Current Special Exhibitions

  • Nayeli Perez, Watching Over, 2023, inkjet print

    Nayeli Perez, Watching Over, 2023, inkjet print, Eastwood Academy. © Nayeli Perez

    Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography
    Through Autumn 2024

    The annual Eye on Houston exhibition documents and celebrates Houston’s diverse neighborhoods through a collaboration between the MFAH and Houston Independent School District.

  • Rienzi Gardens | 2024 Exhibition
    Color, Scent, and Memory: Rienzi’s Gardens 1954–1999
    Through July 31, 2024

    ON VIEW AT RIENZI | This exhibition celebrates the evolution of the gardens at Rienzi, incorporating horticultural and design styles of the times from 1954 to 1999.

  • Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure, 1905, oil on canvas

    Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure, 1905, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney. © 2024 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism
    Through May 27, 2024

    A creative partnership between Henri Matisse and André Derain in 1905 changed the course of French painting. This exhibition showcases the legacy of that collaboration through paintings, drawings, and watercolors.

  • Kehinde Wiley, The Death of Hyacinth (Ndey Buri Mboup), 2022, oil on canvas

    Kehinde Wiley, The Death of Hyacinth (Ndey Buri Mboup), 2022, oil on canvas, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Templon. © 2022 Kehinde Wiley

    Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence
    Through May 27, 2024

    The MFAH is the first stop on the tour of the monumental exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.