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November 17, 2014 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, opens “Spectacular Rubens” in February 2015
Exhibition explores one of Peter Paul Rubens’s greatest achievements; reunites panel paintings with monumental tapestries from Spain Unprecedented loans from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge are unique to Houston presentation HOUSTON—November 17, 2014—In the early 1620s, Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) designed a series of 20 tapestries on the Triumph of the Eucharistthat … -
October 22, 2014 - “For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1979” Debuts in Houston
More than 250 works include major loans and many never seen by U.S. audiences HOUSTON—October 22, 2014—The years from 1968 to 1979 in Japan are among “the missing pages in history,” according to influential architect Arata Isozaki, a time when the activist generation of the 1950s and 1960s was replaced by introspective young artists, writers, and intellectuals. In March 2015, the Museum of Fine … -
October 8, 2014 - “Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art”
Title Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art Dates October 16, 2014–March 22, 2015* Overview Throughout history, humanity has been fascinated with the creatures that populate the world. In the ancient Americas, wildlife such as jaguars, harpy eagles, and killer whales became symbols of divinity and rulership and played significant roles in religion and society. … -
August 25, 2014 - Monumental Bronze by Giuseppe Penone Installed at the MFAH; Recent Acquisition Anchors the Museum’s South Lawn
HOUSTON—August 25, 2014—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, announces the acquisition of Albero folgorato (Lightning Tree) (2012) by renowned Italian artist Giuseppe Penone. Standing over 36 feet tall and cast from an oak tree that had been struck by lightning, Houston’s Albero folgoratois the third and final version of this monumental bronze sculpture, which had its internationally acclaimed debut … -
August 18, 2014 - “Silver: An American Art—Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston”
Title Silver: An American Art—Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Dates August 30, 2014–April 5, 2015* Overview Over the past decade, the American silver holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, have grown significantly. Through purchases and gifts, the story of the silversmithing tradition in this country can now be more fully told. Private collections, including those of … -
August 12, 2014 - “Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today”
Title Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today Dates August 31–November 30, 2014 Overview Drawn from the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Todaypresents 50 evocative images created with light and chemistry but without the use of a camera. Made for science or art, using a range of … -
July 16, 2014 - “Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392–1910” concludes U.S. tour at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in October
More than 150 works from this celebrated era will be on view, including ceremonial screens, ceramics, books, and textiles HOUSTON—July 16, 2014—This fall, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, opens Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392–1910, the first comprehensive survey in the United States devoted to the art of the celebrated Joseon dynasty, an era that profoundly … -
May 28, 2014 - Landmark Exhibition of Claude Monet’s Paintings of the River Seine Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in October 2014
Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa
Reunites canvases from the painter’s acclaimed Mornings on the Seine series with earlier works depicting landscape and leisure along the French river HOUSTON—May 28, 2014—“I have painted the Seine throughout my life, at every hour, at every season,” Claude Monet once … -
March 25, 2014 - Houston’s Interactive Immersion: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents “Soto: The Houston Penetrable,” May 8 to September 1
Final, and the most ambitious, work by this iconic Venezuelan artist; eight years in the making Will encompass 2,600 square feet of the Museum’s Mies van der Rohe-designed Cullinan Hall Houston—March 25, 2014—Visitors to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, this spring and summer will become part of one of the great marvels of contemporary art: one of Venezuelan artist Jesús Rafael Soto’s signature … -
March 18, 2014 - Exhibition Notice “Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings”
Title Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings Dates May 15–August 17, 2014 Overview One of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century, Kiev-born artist Alexander Archipenko (1887–1964) was central to the emergence of Modernism. Although known primarily for his sculpture, Archipenko executed a number of drawings as well, a group of which form the centerpiece of Alexander Archipenko: …
