Press Room
For general media inquiries, please contact the MFAH Press Office at press@mfah.org or 713.800.5362
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April 7, 2020 - MFAH International Center for the Arts of the Americas Launches Expanded, Enhanced Website for “Documents of Latin American and Latino Art” Digital Archive
The MFAH and the ICAA have launched a redesigned and enhanced website and database for the landmark Documents of Latin American and Latino Art digital archive.
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November 13, 2019 - Fifth Class of the Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellows Announced by Six Major U.S. Museums
The Art Institute of Chicago; the High Museum of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art are pleased to announce the 2019–2021 class of fellows designated for the Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Program.
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September 26, 2019 - Rediscovered after nearly 170 years, a Delacroix painting has been acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, announced today the acquisition of a newly rediscovered masterwork by 19th-century French painter Eugène Delacroix: Women of Algiers in Their Apartment.
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June 25, 2019 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Appoints Ann Dumas of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, as Consulting Curator of European Art
Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced the appointment of Ann Dumas as consulting curator of European art at the MFAH.
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February 7, 2019 - David Bomford, Conservation Chair, and Zahira Véliz Bomford, Senior Paintings Conservator, to retire
David Bomford, Chairman, Department of Conservation, and Audrey Jones Beck Curator, Department of European Art; and Zahira (Soni) Véliz Bomford, Senior Paintings Conservator, will retire in March. Per Knutås, Chief Conservator at the Cleveland Museum of Art, has been appointed as Head of Conservation, beginning in July.
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February 7, 2019 - MFAH Director Gary Tinterow appoints Per Knutås as Head of Conservation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Knutås begins his appointment at the MFAH in July 2019, bringing nearly three decades of experience to the Museum’s state-of-the-art conservation centerHOUSTON—February 7, 2019—Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced the appointment of Per Knutås as Head of Conservation, following the retirement of David Bomford. A related release on Bomford’s departure is … -
October 8, 2018 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, announces major cornerstone acquisitions for a new gallery of Medieval art
A rare, 14th-century Hebrew Codex from the Rhineland; a silver-gilt and enamel Spanish processional cross, circa 1400; and a 1516 design for Rouen cathedral tower now on view The three masterworks join a growing collection of early European and Islamic art HOUSTON—September 20, 2018—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced three significant acquisitions of Medieval art, now on view in the … -
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 … -
December 14, 2017 - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Announces the Jeanie Kilroy Wilson Endowment for the Curator of American Painting and Sculpture
HOUSTON—December 7, 2017—Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced the establishment of a newly endowed position, The Jeanie Kilroy Wilson Curator of American Painting and Sculpture. Made possible by life trustee Jeanie Kilroy Wilson’s generous gift to the Campaign for the MFAH, the position will be held by Kaylin Weber, a curator in the department of American …
