Current Special Exhibitions
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Gauguin in the World
Through February 16, 2025The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this ambitious exhibition showcasing the work of French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin.
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Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples
Through January 20, 2025Exploring 3,000 years of spiritual belief and practice, the expansive Living with the Gods features more than 200 objects from the MFAH collections, along with exceptional loans from museums and private collections.
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Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery
Through January 12, 2025This traveling exhibition highlights Pueblo voices and aesthetics, offering an understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels of community-based knowledge and personal experience.
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Notre-Dame Cathedral: An Immersive Experience
Through January 5, 2025To celebrate next month’s public reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral after its intense five-year restoration, this exhibition brings to life a virtual, three-dimensional model of the architectural icon.
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Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography
Through August 3, 2025Showcasing 100 examples of contemporary Cuban photography, this exhibition traces the evolution of the medium’s role in Cuba over nearly five decades.
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150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection
Through Summer 2025Objects designed by architects celebrate a unique collaboration between the MFAH and the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).