In conjunction with his visit, the museum will present screenings of The Filth and the Fury, Never Mind the Baubles: Xmas…
May 05 through May 07, 2016
Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography
An exhibition of photographs by 37 students from Jack Yates, Westside, Bellaire, Sam Houston, and Cesar E. Chavez high schools, along with students from Through The Lens, a district-wide after…
January 12 through May 01, 2016
Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America
A film festival featuring eleven films showcasing Latin America’s diverse film culture. For a full schedule and for tickets, go here.
April 28 through May 01, 2016
The MFAH presents films in collaboration with the FotoFest 2016 Biennial. Get tickets here.
April 08 through March 29, 2016
An exhibition of 12 large-scale photographs by New York-based artist Vera Lutter. These works are created inside large, specially constructed rooms-turned pinhole cameras.
November 21 through March 20, 2016
Contingent Beauty: Contemporary Art from Latin America
An exhibition featuring work by artists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela. The show is drawn primarily from the museum's permanent collection of Latin…
November 22 through February 28, 2016
Core Program Lecture Series: Joshua Decter
"In an evening of satire-laced analysis, Joshua Decter comes clean about his addiction to art, his association with its cult, and opens up about how…
February 11 through February 11, 2016
A multi-day film festival highlighting Iranian films. Some screenings occur at the Asia Society Texas Center and Rice Cinema. For a full schedule, go here.
January 22 through February 02, 2016
Pleasure and Piety: The Art of Joachim Wtewael
This is the first monographic exhibition dedicated to Joachim Wtewael, a late-Renaissance artist working in Utrecht. The exhibition is coming from presentations both at the National Gallery…
November 01 through January 31, 2016
An installation of more than 580,000 lego bricks that the public can use to create cityscapes.
October 16 through January 31, 2016
A special exhibition featuring hundreds of Islamic masterworks from the renowned al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait. In conjunction, the MFAH has also installed a number of related…
January 31 through January 30, 2016
An exhibition of more than 50 paintings that trace the career of Mark Rothko. The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this exhibition, which…
September 20 through January 24, 2016
"The Houston Cinema Arts Festival is an eight-day, multi-venue festival focused on visual, performing, and literary arts that includes over 50 narrative and documentary films,…
November 12 through November 19, 2015
Core Program 2015-16 Lecture Series
A series of lectures brought to Houston by the MFAH's Core program.
October 15 through November 05, 2015
Defining the Body: Contemporary Figuration on Paper
An exhibition of prints and drawings that examines how the artists' use of the model and the human body has changed over the past 50…
August 01 through November 01, 2015
Philip Worthington: Shadow Monsters
A playful interactive installation by New York-based artist Philip Worthington enabling participants to create their own shadow plays in a digital shadow-puppet theater that uses…
May 23 through November 01, 2015
"The fifth biennial David B. Warren Symposium. Beginning with a keynote lecture on Friday evening, symposium participants attend a number of receptions, lectures, and an exhibition viewing,…
October 23 through October 25, 2015
Art + Writing: Photography/ Memory: Capturing the Ethereal
A writing workshop exploring "the power of memory and nostalgia." Using the exhibition Roman Vishniac Rediscovered as a jumping off point, the workshop has prompts that…
October 24 through October 24, 2015
Art & Dialogue: Houston Featuring Miki Garcia
"Miki Garcia, executive director at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB), will present a talk focused on the process of curatorial decision making within…
October 21 through October 21, 2015
A symposium discussing Mark Rothko's career. For a full list of speakers and events, go here.
October 17 through October 17, 2015
A free edition of MFAH's Mixed Media to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new Glassell School. There will be food trucks, cocktails and DJs.
October 16 through October 17, 2015
In Appreciation: Gifts in Honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker
An exhibition of selected works given to the MFAH by collectors and artists from around the country in celebration of Anne Tucker’s 39-year tenure as…
June 23 through October 11, 2015
The photographer, writer and filmmaker Duane Michals will give a talk on his career. A book signing will follow. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased…
September 24 through September 24, 2015
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: The Women's List
A documentary by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. A Q+A with the artist will follow the screening.
September 15 through September 15, 2015
Habsburg Splendor: Masterpieces from Vienna’s Imperial Collections
An exhibition showcasing masterpieces and rare objects from the collection of the Habsburg Dynasty—the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire and other powerful rulers who…
June 14 through September 13, 2015
Pablo Bronstein: We Live in Mannerist Times
An exhibition of drawings by London-based Argentine artist Pablo Bronstein, whose work explores our built environment from architecture to machines. Inspired by late-18th- and early-19th-century…
April 15 through August 23, 2015
Cosmic Dialogues: Selections from the Latin American Art Collection
An exhibition focusing on visual explorations of space and light. The show features nearly 50 works created by Latin American artists over the past 70…
May 14 through August 23, 2015
The 7th annual World Premiere of Boot Camp short films. Produced by elementary and middle school students, the films have all been created, shot, and…
August 15 through August 15, 2015
American Modern: Works from the Collection of Alice C. Simkins
An exhibition of American art from the first decades of the 20th century, including works on paper by Oscar Bluemner, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Charles…
April 16 through July 19, 2015
"For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1979" examines an important and often overlooked period for photography and contemporary art…
March 07 through July 12, 2015
An exhibition celebrating the gift to the MFAH of more than 400 photographs from the collection of Houston-based landscape and portrait photographer Michael Marvins and…
April 04 through July 05, 2015
Rienzi Library: Highlights from a House
An exhibition exploring treasures of the Rienzi Library at the MFAH's house museum for European decorative arts. Books on display highlight fine graphic design and…
February 28 through June 28, 2015
A screening series exploring intersections of jazz and cinema with classic and rare performance films, documentaries, and narrative movies with jazz scores. Full schedule HERE
June 05 through June 20, 2015
Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography
The 20th Annual Eye on Houston exhibition provides a unique view of the city through the lenses of student photographers from Jack Yates, Bellaire, and…
February 03 through May 10, 2015
This exhibition reunites monumental tapestries from the Triumph of the Eucharist series, designed by Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens in the early 1620s, with oil-on-panel…
February 15 through May 10, 2015
Unfolding Worlds: Japanese Screens and Contemporary Ceramics
An exhibition featuring more than 25 large-scale painted screens from artists active in Japan between the 17th and 20th centuries, shown alongside 35 ceramic works…
March 01 through May 10, 2015
A talk with contemporary artist Ernesto Neto, whose immersive installations transform one’s sense of place and often include aromatics to trigger multi-sensory experiences.
April 13 through April 13, 2015
Conversations with the Director: Tom Campbell
MFAH director Gary Tinterow engages in conversation with Thomas P. Campbell, director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art discussing critical issues facing museums today as…
April 10 through April 10, 2015
This exhibition of drawings and prints from the museum’s permanent collection shows how various artists, since the advent of Modernism, have explored and expanded mark-making.…
December 12 through March 22, 2015
Keller Easterling: Extrastatecraft
Part of the Plug-Ins series of guest lectures about architecture’s capabilities, Keller Easterling (Yale School of Architecture) will discuss concepts in her book, "Extrastatecraft: The…
February 25 through February 25, 2015
MFAH’s 22nd Annual Houston Iranian Film Festival includes the local premieres of five recent feature films, as well as current Core Fellow Anahita Ghazvinizadeh in…
January 23 through February 01, 2015
Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River
Fifty paintings on loan from locations around the world provide an intimate look at the Seine, a subject essential to Monet’s identity as an artist.
October 26 through February 01, 2015
Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art
Art from the ancient Americas of animals that played significant roles in religion and society. Jaguars, killer whales, fish, and cats!
October 16 through January 11, 2015
A survey of works by photographer Roman Vishniac. The exhibition includes nearly 250 objects - photographs, negatives, and ephemera representing Vishniac's career.
September 24 through January 03, 2015
Conversations with the Director: Gary Tinterow with Leonard A. Lauder
MFAH director in conversation with renowned New York art collector Leonard A. Lauder. A devoted philanthropist with a passion for Cubism, Lauder recently donated his…
November 20 through November 20, 2014
Conversations with the Director: Gary Tinterow Talks with Michael York
MFAH director Tinterow talks with British actor Michael York about York's distinguished career and role in the acclaimed 1972 film Cabaret. The discussion is followed…
November 03 through November 03, 2014
The Naked Eye: Photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen
Celebrated Finnish-American photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen traces the roots of his fascination with magical realism—how visual veracity and the imagination can team up to create…
October 27 through October 27, 2014
Near Future: Liam Young and Agnieszka Kurant
British architect and curator Liam Young and Polish visual artist Agnieszka Kurant will bring the Fall 2014 series, cosponsored by the Rice School of Architecture and…
October 15 through October 15, 2014
Continuing the RSA/RDA fall lecture series, Belgian photographer Filip Dujardin will be in dialogue with Oscar-nominated production designer K.K. Barrett (best known for his work…
October 08 through October 08, 2014
Rice School of Architecture and Rice Design Alliance Fall 2014 Lecture Series: Jean-Louis Cohen
The first in the RSA/RDA fall lecture series, which will bring to Houston five visionaries whose creative work attempts to forecast the future. Featured speaker: Jean-Louis Cohen, architect,…
October 01 through October 01, 2014
Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris
Here you go, urban planning buffs and historical architectural hand-wringers: "At the heart of the show are compelling views of Paris both before and after…
June 15 through September 14, 2014
Jesús Rafael Soto's suspended plastic playscape will encompass all 2,600 square feet of the MFAH's Cullinan Hall.
May 08 through September 01, 2014
Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings
Known primarily for his sculpture, Archipenko made many drawings which form the centerpiece this exhibition.
May 15 through August 17, 2014
Films made by youth and teens enrolled in Aurora Picture Show Boot Camps.
August 09 through August 09, 2014
ERMAGERD!!!!! "Celebrate the luxurious exhibition "Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House" in style with drinks, dancing, and pics in the Smilebooth."
June 27 through June 28, 2014
Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection
Based in Potomac, Maryland, the Eagles have been collecting decorative arts since the 1960s. Their early focus was on contemporary ceramics; today the collection also…
February 23 through May 26, 2014
John Singer Sargent: The Watercolors
This exhibition of nearly 100 works, painted between 1902 and 1911, provides an opportunity to view a broad range of the Sargent's watercolors. It brings…
March 02 through May 26, 2014
Georges Braque: A Retrospective
Braque was a leading figure of the Paris avant-garde in the first decades of the 20th century. Together with Picasso, he pioneered the innovations of…
February 13 through May 11, 2014
The Museum is the final stop on a three-year, international tour of French paintings originally assembled by Singer sewing-machine heir Sterling Clark and his wife,…
December 22 through May 04, 2014
Adding a Beat: Hirsch Library Project
A project conceived by Hanna Yoo, a critic in residence of the Core Program, is the first contemporary art project held at the Hirsch Library.…
April 04 through May 02, 2014
Library Lectures: Ed Hill and Suzanne Bloom (MANUAL)
The Libraries of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, present Ed Hill and Suzanne Bloom (MANUAL) as the second speakers of the Library Lectures series.…
April 02 through April 02, 2014
Unearthling: Films by Peter Lucas
Lucas's recent film Voyager Found and the premiere of new film, Unearthling. Unearthling centers on the arrival of a mysterious figure from another dimension. Voyager…
March 29 through March 29, 2014
Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Roads of Arabia explores the impact of ancient trade routes that crossed the Arabian Peninsula, allowing for an exchange of objects and ideas. The exhibition…
December 19 through March 09, 2014
Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona
In the mid-1950s, motivated by social distress and poverty, Argentinian artist Berni abandoned painting for assemblage. Juanito Laguna and Ramona Montiel are two fictitious characters…
November 10 through February 02, 2014
Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna, 1897–1907
The Museum of Fine Arts will open Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna, 1897–1907, an exhibition that debuted at the Neue Galerie New York in May…
September 29 through January 12, 2014
Words and Things: Buddhist Texts and Ritual Objects from Japan
Words and Things: Buddhist Texts and Ritual Objects from Japan comprises nearly 50 objects from the private collection of Boston-based literature scholars Sylvan Barnet and…
October 20 through January 12, 2014
Calaveras Mexicanas: The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada
The exhibition Calaveras Mexicanas: The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada marks the 100th anniversary of the death of José Guadalupe Posada, whose prints of…
September 13 through December 15, 2013
MFAH screens a documentary film directed and produced by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. 6:00 pm The Out List Screening. 7:00 pm Q + A with Timothy Greenfield-Sanders & Anne Wilkes…
November 04 through November 04, 2013
Gifts from the Past: The Isabel Brown Wilson Collection
Gifts from the Past: The Isabel Brown Wilson Collection presents over 50 artworks from the bequest of Isabel Brown Wilson. Gifts from the Past explores…
July 13 through October 27, 2013
MFAH presents a public lecture by art critic and curator Gerardo Mosquera. Mosquera was a co-founder of the Havana Biennial, a Curator at the New…
October 09 through October 09, 2013
Self, Model, and Self as Other
Self, Model, and Self as Other, highlights about 50 self-portraits—spanning more than a century—that illustrate how photographic self-portraits reveal different innovative approaches to the genre.…
July 13 through September 29, 2013
James Turrell: The Light Inside
James Turrell: The Light Inside explores the career of James Turrell.Raised in a Quaker household and coming of age in the radical climate of the…
June 09 through September 22, 2013
Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from The Brillembourg Capriles Collection
Intersecting Modernities presents more than 100 works created by Latin American artists—including Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Diego Rivera, and Joaquín Torres-García—from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection…
June 23 through September 02, 2013
Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop
Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop is the first major exhibition devoted to the history of manipulated photographs before the digital age. Some 180 works demonstrate…
June 02 through August 25, 2013
QFest: Houston’s GLBTQ film festival
QFest, Houston’s GLBTQ film festival, celebrates its 17th year with screenings throughout the city. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will screen six films from…
July 25 through July 28, 2013
Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics, 1956 – 1986
Freed from the constraints of making functional objects, ceramics artists began experimenting with abstract and figural forms, radical building techniques and surface treatments.
February 23 through June 30, 2013
Anne Wilkes Tucker: Manfred Heiting Lecture
Manfred Heiting began his professional life as a designer, a skill employed in his exhibition and book design for the 2011 MFAH presentation Helmut Newton:…
June 21 through June 21, 2013
The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia
The British Museum’s Cyrus Cylinder, is traveling to five major museum venues in the United States, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Cyrus Cylinder is among…
May 03 through June 14, 2013
Picasso was a colorist, but this is his work in black, white and shades of gray, on exclusive loan to the MFAH from the Guggenheim…
February 24 through May 27, 2013
A worthy program. Art Beyond Sight is a gallery program for visitors who are blind or partially sighted. Trained educators use verbal descriptions and hands-on…
May 11 through May 11, 2013
Princes and Paupers: The Art of Jacques Callot
Jacques Callot (1592-1635), a master printmaker who created more than 1,400 prints throughout his prolific career: everyhitng from courtly pageants and theatrical comedies to the…
January 31 through May 05, 2013
Lost Treasure of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice
17th- to 20th-century silver and bronze objects, including liturgical pieces, hidden in a Venetian synagogue for 60 years and recently rediscovered and restored, including a…
February 21 through April 28, 2013
“Picasso Black and White”: Lecture by Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
“Picasso Black and White" is a lecture presented by Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Few artists have had as great…
April 12 through April 12, 2013
Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado
100+ masterworks from a renowned museum, including works by Francisco de Goya, El Greco, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Jusepe de Ribera and Diego Velázquez.
December 16 through March 31, 2013
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographs of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath
A major show exploring 165 years of armed conflict through the eyes of photographers. Organized by a curatorial team consisting of Anne Wilkes Tucker, MFAH…
November 11 through February 03, 2013
Popular, useful minimalism from the MFAH decorative arts collection by the likes of Georg Jensen, Orrefors, Alvar Aalto, Bruno Mathsson, Kaj Franck, Timo Sarpaneva, Tapio…
August 26 through January 27, 2013
Professor Giovanni Curatola: Treasures of Islamic Art from the al-Sabah Collection
Professor Giovanni Curatola, organizing curator of the inaugural exhibition of works from the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, consultant to the DAI (Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah), and professor…
January 26 through January 26, 2013
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Convertibles and Polygons
Farmanfarmaian balances techniques and imagery drawn from Islamic decoration with the innovations of the Minimalist avant-garde.
November 21 through January 25, 2013
American Adversaries: West and Copley in a Transatlantic World
This exhibition charts the rise of contemporary history painting in the 18th century through the lives of Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley.
October 06 through January 20, 2013
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit
100+ works by acclaimed African American painter travel to Houston for this retrospective, including the artist´s famed Resurrection of Lazarus. Organized by the Pennsylvania Academy…
October 21 through January 13, 2013
Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection
60 paintings and sculptures dating from the 1930s to the present, including the celebrated Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art and extensive holdings of…
September 15 through January 06, 2013
W. Eugene Smith and James Nachtwey
Born 30 years apart, the mission for photogrpahers Smith (1918–1978) and Nachtwey (born 1948) is to bear witness. This exhibition focuses on their documentations of…
October 14 through January 01, 2013
American Made: 250 Years of American Art
A comprehensive display of the MFAH's collections of American art organized by Emily Ballew Neff, MFAH curator, American Painting and Sculpture; and Christine Gervais, MFAH…
July 07 through January 01, 2013
Sean Scully: How I got started. How I evolved
Artist Sean Scully talks about himself as the Second Annual Naomi Turner True Fall Lecture. “If you have Matisse, Mondrian, Rothko, then you’ve got my…
November 27 through November 27, 2012
MFAH Mixed Media Designed by IKEA
A late-night party featuring high-energy live music, cocktails and dancing. 18 and older. Tickets from $6-14, depending.
November 16 through November 16, 2012
Artful Thursday Lecture: Daniel Crouch: Made in China
Dealer in rare manuscripts Daniel Crouch is a trader based in London who tracks down ancient maps, atlases, plans, and sea charts. At the age…
November 15 through November 15, 2012
Lecture & Book Signing: AIA Houston Architectural Guide
The long-awaited third edition of the AIA Houston Architectural Guide contains 1,391 entries divided into 29 tours. The new text was written by Stephen Fox…
November 03 through November 03, 2012
Architect Peter Bohlin, selected by the Hermann Park Conservancyto design the entry pavilion within the park's new Centennial Gardens., speaks at the MFAH's Law Building.…
October 25 through October 25, 2012
20th-century photographers use clothing to help craft a social narrative, organized by Natalie Zelt, MFAH Curatorial Assistant, Photography.
June 20 through October 08, 2012
Unrivaled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art
85 works from the Powers Collection. The Powers’ began buying Japanese artwork in the 1960s and over the next four decades they amassed 300 objects,…
June 10 through September 23, 2012
The centuries-old artistic impulse to exaggerate and distort realistic features, characteristics and situations, encompassing images of the grotesque, caricature and satire from the 16th through…
July 01 through September 23, 2012
Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York
The first retrospective on Phyfe in 90 years
June 24 through September 09, 2012
Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London
48 paintings from the Kenwood House, a neoclassical villa in London, start a four-stop American tour at the MFAH. The works were collected by brewing…
June 03 through September 03, 2012
Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students, and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection
Nine works by Rembrandt as well as nearly fifty sheets by his pupils and followers, organized by the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut.
April 15 through July 08, 2012
Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage
Photos, photocollages, photomontages, and moving images project a political, social, or cultural state of utopia or dystopia collected for Fotofest.
March 11 through June 10, 2012
Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection
In 2007, the MFAH acquired the Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection of some 475 ceramic artworks, one of the most important contemporary ceramic…
March 04 through June 03, 2012
Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst
25 paintings celebrate the exquisite work of a neglected Seventeenth-century Dutch master.
March 11 through May 28, 2012
Before e-mail, photographers would write letters on the backs of misprints. The MFAH photography collection contains more than 1,500 such objects that have been mailed…
February 01 through May 20, 2012
Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski
30+ monumental canvases offer an incisive survey of the career of color field painter Jules Olitski (1922-2007). Stain paintings, Spray paintings, Baroque paintings, and High…
February 12 through May 06, 2012
Elegant Perfection: Masterpieces of Courtly and Religious Art from the Tokyo National Museum
The final installation in the MFAH's new permanent Arts of Asia galleries opens with a special exhibition, showcasing important objects from the collection of the…
February 19 through April 08, 2012
Ingrid Lüders: The Art of Ikebana Flower Arranging
Grand Master Ingrid Lüders of the Ohara School, demonstrates how the Ohara style of Japense flower arrangement expresses the glory of the spring season. Free…
March 18 through March 18, 2012
Peter Blum Edition Archive: Highlights
Printmaking by big-name contemporary Artists Eric Fischl, Alex Katz, Barbara Kruger, Sherrie Levine, Brice Marden, David Rabinowitch and Terry Winters, selected from the Peter Blum…
December 23 through February 20, 2012
Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery
18 new drawings by British artist Ewan Gibbs using imagery of Arlington National Cemetery.
November 12 through February 10, 2012
New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection
Czech avant-garde works collected by Houston philanthropists Roy and Mary Cullen, including outstanding examples from the flowering of Czech Surrealism; works by Surrealist pioneer and…
November 04 through February 05, 2012
Kathy Ryan Lecture and Booksigning
Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography at The New York Times Magazine, will speak about her work and sign copies of her new book from Aperture,…
January 23 through January 23, 2012
Mining the Archive: New Paths for Latin American/Latino Art Research
An international symposium launching Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art, the MFAH/ICAA digital archive. Speakers will include Alejandro Anreus, art history professor at…
January 20 through January 20, 2012
Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts
A major international loan exhibition which explores Islamic art through the universal tradition of gift giving, Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art…
October 23 through January 16, 2012
Life & Luxury: The Art of Living in Eighteenth-Century Paris
160 paintings, furniture, sculpture, clocks, watches, clothing, metalwork, architectural fittings, lamps and hearth fixtures, musical instruments, drawings, books, and maps re-create the lifestyle of elite…
September 18 through December 11, 2011
Acid on Metal: The Art of Etching and Aquatint
Intaglio printmaking from the 16th century to today, organized chronologically! A rare technically oriented art show, complete with sample tools and plates!
September 11 through November 27, 2011
Sandy Skoglund creates images composed of out-of-place objects, creatures, and colors. Anne Wilkes Tucker, Curator of Photography at the MFAH, talks with Skoglund about her…
November 13 through November 13, 2011
Second Nature: Contemporary Landscapes from the MFAH Collection
Contemporary artists love the landscape, and the MFAH's has pick out two dozen examples that trace the theme through the literal interactions of the 1960s…
July 10 through September 25, 2011
Helmut Newton: White Women, Sleepless Nights, Big Nudes
The first large-scale U.S. exhibition of fashion photographer Helmut Newton's work presents 205 images from Newton's first three books, White Women (1976), Sleepless Nights (1978),…
July 03 through September 25, 2011
Charles LeDray: workworkworkworkwork
Charles LeDray delivers a major mid-career survey at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Organized by Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, the exhibition also traveled…
May 15 through September 11, 2011
Beauty, Humor and Social Justice: Gifts from Joan Morgenstern
52 photographs selected from the over 1100 that photography collector Joan Morgenstern has had a hand in gifting to the MFAH over 25 years as…
May 22 through August 21, 2011
Simpson Kalisher: The Alienated Photographer
In 2009 the MFAH acquired 100 black and white photographs by the American street photographer Simpson Kalisher, given by Gloria Richards, a constant supporter of…
May 16 through August 18, 2011
Aurora Picture Show: Boot Camp World Premiere
Bring out the paparazzi for the third annual Boot Camp World Premiere hosted by Aurora Picture Show at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. This…
August 06 through August 06, 2011
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time
The MFAH and the Cruz-Diez Foundation, Houston, present the first large-scale retrospective of Venezuelan kinetic and op artist Carlos Cruz-Diez. Color in Space and Time…
February 06 through July 04, 2011
Antiquity Revived: Neoclassical Art in the Eighteenth Century
"Look! Old stuff!!" Or so they said during the Greco-Roman revival of the 18th century. Think guys with giant wigs striking poses, leaning on canes,…
March 20 through May 30, 2011
Heinrich Kühn: The Perfect Photograph
Houston is the only U.S. venue for the first major retrospective devoted to Austrian photographer and scientist Heinrich Kühn. An important figure in the international…
March 06 through May 30, 2011
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces
Fifty Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. travels to Houston for the exhibition Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces. Featuring…
February 20 through May 23, 2011
Pasted Papers: The Art of Collage
Featuring American artists who used collage as an expressive means to explore ideas, advocate concepts, and develop new directions in their art, Pasted Papers: The…
March 23 through May 15, 2011
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston looks back at the watercolors of Alfred Jacob Miller. A six-month journey to the Rocky Mountains in 1837 provided…
February 13 through May 08, 2011
Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art
The MFAH presents the first in a series of exhibitions celebrating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the museum's Latin American art department and…
October 24 through February 06, 2011
The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
73 newly-acquired works from the collection of the late native Houstonian and energy entrepreneur, John R. Eckel, Jr., founder of Copano Energy. After Eckel's death…
August 20 through January 29, 2011
Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria
Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria makes its U.S. debut at the MFA Houston this September. This major exhibition presents an in-depth view…
September 19 through January 09, 2011
Premiere of Howl and Boxing Gym
During your holiday break swing by the MFAH and catch the premiere of Boxing Gym, a documentary film by Frederick Wiseman who explores the world…
January 02 through January 02, 2011
German Impressionist Landscape Painting/ Drawing from Nature
German Impressionist Landscape Painting brings together works by Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth, and Max Slevogt, known as the "triumvirate of German Impressionism." The exhibition features…
October 09 through December 05, 2010
Katsura: Picturing Modernism in Japanese Architecture
The MFAH presents one of Japanese photographer Ishimoto Yasuhiro´s most celebrated bodies of work in the exhibition Katsura: Picturing Modernism in Japanese Architecture. His images…
January 01 through September 12, 2010
Liquid Lines: Exploring the Lines of Contemporary Metal
Liquid Lines highlights contemporary and cutting edge metal art from the MFAH collections! The exhibition includes work by international artists, designers and craftsmen including Ron…
March 12 through July 18, 2010
The Allure of Nature: 19th-Century Landscape Drawings
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston showcases the new exhibition The Allure of Nature: 19th-Century Landscape Drawings from the MFAH Collection. This exhibition highlights realistic…
January 01 through June 30, 2010
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the first major museum exhibition of works by Alice Neel in ten years. Neel's famous portraits of her…
June 12 through June 13, 2010
Experience the maritime paintings and drawings that Sargent produced during the first five years of his career that have not yet been examined in a…
February 14 through May 23, 2010
Eye on Third Ward: Jack Yates High School Photography
Photography students from Jack Yates High School document the cultural fabric of Houston's historic Third Ward community. Teenagers walk through the neighborhoods capturing candid images…
January 01 through May 23, 2010
American Impressionist Maurice Prendergast exhibits the work produced during his two trips to Italy, in 1898 and 1911 which are brought together for the first…
February 14 through May 09, 2010
Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960
As part of the FotoFest 2010 Biennial, this exhibition features nearly 200 photographs selected from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's photography collection. Ruptures and…
March 28 through May 09, 2010
Former Core Fellow at the Glassell School of Art and recipient of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Julie Mehretu presents an…
April 11 through April 11, 2010
Making MUSAC- Lecture with Luis Mansilla and Emilio Tu
The Rice Design Alliance, The Rice School of Architecture, The Houston Architecture Foundation, and the American Institute of Architects - Houston present The 2010 Sally…
April 07 through April 07, 2010
{Sponsored Event} - Party with the Art Crowd at MFAH!
The MFAH is rolling out the party carpet for Art Crowd members and guests in their 20s and 30s! Come for the private viewing of…
March 13 through March 13, 2010
"The MFAH presents important additions to the museum's design collection, created by some of the most renowned designers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Recent…
August 16 through February 21, 2010
Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea
"The MFAH is the second and final venue for the first major museum exhibition in the continental United States in almost two decades to focus…
November 21 through February 14, 2010
Aurora Picture Show and the MFAH collaborate to present a screening of the film The BQE by singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens. "An orchestral homage to the…
January 08 through January 08, 2010
The crosswalks connecting Museum of Fine Arts Buildings will be amped up with colorful “zebra” stripes, and we can't wait to check it out! The…
June 06 through December 31, 2009
"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection celebrates the museum´s major Latin American art acquisitions since 2001, with more than 80 works in…
June 13 through September 27, 2009
Amy Blakemore: Photographs 1988 - 2008
Blakemore: Photographs 1988 – 2008, surveys Houston-based Blakemore's "mature career with a carefully distilled selection of 36 works, ranging from early black-and-white street photographs to…
May 10 through September 13, 2009
The Ann Dunham Collection of Batik
"President Obama’s late mother, Ann Dunham, collected batik, those particularly Indonesian resist-dyed textiles, popularized in the US through generations of ethno-craft projects. The Ann Dunham…
July 01 through July 05, 2009
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum
Check out some pretty incredible objects from the National Museum in Kabul. This exhibit also traveled to the National Gallery of Art in D.C., among…
March 01 through May 17, 2009
The Plains of Mars: European War Prints, 1500-1825
All from the collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, the prints in this exhibit reflect the nearly perpetual state of war throughout Europe from…
February 07 through May 10, 2009
Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection
This show "offers alternative ways to tell the story of Modernism by embracing artists who have worked across the globe, from Paris, to New York,…
December 13 through March 22, 2009
Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program (part II)
"Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program is a two-part exhibition curated by the MFAH´s Alison de Lima Greene. The first segment, on…
November 15 through January 11, 2009
I Still Believe in Tomorrow: Contemporary Video from Asia
"I Still Believe in Tomorrow: Contemporary Video from Asia features videos created by five internationally acclaimed artists from China and Japan, who all reflect on…
November 24 through January 11, 2009
On loan from local collectors Jereann and Robert Chaney (who so graciously lent all the work for last year's Red Hot - Asian Art Today…
January 01 through December 30, 2008
Houston Collects: African American Art
This exhibit has it all. Around 120 artworks from early crafts to cutting-edge, 21st century pieces present the history of collecting, documenting, and preserving African-American…
August 03 through October 26, 2008
Photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and public radio commentator and film critic Elvis Mitchell collaborated on this project, which presents the stories of more than 20 prominent…
August 03 through October 26, 2008
In the Forest of Fontainebleau
A hotbed of activity for many artists of the 1800s, Fontainebleau was the place to be for plein-air painters and photographers. Featuring work by the…
July 13 through October 19, 2008
End Game: British Art from the Chaney Family Collection
So you thought the Chaney's only collect Asian art? Wrong!! They also have an extensive collection of contemporary British art, including the ultimate YBA, Damien…
June 14 through September 28, 2008
Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program
Formed in 1982, the Core Program has produced some great talent, including Mark Allen, David Aylsworth, Amy Blakemore, Danny Yahev-Brown, Sharon Engelstein, Francesca Fuchs, David…
March 08 through September 01, 2008
Wine, Worship, & Sacrifice: Golden Graves of Ancient Vani
The MFAH has brought together more than 100 objects from the Georgian National Museum and the Vani Archaeological Museum, including "gold, silver, ceramic vessels, jewelry,…
June 21 through September 01, 2008
Check out around 30 examples from "one of the most important private collections of contemporary ceramics in the world, assembled by Garth Clark and Mark…
April 30 through September 01, 2008
Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection
Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection features "approximately 50 works designed by some of the leading architects of the late nineteenth…
January 01 through August 03, 2008
Pompeii: Tales from an Eruption
We all know the story of Mt. Vesuvius' eruption, now see what life was really like in the first century A.D. (what?? No coitus interruptus…
March 02 through June 22, 2008
John Alexander: A Retrospective
Thirty years of paintings by bad boy, snake handler and East Texas swamp thing John Alexander!!!
April 13 through June 22, 2008
These fantastic large-scale photographs by Japanese artist Miwa Yanagi were exhibited last year at the wonderful Chelsea Art Museum, NY. It's worth a trip to…
February 08 through May 04, 2008
Where Clouds Disperse: Ink Paintings by Suh Se-ok
This is Korean artist Suh Se-ok's first major museum exhibition in the U.S.
January 25 through April 20, 2008
Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in 18th Century Rome
October 21 through January 27, 2008
Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry
In 2002 the MFAH acquired the Helen Williams Drutt Collection of contemporary jewelry. This show is organized by Cindi Strauss, Curator of Modern and Contemporary…
September 30 through January 21, 2008
Reconstruction is the first in a series that presents work by former Core fellows in context with other more nationally recognized contemporary artists. The first…
September 22 through January 13, 2008
RED HOT - Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection
Asian Art is HOT this year! Come see the Chaney Family Collection in its first survey of new art coming out of centers in Japan,…
July 22 through October 21, 2007
Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil
More Latin American collectors are unloading onto the MFAH. The Adolpho Leirner Collection consists of geometric abstract paintings, constructions, drawings, posters and graphic materials by…
May 20 through September 23, 2007
Chen Changfen: The Great Wall of China
Chen devoted 30 years of his life to exploring and photographing the Great Wall of China, seeking to animate it through his particular vision. Read…
April 01 through August 12, 2007
Nikki S. Lee is known for her self-portrait series in which she portrays herself as a Jewish bride, a rapper, a senior citizen and even…
July 26 through July 26, 2007
Constructing a Poetic Universe
Constructing a Poetic Universe was guest curated by Beverly Adams of The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection. The collection features numerous works by Gego, Felix…
March 11 through June 10, 2007
The Temptations of Flora: Jan van Huysum
These are no ordinary still life paintings. Check out that technique!
February 18 through May 20, 2007
The Masterpieces of French Painting
While the Metropolitan Museum's galleries for these paintings undergo renovation, Houston reaps the benefits with this show.
February 04 through May 06, 2007
The Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in
Another success for Anne Tucker! Take a lesson on photography from this bunch: Alfred Stieglitz, James Van Der Zee, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham,…
January 01 through February 25, 2007
Robert Adams and Marcos Zimmermann: Where Rivers Join the Sea
January 01 through February 19, 2007
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