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August 18, 2014 - “Silver: An American Art—Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston”
Title Silver: An American Art—Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Dates August 30, 2014–April 5, 2015* Overview Over the past decade, the American silver holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, have grown significantly. Through purchases and gifts, the story of the silversmithing tradition in this country can now be more fully told. Private collections, including those of … -
August 12, 2014 - “Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today”
Title Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today Dates August 31–November 30, 2014 Overview Drawn from the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Todaypresents 50 evocative images created with light and chemistry but without the use of a camera. Made for science or art, using a range of … -
July 16, 2014 - “Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392–1910” concludes U.S. tour at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in October
More than 150 works from this celebrated era will be on view, including ceremonial screens, ceramics, books, and textiles HOUSTON—July 16, 2014—This fall, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, opens Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392–1910, the first comprehensive survey in the United States devoted to the art of the celebrated Joseon dynasty, an era that profoundly … -
May 28, 2014 - Landmark Exhibition of Claude Monet’s Paintings of the River Seine Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in October 2014
Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa
Reunites canvases from the painter’s acclaimed Mornings on the Seine series with earlier works depicting landscape and leisure along the French river HOUSTON—May 28, 2014—“I have painted the Seine throughout my life, at every hour, at every season,” Claude Monet once … -
March 25, 2014 - Houston’s Interactive Immersion: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents “Soto: The Houston Penetrable,” May 8 to September 1
Final, and the most ambitious, work by this iconic Venezuelan artist; eight years in the making Will encompass 2,600 square feet of the Museum’s Mies van der Rohe-designed Cullinan Hall Houston—March 25, 2014—Visitors to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, this spring and summer will become part of one of the great marvels of contemporary art: one of Venezuelan artist Jesús Rafael Soto’s signature … -
March 18, 2014 - Exhibition Notice “Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings”
Title Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings Dates May 15–August 17, 2014 Overview One of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century, Kiev-born artist Alexander Archipenko (1887–1964) was central to the emergence of Modernism. Although known primarily for his sculpture, Archipenko executed a number of drawings as well, a group of which form the centerpiece of Alexander Archipenko: … -
January 29, 2014 - First Major U.S. Exhibition of French Photographer Charles Marville Will Travel to Houston, June 2014
HOUSTON—January 29, 2014—In June 2014, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will present Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris, the first major exhibition in the United States devoted to the 19th-century French artist Charles Marville. The exhibition explores the beauty, variety and historical poignancy of his art through nearly 100 photographs that span his entire career. At the heart of the show … -
January 16, 2014 - Expansive Exhibition of John Singer Sargent Watercolors Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in March 2014
The Museum will be the final venue to offer this rare presentation of some of Sargent’s finest works in the medium
John Singer Sargent: The Watercolors is organized by the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston HOUSTON—January 16, 2014—In March 2014, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), will be the third and final venue to present John Singer Sargent: The Watercolors, an exhibition … -
January 13, 2014 - Extensive Collection of Post-World War II Decorative Arts on View for the First Time at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 2014
The Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection was acquired by the Museum in 2010
Leading collectors of decorative arts, Leatrice and Melvin Eagle, assembled the collection over the course of 53 years HOUSTON—January 2014—In February, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will present the first major exhibition of the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, a remarkable group of 170 artworks— … -
January 13, 2014 - “Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs”
Exhibition Title Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs Dates February 9–May 4, 2014 Overview Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs celebrates the heyday of magazines through some 80 impactful photographs— including the immortal photograph from the set of “The Seven Year Itch,” Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder by George Zimbel (1954); Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent …