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  1. German Impressionist Landscape Painting: Liebermann-Corinth-Slevogt

    Generous funding is provided by: Linda K. Finger   Impressionism is considered a fundamentally French artistic movement, but the international reputation of Paris as the world´s leading art center inevitably led to the dissemination of this style to other countries. Although none of the three was exclusively a landscape artist, their landscapes present an opportunity to trace the development of a particular kind of German Impressionism through works of the highest quality.

  2. Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art

    Louis K. Adler Puffer-Sweiven / Emerson Process Management Leslie and Brad Bucher Macy´s Mr. Samuel F. Gorman Cosmopolitan Routes is a tribute to the Founding Members and Latin Maecenas who have supported the museum´s Latin American art initiative and its collecting activities since the department´s inception in 2001. This presentation is the first in a series of exhibitions celebrating the 10th anniversary of the museum´s Latin American Art Department and International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA).

  3. Cai Guo-Qiang Commission for the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Arts of China Gallery

    Cai executed Odyssey, his gunpowder drawing on 42 panels, at a Houston warehouse in early October 2010. A limited number of free tickets made it possible for the public to attend the sessions, and the ignition event was livestreamed via CultureMap and shown at the MFAH viewing party at Saint Arnold Brewing Company.

  4. Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam

    Martha K. Long Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam is the first exhibition at the MFAH devoted to Sufism, a historic branch of Islam whose followers seek mystical union with God. The show also includes a reading space for visitors who would like to learn more about Islamic art and the themes in the exhibition. Light of the Sufis travels to Houston after its premiere at the Brooklyn Museum.

  5. Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings in Houston Collections

    He is revered not only as a Modernist painter, but also as a teacher and an author. Each work on view represents a different period of Torres-García’s production—ranging from an early landscape painted in France in 1928 to an oil on paper and canvas work made in 1945—giving viewers a broad overview of his career Additionally, the presentation features five works from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection of Latin American Art at the MFAH, a major long-term loan addition to the museum’s Latin American holdings.

  6. North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection

    Linnet F. Deily The Margaret Cooke Skidmore Endowed Exhibition Fund John L. Wortham & Son, L.P. Leslie and Brad Bucher Macy’s Foundation Mr. Samuel F. Gorman

  7. Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an

    But calligraphy was also a trace of its maker, a permanently impressed mark of his or her character. Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an, a companion exhibition to Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, showcases a superb selection of folios from copies of the Qur’an, the preeminent context Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Mr. Kay-Ghobad “Kiddie” Zafar Mr. Mike Hoomani The Seaver Institute Fariba and Rainer Buchecker Standard Oilfield Services - Baku

  8. Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c. 1600–1900

    After the paper was inked, finishing the process included ridding the paper of excess ink by sprinkling powder from a sand shaker and using a special tool to burnish the gold.  Calligraphic works from the same period, which were executed as practice exercises and fair copies, are displayed alongside these implements, and a video shows a master calligrapher at work. The small rectangular slab called a makta provided a surface upon which the critical act of cutting the reed pen took place; penknives shaped and gave the final clean cut to the reed pens; and inks prepared from source materials

  9. Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection

    Samuel F. Gorman Macy’s collection, which consists of the finest examples of Geometric Abstraction in paintings, constructions, drawings, posters, and graphic materials by Brazil’s foremost artists of the post-World War II era, has long been regarded as a

  10. Constructing a Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art

    Constructing a Poetic Universe presents inventive works by some of the most significant Latin American artists of the 20th century as well as artists showing promise for the 21st century.