Current Special Exhibitions

  • 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.

  • Tschabalala Self, Sprewell, 2020, fabric, thread, painted canvas, silk, jeans, painted newsprint, stamp, photographic transfer on paper, and acrylic on canvas

    Tschabalala Self, Sprewell, 2020, fabric, thread, painted canvas, silk, jeans, painted newsprint, stamp, photographic transfer on paper, and acrylic on canvas, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, gift, image courtesy of the artist; Pilar Corrias, London; and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich. © Tschabalala Self

    Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage
    Through May 12, 2024

    The first major museum exhibition on this subject, Multiplicity explores the breadth and complexity of Black identity and experiences in the United States through collage and collage-informed works.

  • Marius Hammer, Viking Dragon Boat, c. 1900, silver and enamel

    Marius Hammer, Viking Dragon Boat, c. 1900, silver and enamel, Kode Bergen Art Museum, Bergen Silver Foundation, photo: Dag Fosse, Kode Bergen Art Museum.

    Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway
    Through May 5, 2024

    Remarkable objects from three prestigious collections of art, craft, and design come to the United States for the first time, on exclusive loan. Spanning the 16th to early 20th century, this exhibition explores the intersecting forces of global trade, taste, and fashion.

  • 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.