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April 4, 2019 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents William Forsythe’s “Choreographic Objects,” opening in May 2019
HOUSTON—April 2019—This summer, William Forsythe: Choreographic Objectstransforms the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Cullinan Hall and adjacent galleries into a series of performative spaces welcoming visitors of all ages. Ranging in scale from a monumental, immersive installation to a single object meant to be held in the hand, the works in the exhibition bring together a focused selection of … -
March 12, 2019 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, highlights Latin American and Latino art collection this spring in the exhibition “Between Play and Grief”
HOUSTON—March 2019—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Between Play and Grief: Selections from the Latino American Collection, an exhibition featuring a survey of works from the MFAH collection of Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latinx art. The exhibition will be on view from March 16 to September 8, 2019.Timed to coincide with the Latino Art Now! Conference organized by the … -
February 20, 2019 - First Major Retrospective of American Photographer Sally Mann Travels to the MFAH in March 2019
The images in Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings convey the renowned photographer’s relationship with the American South HOUSTON—February 20, 2019—For more than 40 years, Sally Mann has made experimental, elegiac, and hauntingly beautiful photographs that explore overarching themes of existence: memory, desire, death, the bonds of family, and nature’s magisterial indifference to human endeavor. In … -
February 20, 2019 - “Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017” Opens March 3 at the MFAH
Forty sculptures by the American artist interweave traditions of African, European, and ancient art for contemporary audiences HOUSTON—February 20, 2019—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017—the first major exhibition dedicated to sculptures by renowned American contemporary artist Jack Whitten. While Whitten has long been celebrated for his work as … -
January 16, 2019 - MFAH Presents the 24th Annual “Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography” Exhibition
Title Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography When January 16–August 11, 2019 Overview The 24th edition of Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photographyopens today, January 16, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The annual photography exhibition is a collaboration between the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and area high schools to document and celebrate Houston’s … -
December 6, 2018 - Van Gogh survey opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in March 2019
“Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art” explores the artist through rarely loaned paintings and drawings from throughout the decade of his career Organized by the MFAH in collaboration with the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo HOUSTON—December 2018—Few artists have left behind as complete an account of their life and work as Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). In March 2019, … -
December 3, 2018 - “Mending: Craft and Community—Selections from the Museum’s Collection”
Title Mending: Craft and Community
Selections from the Museum’s Collection Dates December 8, 2018–October 20, 2019 Overview This exhibition showcases mending as an act of transformation by artists working in a wide range of craft-based materials. Through 28 objects drawn from the Museum’s collection, Mending: Craft and Communityexamines both formal and metaphorical examples of mending created … -
October 11, 2018 - Rarely Displayed 17th-Century Persian Garden Carpet from Glasgow’s Burrell Collection on View at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in November
The Wagner Garden Carpet, on tour in America for the first time, is presented alongside masterworks from the Hossein Afshar Collection in Garden Paradise: The Magnificent Safavid Carpet from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow HOUSTON—October 11, 2018—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, explores the importance of the garden to Islamic cultures through the lens of the world-renowned and rarely exhibited … -
October 2, 2018 - Van Gogh survey opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in March 2019
“Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art” explores the artist through rarely loaned paintings and drawings from throughout the decade of his career Organized by the MFAH in collaboration with the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo HOUSTON—September 2018—Few artists have left behind as complete an account of their life and work as Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). In March 2019, … -
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 …
