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September 25, 2018 - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Partners with Mercantil Bank and Colección Mercantil Arte y Cultura, Caracas, to Present First Comprehensive Exhibition of Venezuelan Informalism
More than 130 works in “Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955−1975” explore the expressive richness and historical significance of the movement HOUSTON—September 2018—In October, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, partners with Colección Mercantil Arte y Cultura, Caracas, to present Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955−1975, a groundbreaking exhibition that charts the … -
September 17, 2018 - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, celebrates two mavericks of the American Avant-Garde with the exhibition “Kindred Spirits: Louise Nevelson & Dorothy Hood”
HOUSTON—September 17, 2018—In November 2018, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will present Kindred Spirits: Louise Nevelson & Dorothy Hood, a focused selection of paintings, sculpture, and works on paper that encapsulates each artist’s evolution across four decades and reveals the subtle affinities that link these two bodies of work. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the exhibition … -
August 21, 2018 - The Connoisseur’s Eye: New Perspectives on Ceramics in the Rienzi Collection at Rienzi
Title The Connoisseur’s Eye: New Perspectives on Ceramics in the Rienzi Collection Dates September 1, 2018–February 3, 2019 Overview The Connoisseur’s Eye highlights the extensive collection of ceramics at Rienzi, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, house museum for European decorative arts. Recent research has uncovered new information on pieces from lesser known English and Continental … -
July 18, 2018 - Unprecedented loans from the National Portrait Gallery, London, chronicle 500 years of the British monarchy at the MFAH in October
The exhibition “Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol” sheds new light on changing ideas of monarchy and nationhood in Britain, from Hans Holbein, Sir Peter Lely, and Sir Joshua Reynolds to Cecil Beaton, Andy Warhol, and Annie Leibovitz HOUSTON—July 2018—A major partnership between the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, brings a … -
June 6, 2018 - UH and MFAH Announce Partnership Focused on Latino/Latin American Art & Culture
Collaboration Offers UH Students Unprecedented Access to Museum Resources HOUSTON—June 6, 2018—From the classroom to the museum, the University of Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, are joining forces to provide students with extraordinary museum work experience coupled with a Tier One graduate education in art history. Digital Humanities and Object-Based Learning in the Museum and … -
May 29, 2018 - MFAH Director Gary Tinterow will be joined by artists Mike and Doug Starn for “Conversations with the Director” on Thursday, June 7
What On the evening of Thursday, June 7, artists Mike and Doug Starn join Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for a conversation about the artists’ decades-long career, culminating in the Museum’s summer exhibition Mike + Doug Starn: Big Bambú, on view June 10–September 3, 2018. This is the latest event in the ongoing “Conversations with the Director” series, where … -
May 23, 2018 - “Mike + Doug Starn: Big Bambú” Engulfs the Mies van der Rohe Galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, This Summer
“This Thing Called Life” marks the first time the artists’ ongoing “Big Bambú” project has been reconceived for a museum’s interior HOUSTON—May 23, 2018—In June, Mike and Doug Starn’s internationally acclaimed and ever-evolving Big Bambú project opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Engulfing two levels of the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe–designed galleries with a monumental wave of bamboo, This … -
May 15, 2018 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Completes First Phase of Campus Redevelopment Project with Inauguration of the Glassell School of Art on May 20
Entire campus will be completed in 2020 Fundraising campaign nearly 90 percent achieved; Nancy and Rich Kinder issue $25-million challenge grant to reach $450-million goal Houston—May 14, 2018—At a press briefing this morning, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, previewed the new Glassell School of Art and BBVA Compass Roof Garden designed by Steven Holl Architects and The Brown Foundation, Inc. … -
April 12, 2018 - The MFAH Highlights Art, Science, and Technology in Exhibition of Cutting-Edge Design Projects by Pioneering Dutch Designer Joris Laarman
65 works in “Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age” showcase the highly innovative technology and furniture forms created by the designer over the course of his career HOUSTON—April 12, 2018—From furniture generated by algorithms to designs brought to life by a robot, the work of experimental Dutch designer Joris Laarman is known for challenging the boundaries of art, science, and technology … -
March 27, 2018 - Anish Kapoor’s Monumental “Cloud Column” Installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
First of two public sculptures to be installed on the site of the Museum’s Steven Holl–designed Glassell School of Art and its Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza by Deborah Nevins & Associates The plaza and school open to the public on Sunday, May 20 HOUSTON—March 27, 2018—Today, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, completed the two-day installation of Cloud Column, by Anish Kapoor, a recently acquired …
