Current Special Exhibitions

  • Celestial Conch Shell with Skulls

    Celestial Conch Shell with Skulls, Huastec, Veracruz (Northern), Mexico, 900–1521, conch shell, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by James C. Flores in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at “One Great Night in November, 2007.”

    Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples
    Through January 20, 2025

    Exploring 3,000 years of spiritual belief and practice, the expansive Living with the Gods features more than 200 objects from the MFAH collections, along with exceptional loans from museums and private collections.

  • Pueblo (Acoma), Acoma Jar with Abstract Bird Design, early 1900s, clay, slip, and paints

    Pueblo (Acoma), Acoma Jar with Abstract Bird Design, early 1900s, clay, slip, and paints, Vilcek Foundation, IL.2020 – VF2019.02.02. Photograph © Vilcek Foundation

    Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery
    Through January 12, 2025

    This traveling exhibition highlights Pueblo voices and aesthetics, offering an understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels of community-based knowledge and personal experience.

  • Lissette Solórzano, from the series Malecón, 2004, inkjet print

    Lissette Solórzano, from the series Malecón, 2004, inkjet print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Madeleine P. Plonsker Collection, gift of Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker. © Lissette Solórzano

    Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography
    Through August 3, 2025

    Showcasing 100 examples of contemporary Cuban photography, this exhibition traces the evolution of the medium’s role in Cuba over nearly five decades.

  • Maarten Van Severen, manufactured by Kartell, LCP00 (Low Plastic Chair), designed 2000, manufactured 2003, PMMA and metal

    Maarten Van Severen, manufactured by Kartell, LCP00 (Low Chair Plastic), designed 2000, manufactured 2003, PMMA and metal, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by the American Institute of Architects, Houston.

    150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection
    Through Summer 2025

    Objects designed by architects celebrate a unique collaboration between the MFAH and the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

  • 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 November 3, 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.