Press Room
For general media inquiries, please contact the MFAH Press Office at press@mfah.org or 713.800.5362
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March 31, 2021 - The Bastion Collection Announces Opening Date for Cafe Leonelli at MFAH
Today, the Bastion Collection announced the highly anticipated Cafe Leonelli at MFAH is set to open on Friday, April 16, 2021, in the new Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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November 16, 2020 - Houston to Celebrate the Opening on Saturday, November 21, of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will open its Nancy and Rich Kinder Building to the public on Saturday, November 21, culminating a week of previews for staff, donors, members, and community partners.
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September 15, 2020 - MFAH Announces Details of Inaugural Installations in Its New Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, Opening to the Public Saturday, November 21
Dedicated to the Museum’s first comprehensive display of its international collections of modern and contemporary art, the Kinder Building galleries span media from painting and sculpture to craft and design, video, and immersive installations.
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January 15, 2020 - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to Open Its Steven Holl–Designed Nancy and Rich Kinder Building on November 1, 2020
New building caps the largest cultural project in North America: expansion and redevelopment of the 14-acre Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus.
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November 6, 2019 - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to Open Its Steven Holl–Designed Nancy and Rich Kinder Building in Fall 2020
New building for modern and contemporary art will cap the largest cultural project in North America: the expansion and redevelopment of the Museum’s 14-acre Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus. Site-specific works by seven international artists to be installed across the campus; inaugural installations to highlight major collections never before presented in depth.
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October 24, 2018 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Completes the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation, Designed by Lake|Flato Architects
State-of-the-art facility houses one of the largest suites of art-conservation spaces of any public museum; completes second phase of Museum’s unifying campus-redevelopment plan Recent, $750,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant ensures continuation of MFAH research collaboration with Menil Collection, Rice University, and museums nationally HOUSTON—October 24, 2018—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, … -
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. … -
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 … -
February 8, 2018 - MFAH to Inaugurate the Glassell School of Art and Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza on Sunday, May 20, 2018
Steven Holl Architects’ Glassell School and Deborah Nevins & Associates’ Brown Plaza create a dramatic new public greenspace for Houston The features are the first to be completed in the redevelopment of 14-acre MFAH campus—the largest cultural project currently under construction in the U.S. Media Preview: Monday, May 14, 2018, from 10 a.m. to noon Houston—February 8, 2018—The Museum of Fine Arts, … -
November 14, 2017 - First Phase of MFAH Campus Transformation Opens in May 2018
Steven Holl Architects’ bold new building for the Glassell School of Art will be complete; popular youth summer classes begin in June Expansive new plaza by Deborah Nevins & Associates provides welcoming gateway to 14-acre MFAH campus Two public sculptures beckon to visitors: Anish Kapoor’s towering “Cloud Column” and Eduardo Chillida’s iconic “Song of Strength” School’s dramatic rooftop terrace and …
