Gallery Highlights
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Yayoi Kusama, Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity, 2009, wood, metal, glass mirrors, plastic, acrylic paint, and LED, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama “Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity”
OngoingIn Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity—one of Yayoi Kusama’s signature Infinity Rooms—a delicate, shimmering mirage unfolds as lights ignite and disappear.
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Unidentified Peruvian Artist, Mater Castissima, 1776, oil on canvas, collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma.Spanish Viceregal Paintings from the Thoma Collection
OngoingThe Museum presents a selection of Spanish viceregal paintings from the celebrated collection of Carl and Marilynn Thoma.
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Installation view of Line into Space.
Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
OngoingThe Nancy and Rich Kinder Building is dedicated to the Museum’s international collections of modern and contemporary art. The third-floor galleries are devoted to thematic exhibitions, with installations of art from the 1960s onward.
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David Hockney, The Four Seasons, Woldgate Woods (Spring 2011, Summer 2010), 2010–11, 36-channel video installation (color, silent), edition 7/10, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © 2011 David Hockney, All Rights Reserved
David Hockney: The Four Seasons, Woldgate Woods
Through September 1, 2025In these videos, British artist David Hockney updates the classic theme of the four seasons by taking advantage of digital technology to capture the essence of nature and human perception.
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Installation view of the Arts of Korea Gallery.
Arts of Korea Gallery
OngoingThe Arts of Korea Gallery is the first gallery dedicated to Korean art in the American South. The installation showcases works of art from the growing MFAH collections along with prestigious loans from the National Museum of Korea.
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Do Ho Suh, Portal, 2015, acrylic resin, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum commission funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund and gift of the artist. © 2015 Do Ho Suh
Do Ho Suh’s “Portal”
OngoingDescribed by the artist as an “impossible” sculpture, Portal is at once monumental and seemingly ephemeral as it encases the image of a traditional Korean gate in negative space.
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Simone Leigh, Satellite, 2022, bronze, edition 1/2, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Simone Leigh, courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery
Simone Leigh’s “Satellite”
OngoingThe MFAH is the first U.S. museum to acquire the monumental sculpture Satellite, by Simone Leigh. Installed near the entry plaza of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, Satellite was the iconic centerpiece of Leigh’s project for the Venice Biennale in 2022.
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Polish, Torah Crown, late 18th–early 19th century, silver, silver‐gilt, and paste stones, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Toomim‐Robinson Family.
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica
OngoingThe Museum’s gallery for Judaica features works of art made for Jewish communities around the world to fulfill the practice of their faith.
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Iran, Ewer, 1607–08, brass; cast, engraved, and inlaid with black compound, the Hossein Afshar Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds
OngoingThe galleries for art of the Islamic worlds showcase the full extent of the MFAH holdings in Islamic art, enhanced by a significant selection of Persian masterworks on extended loan from the distinguished collection of Hossein Afshar.
