From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Returning to the landscape of his Yorkshire childhood in Northern England, David Hockney (born 1937) updated the classic…

08.20.24 | 09.01.25

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Since 1999, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has collaborated with the Houston chapter of the American Institute…

08.31.24 | 08.15.25

From the MFAH: "Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography traces the evolution of photography in Cuba from the 1960s to the 2010s. The exhibition looks at…

09.29.24 | 08.03.25

From the MFAH: "Some two dozen works by the Venezuelan master Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923-2019), who dedicated his career to investigating color as an autonomous element…

05.28.24 | 07.15.25

From the MFAH: "The 18th and 19th centuries in Britain came to be known as the golden age of watercolor. During this era, artists shifted…

01.12.25 | 07.06.25

From the MFAH: "In October, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will present Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples, an expansive exhibition of…

10.27.24 | 01.20.25

From the MFAH: "Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery offers a visionary understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels of community-based knowledge and personal experience.…

10.20.24 | 01.12.25

From the MFAH: "Following the devastating fire on April 15, 2019 that destroyed the roof, spire, and much of the interior of Notre-Dame de Paris,…

11.23.24 | 01.05.25

From the MFAH: "Interdisciplinary artist Jacolby Satterwhite transforms the Museum’s vast Cullinan Hall with A Metta Prayer. The expansive multimedia installation fuses choreography, video, animation,…

05.18.24 | 11.10.24

From the MFAH: "Arielle Masson: Chaotic Nodes is the first exhibition in a series celebrating the Glassell School of Art faculty. The exhibition is open…

08.10.24 | 10.06.24

From the MFAH: "Thomas Demand has spent three decades exploring the intersections of history, photography, and memory. His large-scale photographic works investigate the way images…

06.30.24 | 09.15.24

From the MFAH: "Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912) was a period of unprecedented cultural and technological transition. Over these remarkable decades, the country experienced radical social…

07.07.24 | 09.15.24

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will present the nationally touring Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West,…

06.09.24 | 09.02.24

From the MFAH: "On View through September 1, 2024 A suite of 60 works presented in independent installations highlights strengths of the museum’s collection: Leaving…

05.28.24 | 09.01.24

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will present Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence, the artist’s new, monumental…

11.19.23 | 05.27.24

From the MFAH: "In the summer of 1905, Henri Matisse and André Derain embarked on a creative partnership that would change the course of French…

02.25.24 | 05.27.24

From the MFAH: "Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage is the first major museum exhibition devoted to exploring the breadth and complexity of Black identity and…

02.18.24 | 05.12.24

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "For centuries, Bergen, one of the largest port cities in Scandinavia, was a thriving hub of global commerce,…

02.11.24 | 05.05.24

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is the only U.S. venue for an ambitious exhibition of the work…

11.03.24 | 02.16.24

From the MFAH: "Rarely seen outside of Los Angeles, 46 paintings and works on paper from the renowned collection of the Hammer Museum at UCLA…

10.15.23 | 01.21.24

From the MFAH: "In April 1955, two photographers were awarded grants by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, both for U.S. survey projects. One was Robert…

10.08.23 | 01.07.24

From Museum of Fine Arts Houston: "The annual exhibition Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography documents and celebrates Houston’s diverse neighborhoods through a collaboration between…

03.11.22 | 12.15.23

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Immerse yourself in the world of William Kentridge through exceptional works spanning 35 years of the celebrated South…

06.25.23 | 09.10.23

From MFAH: "A selection from one of the most significant private collections of Indian textiles outside of India will be on view at the Museum…

06.10.23 | 09.04.23

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure presents an ensemble of 60 masterpieces highlighting Alberto Giacometti’s major achievements of the…

11.13.22 | 02.12.23

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Philip Guston never stopped questioning the place of the artist in society. His paintings resonate with a profound…

10.23.22 | 01.16.23

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Fifty-five years ago today, Life magazine published photographer Gordon Parks’ groundbreaking images and profile of Stokely Carmichael, the…

10.16.22 | 01.16.23

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and The Jewish Museum, New York today announced a partnership to establish…

07.10.22 | 09.18.22

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "On Sunday, March 13, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will open the largest and most comprehensive exhibition…

03.13.22 | 09.05.22

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Conceptual artist Leandro Erlich constructs visual paradoxes and optical illusions that force viewers to question their own perception…

06.26.22 | 09.05.22

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Extraordinary Realities examines the career of Shahzia Sikander during her prolific first 15 years. Paintings, drawings, and video animations show how…

03.20.22 | 06.05.22

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "From the moment of their unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in February 2018, the official portraits…

04.03.22 | 05.30.22

From the MFAH: "Photographer Dawoud Bey portrays communities and histories that have been underrepresented or even unseen. From portraits in Harlem to nocturnal landscapes, classic street…

03.06.22 | 05.30.22

From the Museum of Fine Arts Houston: "From Thursday, April 21, through Sunday, April 24, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents the 15th annual…

04.21.22 | 04.24.22

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia showcases the diversity and brilliance of ancient Colombian cultures. The exhibition…

11.06.22 | 04.16.22

From the MFAH: "The MFAH presents the U.S. tour of Afro-Atlantic Histories, an unprecedented exhibition that explores the history and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade. The exhibition comprises…

10.24.21 | 01.17.22

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Georgia O’Keeffe forged a career as one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. She became…

10.17.21 | 01.17.22

To register for the artist walk with Teresa Margolles and Ellen Lesperance on October 11, 2021, go here. From the Museum: "The Nancy and Rich…

03.11.21 | 01.15.22

The Korean Film Days festival returns in person with recent arthouse and genre movies from the country’s robust film industry.  Selections include an Oscar-winner, the…

12.10.21 | 12.12.21

To register for the virtual art workshops on August 18 and 19, 2021, go here. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "This summer, the…

05.30.21 | 09.26.21

From the MFAH: "Some 90 paintings and works on paper from the exceptional collection of late philanthropist Georges Bemberg are coming this summer to the…

06.27.21 | 09.19.21

From the MFAH: "Olga de Amaral has pioneered her own visual language within the fiber arts movement. Her radical experimentation with color, form, material, composition, and…

07.25.21 | 09.19.21

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Three Centuries of American Art highlights more than 200 works from the private collection of Fayez S. Sarofim. The…

07.14.21 | 09.06.21

From the MFAH: "Conversations with Artists This series brings MFAH curators together with artists whose works shaped the inaugural installations and special commissions for the…

08.12.21 | 08.12.21

To register for this online event, go here: From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "Next up in the Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series: Trenton…

07.08.21 | 07.08.21

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: "The second biennial MFAH Staff Art Show celebrates an important art resource: the Museum’s talented employees. In addition to…

06.13.21 | 06.27.21

From the MFAH: "Two visionary artists, separated in time and space, are united by a shared fascination with nature. See the work of David Hockney…

02.21.21 | 06.20.21

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston "Next up in the Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series: Printmaker Christiane Baumgartner joins prints & drawings curator Dena…

06.10.21 | 06.10.21

To register for the virtual discussion with Aimée Froom, go here. From the MFAH: "The enduring appeal of blue and white ceramics stretches across the…

01.25.21 | 05.31.21

From the Museum: "Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting celebrates lighting devices—innovative, practical, delightful, and fun. Over the past 100 years, the field of lighting design…

02.27.21 | 05.16.21

To view this exhibition online, go here. From the Museum: "Founded in 2014, BLOCK is a focused year-long program for advanced students with an ongoing…

04.15.21 | 05.15.21

To register for this artist talk, go here. From the Museum of Fine Arts Houston: "Next up in the Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series: Aaron…

05.13.21 | 05.13.21

From the Museum: "Steven Holl: Making Architecture reveals Steven Holl’s intricate and distinctive process of making architecture through 17 recent projects, among them the campus redevelopment…

12.04.20 | 02.14.21

A solo exhibition featuring work by Carmen Herrera. From the MFAH: "Carmen Herrera: Structuring Surfaces is the Museum’s first exhibition devoted exclusively to the work…

10.21.20 | 01.18.21

An exhibition reviewing the tenure of former MFAH directer Peter C. Marzio. From the MFAH: "Serving as director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston…

10.25.20 | 01.10.21

To view the virtual discussion with Philippe de Montebello and James Anno, go here. From the Museum: "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Glory…

03.01.20 | 01.03.21

An annual group photography exhibition featuring work by Houston area high schools. From the MFAH: "See Houston from a new angle—through the eyes of the…

07.05.20 | 01.03.21

The Museum’s landmark partnership with the Kuwait-based al-Sabah Collection and the cultural institution Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah continues with an expanded installation of Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The…

01.31.20 | 12.27.20

From the Museum: "Follow the path of a total solar eclipse through the front pages of local newspapers along the way. Arc of Total Eclipse,…

07.02.20 | 11.29.20

An exhibition featuring the work of Aaron Douglas. View the work online here. From the MFAH: "Aaron Douglas (1899–1979) was a graphic artist, painter, and…

03.10.20 | 11.07.20

See how a work of art comes to life. In Proof of Concept, drawings, paintings, and proofs reveal the progress of an artwork prior to the…

01.09.20 | 10.11.20

Note: This event is online-only. For more information, go here. "The latest edition of the ongoing “Core Lecture Series” features contemporary artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan.…

10.08.20 | 10.08.20

In February 2020, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will examine Italy’s postwar explosion of disruptive design in the exhibition Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985, The…

02.14.20 | 09.06.20

From the Museum: "This summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the final venue to present Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age…

06.27.20 | 08.30.20

"Explore the importance and resilience of Houston’s Black cultural organizations, their birth and evolution over the years, and their role in today’s social and political…

08.15.20 | 08.15.20

An online presentation from Jason Dibley. From the MFAH: "Join VAA live on Facebook and YouTube Wednesday, August 5, at 6:00 p.m. for a virtual…

08.05.20 | 08.05.20

A conversation series from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston featuring curators. Watch at the Museum's Instagram account. From the MFAH: "Did you know that…

07.31.20 | 07.31.20

Note: This event is online only. An online conversation series from the MFAH, hosted on Instagram. From the MFAH: "Ann Dumas, consulting curator of European…

07.17.20 | 07.17.20

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum’s Collection. Featuring a dynamic range of work by 20…

02.27.20 | 07.05.20

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Francis Bacon: Late Paintings. Organized by the Centre Pompidou, where it debuted in September 2019, this is the…

02.23.20 | 05.25.20

Note: This event is online-only. Stuck in the house with nothing to do? Mix it up at DJ Sun’s virtual Happy Hour. Mark your calendar…

05.14.20 | 05.14.20

A few years from now... Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94.…

03.25.20 | 03.31.20

"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom is the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to Norman Rockwell’s iconic depictions of the Four Freedoms outlined by Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Freedom of Speech, Freedom…

12.15.19 | 03.22.20

Free and Open to the Public in Brown Auditorium--Mari Carmen Ramírez, Wortham Curator of Latin American Art at MFAH, will examine the profound transformations in…

03.19.20 | 03.19.20

Arthur Turner: Legacy of Students Orton Gallery

12.16.19 | 02.23.20

Arthur Turner: Reflections showcases the work of Houston artist Arthur Turner, an accomplished watercolorist and beloved instructor at the Glassell School of Art for nearly 50 years.…

12.16.19 | 02.23.20

"A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection comprises a series of installations that trace the course of photography from its invention to the…

10.03.19 | 02.23.20

"The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this exhibition, which is timed in anticipation of the artist’s 90th-birthday year in 2020. The exhibition centers…

09.29.19 | 02.16.20

"Beatriz González: A Retrospective is the first large-scale U.S. exhibition dedicated to the work of Colombian artist Beatriz González. Based in Bogotá, González (born 1938) is not…

10.27.19 | 01.20.20

"The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Miss Ima Hogg & Modernism. The exhibition features some 50 works from the Museum’s permanent collection and will be…

07.27.19 | 11.03.19

An exhibition of fashion photography featuring over 200 images. "Icons of Style showcases a diverse view of fashion and fashion photography—from elegant portraits made in…

06.23.19 | 09.22.19

A solo exhibition featuring Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson's immersive, nine-screen video installation.

07.20.19 | 09.22.19

A solo exhibition featuring immersive installation by William Forsythe in the Caroline Wiess Law Building.

05.23.19 | 09.15.19

An exhibition featuring Spanish colonial artworks from the collection of Carl and Marilynn Thoma.

09.26.18 | 09.15.19

"An exhibition featuring a survey of works from the MFAH collection of Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latinx art. Between Play and Grief presents…

03.16.19 | 09.08.19

"In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the…

07.20.19 | 09.02.19

A film screening in Houston. "The film was directed and edited by Solange Knowles with contributing directors Alan Ferguson, Terence Nance, Jacolby Satterwhite, and Ray…

07.17.19 | 07.17.19

A show of portraits, landscapes, and still lifes by Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The exhibition includes more than 50 works the artist made throughout his life,…

03.10.19 | 06.27.19

Mending: Craft and Community showcases "28 objects drawn from the museum’s collection that highlight both formal and metaphorical examples of mending. The selection reveals techniques…

12.08.18 | 06.09.19

"Photographer Sally Mann explores what it means to be Southern. For more than 40 years, Mann has made experimental, hauntingly beautiful photographs that address overarching…

03.03.19 | 05.27.19

"Odysssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017 is the first major exhibition dedicated to sculptures by renowned contemporary artist Jack Whitten. Although Whitten has long been celebrated…

03.03.19 | 05.27.19

A video by Swiss art duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss

02.26.19 | 04.28.19

"Garden Paradise: The Magnificent Safavid Carpet from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow explores the importance of the garden to Islamic culture through the lens of the world-renowned Wagner…

11.02.18 | 03.24.19

"A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection is a series of installations that trace the course of photography from its invention to the…

09.12.18 | 02.24.19

"The 11th annual Booker-Lowe Lecture, organized by the Glassell Studio School, is a talk with artist Tanya Aguiñiga, whose work is on view in the…

02.16.19 | 02.16.19

"The focused selection of paintings, sculpture, and works on paper, encapsulates the evolution of artists Louise Nevelson and Dorothy Hood across four decades and reveals…

11.03.18 | 02.03.19

"Navigating suburbia’s varied and evolving identities, the prints, drawings, and photographs on view in Always Greener form a rich portrait of suburban life. Suburbia’s grass…

08.21.18 | 02.03.19

"Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol sheds new light on changing ideas of monarchy and nationhood in Britain. The exhibition features…

10.07.18 | 01.27.19

The Houston Iranian Film Festival is back for its 26th year! For more information, please go here.

01.18.19 | 01.27.19

"Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955–1975 charts the trajectory of the Venezuelan Informalist movement from the mid-1950s through its last manifestations in the 1970s. More…

10.28.18 | 01.21.19

This exhibition, in the MFAH's Hirsch Library, features ephemera related to Pete Gershon's upcoming book, Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972–1985.

08.28.18 | 12.15.18

"Contemporary Dutch Design showcases objects from the MFAH collection demonstrating a range of materials, techniques, and unprecedented approaches that place Dutch designers at the forefront…

05.19.18 | 11.25.18

A show of 36 paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures by Houston-based artists. This show is organized and curated by Pete Gershon, the MFAH's Core Program coordinator and…

08.03.18 | 11.11.18

"40 Years of Discovery celebrates the indelible mark curator and collector Clint Willour has made on the museum. Since 1976, his support and passion for…

06.09.18 | 10.14.18

"Digital Worlds: New Media from the Museum’s Collection demonstrates the breadth of invention artists bring to contemporary art through digitization. The exhibition features a selection…

06.23.18 | 10.08.18

Pete Gershon will discuss his new book, Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972-1985, followed by a panel discussion and book signing. For a full…

09.23.18 | 09.23.18

Futures/Faculty Selections features works by faculty members of the museum's Glassell Studio School.

08.03.18 | 09.23.18

The film series Ingmar Bergman's Cinema: A Centennial spotlights "the career of the iconic Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007). The series includes 15 films highlighting…

08.24.18 | 09.23.18

Curator Alison de Lima Greene joins Richard Stout and Jim Edwards in conversation about their work and the book Sense of Home: The Art of…

09.22.18 | 09.22.18

An exhibition featuring works by the experimental Dutch designer Joris Laarman Lab. The show features 65 pieces of furniture, drawing suites, and videos.

06.24.18 | 09.16.18

An installation of Mike + Doug Starn's artwork Big Bambú. For more on the piece, go here.

06.10.18 | 09.03.18

"Hidden Layers: Painting and Process in Europe, 1500–1800 highlights recent technical findings for European paintings in the Blaffer and MFAH collections. The imaging techniques of…

07.08.18 | 09.03.18

"A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection is a series of installations that trace the course of photography from its invention to the…

03.28.18 | 09.03.18

Music on the Plaza is a new summer music series in the MFAH's new outdoor space, The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza.

06.15.18 | 08.17.18

An exhibition featuring nearly 250 objects from the kingdom of Marwar-Jodhpur, one of the largest princely states in India, in the northwestern state of Rajasthan. The…

03.04.18 | 08.12.18

"In a collaboration celebrating the 25th anniversary of Project Row Houses, the MFAH presents films considering themes of family, community, and identity. Ryan N. Dennis,…

07.13.18 | 07.15.18

Eye on Houston features photographs created by Houston area high school students. The works depict the students' daily lives and are inspired their personal stories.

01.24.18 | 06.24.18

An exhibition showcasing the collection of Edith and Percy Straus. Given to the museum in 1941, the collection includes works by Fra Angelico, Giovanni di Paolo, Bartolomeo…

02.19.18 | 06.17.18

Michelangelo and the Vatican: Masterworks from the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples highlights "the artistic legacy of Pope Paul III (1468–1549), whose patronage…

03.11.18 | 06.10.18

The MFAH's sixth annual Jazz on Film series. For more details, go here.

06.05.18 | 06.05.18

"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America’s Founding Fathers" features paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the MFAH collections—including 18th-century selections from Bayou Bend and Rienzi—along with…

03.10.18 | 05.28.18

An event celebrating the opening of the MFAH's new Glassell School of Art building. For more details, go here.

05.20.18 | 05.20.18

The Houston Palestine Film Festival returns for its 12th year. For more information and tickets, go here.

05.05.18 | 05.06.18

A screening featuring short films and videos by this year’s 2017–18 Core Program artists-in-residence.

05.04.18 | 05.04.18

The Latin Wave Film Festival is back for its 13th year! "The festival premieres eight films reflecting the vibrant and innovative cinema scene thriving throughout Latin…

04.26.18 | 04.29.18

"Kimono Zulu, a creative exploration led by Tina Zulu, will host a three-day trunk show at the The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, MFA Shop…

04.20.18 | 04.22.18

MFAH Director Gary Tinterow will speak with author William Middleton about Middleton's new biography, Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil.

04.03.18 | 04.03.18

The MFAH's annual Five Funny French Films program returns in 2018 for its eighth year. For a full list of films and for tickets, please go…

03.23.18 | 03.25.18

An exhibition celebrating the life and career of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta. The show features nearly 70 ensembles created by de la Renta.

10.08.17 | 03.18.18

The Houston Jewish Film Festival is back for its 14th year. Films at this year's festival include Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me, a portrait…

03.10.18 | 03.11.18

An exhibition featuring works by New York-based photographer David Levinthal. The show celebrates a gift to the museum of 44 of Levinthal's images that explore themes of…

10.14.17 | 02.18.18

An exhibition featuring more than 100 pieces of Persian art created from the 6th to the 19th century. The works span a range of media, including carpets,…

11.19.17 | 02.11.18

A screening of short, abstract animations by artist Mary Ellen Bute. The Houston-born artist created works that "translated music into choreographed shapes, shifting lights, and brilliant…

02.03.18 | 02.03.18

A film festival celebrating Iranian films. Many of the films were created by or are highlighting young Iranian women. For more details and tickets, go…

01.19.18 | 01.28.18

"HOME—So Different, So Appealing features U.S. Latino and Latin American artists from the late 1950s to the present who use the universal concept of “home”…

11.17.17 | 01.21.18

A series of lectures by visiting artists and scholars. All talks are free and open to the public.

10.19.17 | 12.14.17

A panel discussion about the current environment in the field of photography and photobooks, as well as perspectives on the future. The panel will be…

12.09.17 | 12.09.17

The MFAH's annual Turkish Film Festival has returned! For tickets and more information, please go here.

10.13.17 | 10.15.17

An exhibition of nearly 40 American craft objects created between 1950 and 1970. During this period, artists focused on creating objects by hand rather than working…

05.18.17 | 10.08.17

An exhibition chronicling "the development of modern art in Mexico and the social, political, and cultural forces that shaped it over the course of nearly…

06.25.17 | 10.01.17

A show featuring works by three generations of Iranian-born artists. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, photography, and video pieces that "shed light on the rich heritage,…

07.01.17 | 09.24.17

An exhibition featuring two works by Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist. Both works in the show, Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish, were recently acquired by the MFAH.…

06.11.17 | 09.17.17

An exhibition of photographs by Fazal Sheikh. The show is in celebration of the MFAH's acquisition of 75 photographs by the artist.

05.06.17 | 09.04.17

For Houston Museum District's Zone 3 Experience, visit the MFAH, the CAMH, the Jung Center, and St. Paul's United Methodist Church for special tours, family activities…

07.29.17 | 07.29.17

A talk by Garth Clark, the celebrated author, editor, collector, gallerist, lecturer, and perhaps the most influential and provocative voice in the field of international ceramics. The…

07.22.17 | 07.22.17

A series of films highlighting the music and musicians of jazz. To see all screenings and to buy tickets, go here.

06.03.17 | 06.25.17

A show of ikat textiles, including robes, dresses, and hangings from the Murad Megalli Collection of the Textile Museum in Washington D.C. The exhibition is supplemented…

03.12.17 | 06.04.17

A show of thirteen works by hyperrealistic sculptor Ron Mueck. Via the MFAH: "Assembled from public and private collections around the world, the exhibition focuses on…

02.26.17 | 05.29.17

An exhibition of modern and contemporary Cuban art created since 1950. The show aims to highlight the narrative of artists who lived and worked in…

03.05.17 | 05.21.17

A screening of The Art Life, a documentary about the life and work of David Lynch.

05.20.17 | 05.21.17

The 12th annual Latin Wave Film Festival presented by the MFAH. The festival features 10 films reflecting the vibrant cinema scene throughout Latin America and welcomes…

04.27.17 | 04.30.17

The 2016-2017 MFAH Core Program lecture series.

09.29.16 | 04.27.17

A show of prints, drawings, and illustrated books from the MFAH's collection.

02.12.17 | 04.16.17

This popular MFAH film series is back for its seventh edition! To see a full lineup of films and to buy your tickets, please go…

03.31.17 | 04.08.17

A two-day symposium examining 19th-century material culture in Texas and the Southwest.

02.24.17 | 02.25.17

An exhibition featuring over 170 coins, plates, bowls, statues, and more from the Roman Empire.

11.06.16 | 02.08.17

The 24th annual Houston Iranian Film Festival. For tickets and more information, please go here.

01.20.17 | 01.24.17

A show of paintings, sculptures, calligraphic works and decorative objects from the National Palace Museum, Taipei.

10.23.16 | 01.22.17

A survey of works by Impressionist artist Edgar Degas. The show is co-organized by the MFAH and the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia and…

10.16.16 | 01.16.17

An exhibition of works by American Impressionist and San Antonio native Julian Onderdonk (1882–1922). Onderdonk is known for his depictions of the Texas countryside and depictions of bluebonnets.

10.02.16 | 01.02.17

An exhibition of furniture, drawings, paintings, pottery, silver, and other goods made in Texas between the mid-19th and early 20th centuries.

10.02.16 | 01.02.17

An exhibition of works by photographer Helen Levitt (1913–2009). Throughout her live, Levitt photographed the people and places in New York City, capturing simple activities that were a…

09.13.16 | 01.02.17

An annual series of films shown on the MFAH big screen!

09.27.16 | 10.24.16

An exhibition featuring approximately 40 works showcasing the influence of “the East” on Western artists and designers in the late 19th and the 20th century. The…

06.25.16 | 10.23.16

Catherine Morris, Sackler Center Curator for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, will visit Houston for three days to participate in…

10.05.16 | 10.07.16

An exhibition featuring 47 works by African American artists. The show includes works by regional and international artists, including Trenton Doyle Hancock, Robert Pruitt, Kara…

01.24.16 | 09.25.16

A screening Matthew Barney's three-part film River of Fundament. For tickets, go here. Show times are as follows: Act I Friday, September 16, 7 p.m. Act…

09.16.16 | 09.18.16

An exhibition featuring two installations by artist Yayoi Kusama. The exhibition brings two of the artist’s signature infinity rooms—Aftermath of the Obliteration of Eternity (2009) and Love Is…

06.12.16 | 09.18.16

An exhibition exploring "photography's ability to both stop time in an instant and to capture its extended duration." The show features nearly 50 photographs by…

06.18.16 | 09.11.16

An exhibition featuring 45 paintings by Franz X. Winterhalter, and artist renowned for his portraits of 19th-century European royalty.    

04.17.16 | 08.14.16

A program of films celebrating actress Olivia de Havilland's 100th birthday.

07.01.16 | 08.13.16

A film festival highlighting the history and legacy of Jazz music. The festival is organized by guest curator Peter Lucas. For tickets, go here.

06.03.16 | 06.24.16

An exhibition showcasing 14 cars and three motorcycles that exemplify the sleek, elegant, sexy art deco auto designs from 1929 to 1940.

02.21.16 | 05.30.16

An exhibition featuring works by 2016 Core artists-in-residence, including Tsuyoshi Anzai, Jason Byrne, Danielle Dean, Sondra Perry, Ivor Shearer, Kenneth Tam, and Rodrigo Valenzuela. Core critics-in-residence…

04.21.16 | 05.26.16

A bus tour conceived by Core fellow Critic-in-Residence Andy Campbell. The tour will "visit several sites important to Houston's postmodernist building boom. Along the way participants…

05.18.16 | 05.21.16

A film festival highlighting films from Palestine. For a full schedule and tickets, go here.

05.13.16 | 05.15.16

Filmmaker Julien Temple visits the MFAH. In conjunction with his visit, the museum will present screenings of The Filth and the Fury, Never Mind the Baubles: Xmas…

05.05.16 | 05.07.16

An exhibition of photographs by 37 students from Jack Yates, Westside, Bellaire, Sam Houston, and Cesar E. Chavez high schools, along with students from Through The Lens, a district-wide after…

01.12.16 | 05.01.16

A film festival featuring eleven films showcasing Latin America’s diverse film culture. For a full schedule and for tickets, go here.

04.28.16 | 05.01.16

The MFAH presents films in collaboration with the FotoFest 2016 Biennial. Get tickets here.

04.08.16 | 03.29.16

An exhibition of 12 large-scale photographs by New York-based artist Vera Lutter. These works are created inside large, specially constructed rooms-turned pinhole cameras.

11.21.15 | 03.20.16

An exhibition featuring work by artists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela. The show is drawn primarily from the museum's permanent collection of Latin…

11.22.15 | 02.28.16

"In an evening of satire-laced analysis, Joshua Decter comes clean about his addiction to art, his association with its cult, and opens up about how…

02.11.16 | 02.11.16

A multi-day film festival highlighting Iranian films. Some screenings occur at the Asia Society Texas Center and Rice Cinema. For a full schedule, go here.

01.22.16 | 02.02.16

This is the first monographic exhibition dedicated to Joachim Wtewael, a late-Renaissance artist working in Utrecht. The exhibition is coming from presentations both at the National Gallery…

11.01.15 | 01.31.16

An installation of more than 580,000 lego bricks that the public can use to create cityscapes.

10.16.15 | 01.31.16

A special exhibition featuring hundreds of Islamic masterworks from the renowned al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait. In conjunction, the MFAH has also installed a number of related…

01.31.15 | 01.30.16

An exhibition of more than 50 paintings that trace the career of Mark Rothko. The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this exhibition, which…

09.20.15 | 01.24.16

"The Houston Cinema Arts Festival is an eight-day, multi-venue festival focused on visual, performing, and literary arts that includes over 50 narrative and documentary films,…

11.12.15 | 11.19.15

A series of lectures brought to Houston by the MFAH's Core program.

10.15.15 | 11.05.15

An exhibition of prints and drawings that examines how the artists' use of the model and the human body has changed over the past 50…

08.01.15 | 11.01.15

A playful interactive installation by New York-based artist Philip Worthington enabling participants to create their own shadow plays in a digital shadow-puppet theater that uses…

05.23.15 | 11.01.15

"The fifth biennial David B. Warren Symposium. Beginning with a keynote lecture on Friday evening, symposium participants attend a number of receptions, lectures, and an exhibition viewing,…

10.23.15 | 10.25.15

A writing workshop exploring "the power of memory and nostalgia." Using the exhibition Roman Vishniac Rediscovered as a jumping off point, the workshop has prompts that…

10.24.15 | 10.24.15

"Miki Garcia, executive director at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB), will present a talk focused on the process of curatorial decision making within…

10.21.15 | 10.21.15

A symposium discussing Mark Rothko's career. For a full list of speakers and events, go here.

10.17.15 | 10.17.15

A free edition of MFAH's Mixed Media to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new Glassell School. There will be food trucks, cocktails and DJs.

10.16.15 | 10.17.15

An exhibition of selected works given to the MFAH by collectors and artists from around the country in celebration of Anne Tucker’s 39-year tenure as…

06.23.15 | 10.11.15

The photographer, writer and filmmaker Duane Michals will give a talk on his career. A book signing will follow. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased…

09.24.15 | 09.24.15

A documentary by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. A Q+A with the artist will follow the screening.

09.15.15 | 09.15.15

An exhibition showcasing masterpieces and rare objects from the collection of the Habsburg Dynasty—the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire and other powerful rulers who…

06.14.15 | 09.13.15

An exhibition of drawings by London-based Argentine artist Pablo Bronstein, whose work explores our built environment from architecture to machines. Inspired by late-18th- and early-19th-century…

04.15.15 | 08.23.15

An exhibition focusing on visual explorations of space and light. The show features nearly 50 works created by Latin American artists over the past 70…

05.14.15 | 08.23.15

The 7th annual World Premiere of Boot Camp short films. Produced by elementary and middle school students, the films have all been created, shot, and…

08.15.15 | 08.15.15

An exhibition of American art from the first decades of the 20th century, including works on paper by Oscar Bluemner, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Charles…

04.16.15 | 07.19.15

"For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1979" examines an important and often overlooked period for photography and contemporary art…

03.07.15 | 07.12.15

An exhibition celebrating the gift to the MFAH of more than 400 photographs from the collection of Houston-based landscape and portrait photographer Michael Marvins and…

04.04.15 | 07.05.15

An exhibition exploring treasures of the Rienzi Library at the MFAH's house museum for European decorative arts. Books on display highlight fine graphic design and…

02.28.15 | 06.28.15

A screening series exploring intersections of jazz and cinema with classic and rare performance films, documentaries, and narrative movies with jazz scores. Full schedule HERE

06.05.15 | 06.20.15

The 20th Annual Eye on Houston exhibition provides a unique view of the city through the lenses of student photographers from Jack Yates, Bellaire, and…

02.03.15 | 05.10.15

This exhibition reunites monumental tapestries from the Triumph of the Eucharist series, designed by Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens in the early 1620s, with oil-on-panel…

02.15.15 | 05.10.15

An exhibition featuring more than 25 large-scale painted screens from artists active in Japan between the 17th and 20th centuries, shown alongside 35 ceramic works…

03.01.15 | 05.10.15

A talk with contemporary artist Ernesto Neto, whose immersive installations transform one’s sense of place and often include aromatics to trigger multi-sensory experiences.

04.13.15 | 04.13.15

MFAH director Gary Tinterow engages in conversation with Thomas P. Campbell, director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art discussing critical issues facing museums today as…

04.10.15 | 04.10.15

This exhibition of drawings and prints from the museum’s permanent collection shows how various artists, since the advent of Modernism, have explored and expanded mark-making.…

12.12.14 | 03.22.15

Part of the Plug-Ins series of guest lectures about architecture’s capabilities, Keller Easterling (Yale School of Architecture) will discuss concepts in her book, "Extrastatecraft: The…

02.25.15 | 02.25.15

MFAH’s 22nd Annual Houston Iranian Film Festival includes the local premieres of five recent feature films, as well as current Core Fellow Anahita Ghazvinizadeh in…

01.23.15 | 02.01.15

Fifty paintings on loan from locations around the world provide an intimate look at the Seine, a subject essential to Monet’s identity as an artist.

10.26.14 | 02.01.15

Art from the ancient Americas of animals that played significant roles in religion and society. Jaguars, killer whales, fish, and cats!

10.16.14 | 01.11.15

A survey of works by photographer Roman Vishniac. The exhibition includes nearly 250 objects - photographs, negatives, and ephemera representing Vishniac's career.

09.24.15 | 01.03.15

MFAH director in conversation with renowned New York art collector Leonard A. Lauder. A devoted philanthropist with a passion for Cubism, Lauder recently donated his…

11.20.14 | 11.20.14

MFAH director Tinterow talks with British actor Michael York about York's distinguished career and role in the acclaimed 1972 film Cabaret. The discussion is followed…

11.03.14 | 11.03.14

Celebrated Finnish-American photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen traces the roots of his fascination with magical realism—how visual veracity and the imagination can team up to create…

10.27.14 | 10.27.14

British architect and curator Liam Young and Polish visual artist Agnieszka Kurant will bring the Fall 2014 series, cosponsored by the Rice School of Architecture and…

10.15.14 | 10.15.14

Continuing the RSA/RDA fall lecture series, Belgian photographer Filip Dujardin will be in dialogue with Oscar-nominated production designer K.K. Barrett (best known for his work…

10.08.14 | 10.08.14

The first in the RSA/RDA fall lecture series, which will bring to Houston five visionaries whose creative work attempts to forecast the future. Featured speaker: Jean-Louis Cohen, architect,…

10.01.14 | 10.01.14

Here you go, urban planning buffs and historical architectural hand-wringers: "At the heart of the show are compelling views of Paris both before and after…

06.15.14 | 09.14.14

Jesús Rafael Soto's suspended plastic playscape will encompass all 2,600 square feet of the MFAH's Cullinan Hall.

05.08.14 | 09.01.14

Known primarily for his sculpture, Archipenko made many drawings which form the centerpiece this exhibition.  

05.15.14 | 08.17.14

Films made by youth and teens enrolled in Aurora Picture Show Boot Camps.

08.09.14 | 08.09.14

ERMAGERD!!!!! "Celebrate the luxurious exhibition "Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House" in style with drinks, dancing, and pics in the Smilebooth."

06.27.14 | 06.28.14

Based in Potomac, Maryland, the Eagles have been collecting decorative arts since the 1960s. Their early focus was on contemporary ceramics; today the collection also…

02.23.14 | 05.26.14

This exhibition of nearly 100 works, painted between 1902 and 1911, provides an opportunity to view a broad range of the Sargent's watercolors. It brings…

03.02.14 | 05.26.14

Braque was a leading figure of the Paris avant-garde in the first decades of the 20th century. Together with Picasso, he pioneered the innovations of…

02.13.14 | 05.11.14

The Museum is the final stop on a three-year, international tour of French paintings originally assembled by Singer sewing-machine heir Sterling Clark and his wife,…

12.22.13 | 05.04.14

A  project conceived by Hanna Yoo, a critic in residence of the Core Program, is the first contemporary art project held at the Hirsch Library.…

04.04.14 | 05.02.14

The Libraries of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, present Ed Hill and Suzanne Bloom (MANUAL) as the second speakers of the Library Lectures series.…

04.02.14 | 04.02.14

Lucas's recent film Voyager Found and the premiere of new film, Unearthling. Unearthling centers on the arrival of a mysterious figure from another dimension. Voyager…

03.29.14 | 03.29.14

Roads of Arabia explores the impact of ancient trade routes that crossed the Arabian Peninsula, allowing for an exchange of objects and ideas. The exhibition…

12.19.13 | 03.09.14

In the mid-1950s, motivated by social distress and poverty, Argentinian artist Berni abandoned painting for assemblage. Juanito Laguna and Ramona Montiel are two fictitious characters…

11.10.13 | 02.02.14

The Museum of Fine Arts will open Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna, 1897–1907, an exhibition that debuted at the Neue Galerie New York in May…

09.29.13 | 01.12.14

Words and Things: Buddhist Texts and Ritual Objects from Japan comprises nearly 50 objects from the private collection of Boston-based literature scholars Sylvan Barnet and…

10.20.13 | 01.12.14

The exhibition Calaveras Mexicanas: The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada marks the 100th anniversary of the death of José Guadalupe Posada, whose prints of…

09.13.13 | 12.15.13

MFAH screens a documentary film directed and produced by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. 6:00 pm The Out List Screening. 7:00 pm Q + A with Timothy Greenfield-Sanders & Anne Wilkes…

11.04.13 | 11.04.13

Gifts from the Past: The Isabel Brown Wilson Collection presents over 50 artworks from the bequest of Isabel Brown Wilson. Gifts from the Past explores…

07.13.13 | 10.27.13

MFAH presents a public lecture by art critic and curator Gerardo Mosquera. Mosquera was a co-founder of the Havana Biennial, a Curator at the New…

10.09.13 | 10.09.13

Self, Model, and Self as Other, highlights about 50 self-portraits—spanning more than a century—that illustrate how photographic self-portraits reveal different innovative approaches to the genre.…

07.13.13 | 09.29.13

James Turrell: The Light Inside explores the career of James Turrell.Raised in a Quaker household and coming of age in the radical climate of the…

06.09.13 | 09.22.13

Intersecting Modernities presents more than 100 works created by Latin American artists—including Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Diego Rivera, and Joaquín Torres-García—from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection…

06.23.13 | 09.02.13

Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop is the first major exhibition devoted to the history of manipulated photographs before the digital age. Some 180 works demonstrate…

06.02.13 | 08.25.13

QFest, Houston’s GLBTQ film festival, celebrates its 17th year with screenings throughout the city. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will screen six films from…

07.25.13 | 07.28.13

Freed from the constraints of making functional objects, ceramics artists began experimenting with abstract and figural forms, radical building techniques and surface treatments.

02.23.13 | 06.30.13

Manfred Heiting began his professional life as a designer, a skill employed in his exhibition and book design for the 2011 MFAH presentation Helmut Newton:…

06.21.13 | 06.21.13

The British Museum’s Cyrus Cylinder, is traveling to five major museum venues in the United States, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Cyrus Cylinder is among…

05.03.13 | 06.14.13

Picasso was a colorist, but this is his work in black, white and shades of gray, on exclusive loan to the MFAH from the Guggenheim…

02.24.13 | 05.27.13

A worthy program. Art Beyond Sight is a gallery program for visitors who are blind or partially sighted. Trained educators use verbal descriptions and hands-on…

05.11.13 | 05.11.13

Jacques Callot (1592-1635), a master printmaker who created more than 1,400 prints throughout his prolific career: everyhitng from courtly pageants and theatrical comedies to the…

01.31.13 | 05.05.13

17th- to 20th-century silver and bronze objects, including liturgical pieces, hidden in a Venetian synagogue for 60 years and recently rediscovered and restored, including a…

02.21.13 | 04.28.13

“Picasso Black and White" is a lecture presented by Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Few artists have had as great…

04.12.13 | 04.12.13

100+ masterworks from a renowned museum, including works by Francisco de Goya, El Greco, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Jusepe de Ribera and Diego Velázquez.

12.16.12 | 03.31.13

A major show exploring 165 years of armed conflict through the eyes of photographers. Organized by a curatorial team consisting of Anne Wilkes Tucker, MFAH…

11.11.12 | 02.03.13

Popular, useful minimalism from the MFAH decorative arts collection by the likes of Georg Jensen, Orrefors, Alvar Aalto, Bruno Mathsson, Kaj Franck, Timo Sarpaneva, Tapio…

08.26.12 | 01.27.13

Professor Giovanni Curatola, organizing curator of the inaugural exhibition of works from the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, consultant to the DAI (Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah), and professor…

01.26.13 | 01.26.13

Farmanfarmaian balances techniques and imagery drawn from Islamic decoration with the innovations of the Minimalist avant-garde.

11.21.12 | 01.25.13

This exhibition charts the rise of contemporary history painting in the 18th century through the lives of Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley.

10.06.13 | 01.20.13

100+ works by acclaimed African American painter travel to Houston for this retrospective, including the artist´s famed Resurrection of Lazarus. Organized by the Pennsylvania Academy…

10.21.12 | 01.13.13

60 paintings and sculptures dating from the 1930s to the present, including the celebrated Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art and extensive holdings of…

09.15.12 | 01.06.13

Born 30 years apart, the mission for photogrpahers Smith (1918–1978) and Nachtwey (born 1948) is to bear witness. This exhibition focuses on their documentations of…

10.14.12 | 01.01.13

A comprehensive display of the MFAH's collections of American art organized by Emily Ballew Neff, MFAH curator, American Painting and Sculpture; and Christine Gervais, MFAH…

07.07.12 | 01.01.13

Artist Sean Scully talks about himself as the Second Annual Naomi Turner True Fall Lecture. “If you have Matisse, Mondrian, Rothko, then you’ve got my…

11.27.12 | 11.27.12

A late-night party featuring high-energy live music, cocktails and dancing. 18 and older. Tickets from $6-14, depending.

11.16.12 | 11.16.12

Dealer in rare manuscripts Daniel Crouch is a trader based in London who tracks down ancient maps, atlases, plans, and sea charts. At the age…

11.15.12 | 11.15.12

The long-awaited third edition of the AIA Houston Architectural Guide contains 1,391 entries divided into 29 tours. The new text was written by Stephen Fox…

11.03.12 | 11.03.12

Architect Peter Bohlin, selected by the Hermann Park Conservancyto design the entry pavilion within the park's new Centennial Gardens., speaks at the MFAH's Law Building.…

10.25.12 | 10.25.12

20th-century photographers use clothing to help craft a social narrative, organized by Natalie Zelt, MFAH Curatorial Assistant, Photography.

06.20.12 | 10.08.12

85 works from the Powers Collection. The Powers’ began buying Japanese artwork in the 1960s and over the next four decades they amassed 300 objects,…

06.10.12 | 09.23.12

The centuries-old artistic impulse to exaggerate and distort realistic features, characteristics and situations, encompassing images of the grotesque, caricature and satire from the 16th through…

07.01.12 | 09.23.12

The first retrospective on Phyfe in 90 years

06.24.12 | 09.09.12

48 paintings from the Kenwood House, a neoclassical villa in London, start a four-stop American tour at the MFAH. The works were collected by brewing…

06.03.12 | 09.03.12

03.18.12 | 07.29.12

Nine works by Rembrandt as well as nearly fifty sheets by his pupils and followers,  organized by the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut.

04.15.12 | 07.08.12

Photos, photocollages, photomontages, and moving images project a political, social, or cultural state of utopia or dystopia collected for Fotofest.

03.11.12 | 06.10.12

In 2007, the MFAH acquired the Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection of some 475 ceramic artworks, one of the most important contemporary ceramic…

03.04.12 | 06.03.12

25 paintings celebrate the exquisite work of a neglected Seventeenth-century Dutch master.

03.11.12 | 05.28.12

Before e-mail, photographers would write letters on the backs of misprints. The MFAH photography collection contains more than 1,500 such objects that have been mailed…

02.01.12 | 05.20.12

30+ monumental canvases offer an incisive survey of the career of color field painter Jules Olitski (1922-2007). Stain paintings, Spray paintings, Baroque paintings, and High…

02.12.12 | 05.06.12

The final installation in the MFAH's new  permanent Arts of Asia galleries opens with a special exhibition, showcasing important objects from the collection of the…

02.19.12 | 04.08.12

Grand Master Ingrid Lüders of the Ohara School, demonstrates how the Ohara style of Japense flower arrangement expresses the glory of the spring season. Free…

03.18.12 | 03.18.12

Printmaking by  big-name contemporary Artists Eric Fischl, Alex Katz, Barbara Kruger, Sherrie Levine, Brice Marden, David Rabinowitch and Terry Winters, selected from the Peter Blum…

12.23.11 | 02.20.12

18 new drawings by British artist Ewan Gibbs using imagery of Arlington National Cemetery.

11.12.12 | 02.10.12

Czech avant-garde works collected by Houston philanthropists Roy and Mary Cullen, including outstanding examples from the flowering of Czech Surrealism; works by Surrealist pioneer and…

11.04.11 | 02.05.12

Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography at The New York Times Magazine, will speak about her work and sign copies of her new book from Aperture,…

01.23.12 | 01.23.12

An international symposium launching Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art, the MFAH/ICAA digital archive. Speakers will include Alejandro Anreus, art history professor at…

01.20.12 | 01.20.12

A major international loan exhibition which explores Islamic art through the universal tradition of gift giving, Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art…

10.23.11 | 01.16.12

160 paintings, furniture, sculpture, clocks, watches, clothing, metalwork, architectural fittings, lamps and hearth fixtures,  musical instruments, drawings, books, and maps re-create the lifestyle of elite…

09.18.11 | 12.11.11

Intaglio printmaking from the 16th century to today, organized chronologically! A rare technically oriented art show, complete with sample tools and plates!

09.11.11 | 11.27.11

Sandy Skoglund creates images composed of out-of-place objects, creatures, and colors. Anne Wilkes Tucker, Curator of Photography at the MFAH, talks with Skoglund about her…

11.13.11 | 11.13.11

Contemporary artists love the landscape, and the MFAH's has pick out two dozen examples that trace the theme through the literal interactions of the 1960s…

07.10.11 | 09.25.11

The first large-scale U.S. exhibition of fashion photographer Helmut Newton's work presents 205 images from Newton's first three books, White Women (1976), Sleepless Nights (1978),…

07.03.11 | 09.25.11

Charles LeDray delivers a major mid-career survey at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Organized by Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, the exhibition also traveled…

05.15.11 | 09.11.11

52 photographs selected from the over 1100 that photography collector Joan Morgenstern has had a hand in gifting to the MFAH over 25 years as…

05.22.11 | 08.21.11

In 2009 the MFAH acquired 100 black and white photographs by the American street photographer Simpson Kalisher, given by Gloria Richards, a constant supporter of…

05.16.11 | 08.18.11

Bring out the paparazzi for the third annual Boot Camp World Premiere hosted by Aurora Picture Show at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. This…

08.06.11 | 08.06.11

The MFAH and the Cruz-Diez Foundation, Houston, present the first large-scale retrospective of Venezuelan kinetic and op artist Carlos Cruz-Diez. Color in Space and Time…

02.06.11 | 07.04.11

"Look! Old stuff!!" Or so they said during the Greco-Roman revival of the 18th century. Think guys with giant wigs striking poses, leaning on canes,…

03.20.11 | 05.30.11

Houston is the only U.S. venue for the first major retrospective devoted to Austrian photographer and scientist Heinrich Kühn. An important figure in the international…

03.06.11 | 05.30.11

Fifty Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. travels to Houston for the exhibition Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces. Featuring…

02.20.11 | 05.23.11

Featuring American artists who used collage as an expressive means to explore ideas, advocate concepts, and develop new directions in their art, Pasted Papers: The…

03.23.11 | 05.15.11

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston looks back at the watercolors of Alfred Jacob Miller. A six-month journey to the Rocky Mountains in 1837 provided…

02.13.11 | 05.08.11

The MFAH presents the first in a series of exhibitions celebrating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the museum's Latin American art department and…

10.24.10 | 02.06.11

73 newly-acquired works from the collection of the late native Houstonian and energy entrepreneur, John R. Eckel, Jr., founder of Copano Energy. After Eckel's death…

08.20.11 | 01.29.11

Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria makes its U.S. debut at the MFA Houston this September. This major exhibition presents an in-depth view…

09.19.10 | 01.09.11

During your holiday break swing by the MFAH and catch the premiere of Boxing Gym, a documentary film by Frederick Wiseman who explores the world…

01.02.11 | 01.02.11

German Impressionist Landscape Painting brings together works by Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth, and Max Slevogt, known as the "triumvirate of German Impressionism." The exhibition features…

10.09.10 | 12.05.10

The MFAH presents one of Japanese photographer Ishimoto Yasuhiro´s most celebrated bodies of work in the exhibition Katsura: Picturing Modernism in Japanese Architecture. His images…

01.01.70 | 09.12.10

Liquid Lines highlights contemporary and cutting edge metal art from the MFAH collections! The exhibition includes work by international artists, designers and craftsmen including Ron…

03.12.10 | 07.18.10

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston showcases the new exhibition The Allure of Nature: 19th-Century Landscape Drawings from the MFAH Collection. This exhibition highlights realistic…

01.01.70 | 06.30.10

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the first major museum exhibition of works by Alice Neel in ten years. Neel's famous portraits of her…

06.12.10 | 06.13.10

Experience the maritime paintings and drawings that Sargent produced during the first five years of his career that have not yet been examined in a…

02.14.10 | 05.23.10

Photography students from Jack Yates High School document the cultural fabric of Houston's historic Third Ward community. Teenagers walk through the neighborhoods capturing candid images…

01.01.70 | 05.23.10

American Impressionist Maurice Prendergast exhibits the work produced during his two trips to Italy, in 1898 and 1911 which are brought together for the first…

02.14.10 | 05.09.10

As part of the FotoFest 2010 Biennial, this exhibition features nearly 200 photographs  selected from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's photography collection. Ruptures and…

03.28.10 | 05.09.10

Former Core Fellow at the Glassell School of Art and recipient of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Julie Mehretu presents an…

04.11.10 | 04.11.10

The Rice Design Alliance, The Rice School of Architecture, The Houston Architecture Foundation, and the American Institute of Architects - Houston present The 2010 Sally…

04.07.10 | 04.07.10

The MFAH is rolling out the party carpet for Art Crowd members and guests in their 20s and 30s! Come for the private viewing of…

03.13.10 | 03.13.10

"The MFAH presents important additions to the museum's design collection, created by some of the most renowned designers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Recent…

08.16.09 | 02.21.10

"The MFAH is the second and final venue for the first major museum exhibition in the continental United States in almost two decades to focus…

11.21.09 | 02.14.10

Aurora Picture Show and the MFAH collaborate to present a screening of the film The BQE by singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens. "An orchestral homage to the…

01.08.10 | 01.08.10

The crosswalks connecting Museum of Fine Arts Buildings will be amped up with colorful “zebra” stripes, and we can't wait to check it out! The…

06.06.09 | 12.31.09

"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection celebrates the museum´s major Latin American art acquisitions since 2001, with more than 80 works in…

06.13.09 | 09.27.09

Blakemore: Photographs 1988 – 2008, surveys Houston-based Blakemore's "mature career with a carefully distilled selection of 36 works, ranging from early black-and-white street photographs to…

05.10.09 | 09.13.09

"President Obama’s late mother, Ann Dunham, collected batik, those particularly Indonesian resist-dyed textiles, popularized in the US through generations of ethno-craft projects. The Ann Dunham…

07.01.09 | 07.05.09

Check out some pretty incredible objects from the National Museum in Kabul. This exhibit also traveled to the National Gallery of Art in D.C., among…

03.01.09 | 05.17.09

All from the collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, the prints in this exhibit reflect the nearly perpetual state of war throughout Europe from…

02.07.09 | 05.10.09

This show "offers alternative ways to tell the story of Modernism by embracing artists who have worked across the globe, from Paris, to New York,…

12.13.08 | 03.22.09

"Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program is a two-part exhibition curated by the MFAH´s Alison de Lima Greene. The first segment, on…

11.15.08 | 01.11.09

"I Still Believe in Tomorrow: Contemporary Video from Asia features videos created by five internationally acclaimed artists from China and Japan, who all reflect on…

11.24.08 | 01.11.09

On loan from local collectors Jereann and Robert Chaney (who so graciously lent all the work for last year's Red Hot - Asian Art Today…

01.01.08 | 12.30.08

This exhibit has it all. Around 120 artworks from early crafts to cutting-edge, 21st century pieces present the history of collecting, documenting, and preserving African-American…

08.03.08 | 10.26.08

Photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and public radio commentator and film critic Elvis Mitchell collaborated on this project, which presents the stories of more than 20 prominent…

08.03.08 | 10.26.08

A hotbed of activity for many artists of the 1800s, Fontainebleau was the place to be for plein-air painters and photographers. Featuring work by the…

07.13.08 | 10.19.08

So you thought the Chaney's only collect Asian art? Wrong!! They also have an extensive collection of contemporary British art, including the ultimate YBA, Damien…

06.14.08 | 09.28.08

Formed in 1982, the Core Program has produced some great talent, including Mark Allen, David Aylsworth, Amy Blakemore, Danny Yahev-Brown, Sharon Engelstein, Francesca Fuchs, David…

03.08.08 | 09.01.08

The MFAH has brought together more than 100 objects from the Georgian National Museum and the Vani Archaeological Museum, including "gold, silver, ceramic vessels, jewelry,…

06.21.08 | 09.01.08

Check out around 30 examples from "one of the most important private collections of contemporary ceramics in the world, assembled by Garth Clark and Mark…

04.30.08 | 09.01.08

Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection features "approximately 50 works designed by some of the leading architects of the late nineteenth…

01.01.08 | 08.03.08

We all know the story of Mt. Vesuvius' eruption, now see what life was really like in the first century A.D. (what?? No coitus interruptus…

03.02.08 | 06.22.08

Thirty years of paintings by bad boy, snake handler and East Texas swamp thing John Alexander!!! 

04.13.08 | 06.22.08

These fantastic large-scale photographs by Japanese artist Miwa Yanagi were exhibited last year at the wonderful Chelsea Art Museum, NY. It's worth a trip to…

02.08.08 | 05.04.08

This is Korean artist Suh Se-ok's first major museum exhibition in the U.S.

01.25.08 | 04.20.08

11.18.07 | 03.30.08

10.21.07 | 01.27.08

In 2002 the MFAH acquired the Helen Williams Drutt Collection of contemporary jewelry. This show is organized by Cindi Strauss, Curator of Modern and Contemporary…

09.30.07 | 01.21.08

Reconstruction is the first in a series that presents work by former Core fellows in context with other more nationally recognized contemporary artists. The first…

09.22.07 | 01.13.08

10.07.07 | 01.06.08

Asian Art is HOT this year! Come see the Chaney Family Collection in its first survey of new art coming out of centers in Japan,…

07.22.07 | 10.21.07

Read what Bill Davenport has to say!

03.29.07 | 09.29.07

More Latin American collectors are unloading onto the MFAH. The Adolpho Leirner Collection consists of geometric abstract paintings, constructions, drawings, posters and graphic materials by…

05.20.07 | 09.23.07

Presenting photographs from the museum

05.21.07 | 09.16.07

Chen devoted 30 years of his life to exploring and photographing the Great Wall of China, seeking to animate it through his particular vision. Read…

04.01.07 | 08.12.07

Nikki S. Lee is known for her self-portrait series in which she portrays herself as a Jewish bride, a rapper, a senior citizen and even…

07.26.07 | 07.26.07

Constructing a Poetic Universe was guest curated by Beverly Adams of The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection. The collection features numerous works by Gego, Felix…

03.11.07 | 06.10.07

These are no ordinary still life paintings. Check out that technique!

02.18.07 | 05.20.07

While the Metropolitan Museum's galleries for these paintings undergo renovation, Houston reaps the benefits with this show.

02.04.07 | 05.06.07

Read Christopher French's review of the show!  

01.01.70 | 04.01.07

Another success for Anne Tucker! Take a lesson on photography from this bunch: Alfred Stieglitz, James Van Der Zee, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham,…

01.01.70 | 02.25.07

01.01.70 | 02.19.07