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  1. “Mending: Craft and Community—Selections from the Museum’s Collection”

    Dec 3, 2018 - Title Mending: Craft and Community Selections from the Museum’s Collection Dates December 8, 2018–October 20, 2019 Overview This exhibition showcases mending as an act of transformation by artists working in a wide range Highlights include Mend (2015), a large fiber work by artist Tanya Aguiñiga created from cotton, wool, and clay, reflecting motherhood and community among women; Jaydan Moore’s Platter #4 (2012), an eight-foot-long silver-plate The international and U.S. artists included in the exhibition range from masters in the field of studio craft such as Therman Statom and Léopold Foulem to a younger generation including Jennifer Ling Datchuk and Aaron McIntosh

  2. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Completes the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation, Designed by Lake|Flato Architects

    Oct 24, 2018 - In a related announcement, the MFAH has received $750,000 in renewed art-conservation funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Redevelopment Overview: The Susan and Fayez S. Lake|Flato Architects received the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Firm of the Year Award in 2004; earned a Texas Medal of Arts Award in 2009; and was named a finalist for a National Design Award by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian

  3. Rarely Displayed 17th-Century Persian Garden Carpet from Glasgow’s Burrell Collection on View at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in November

    Oct 11, 2018 - “The exhibition presents a rare opportunity to explore a central theme of Islamic art and culture within the context of a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. For a person sitting at the center of the bottom half of the carpet, this transition creates a panoramic viewing experience. Flowers, trees, and flowing waters evoke the ancient idea of the garden as a symbol of paradise.

  4. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, announces major cornerstone acquisitions for a new gallery of Medieval art

    Oct 8, 2018 - A rare, 14th-century Hebrew Codex from the Rhineland; a silver-gilt and enamel Spanish processional cross, circa 1400; and a 1516 design for Rouen cathedral tower now on view  The three masterworks join a growing collection These included a bifolio from a Qu’ran (8th or 9th century); a Boston side chair with rare “hairy paw” feet (1755–75); the William J. A large, rare Hebrew codex, known as The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor (circa 1310–20); a rare surviving silver-gilt and enamel Spanish processional cross (circa 1400); and one of a handful of surviving architectural drawings for Rouen

  5. Van Gogh survey opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in March 2019

    Oct 2, 2018 - You must remember that I haven’t been drawing for long, even if I did sometimes make little sketches as a boy,” Van Gogh wrote in a letter to his brother on April 2, 1881. Smith Foundation The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Endowment for Exhibitions Ann G. Trammell Vopak Netherland-America Foundation Joyce Z. The city inspired a brighter palette, while his friendships with Emile Bernard and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec had a major influence on his work.

  6. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Partners with Mercantil Bank and Colección Mercantil Arte y Cultura, Caracas, to Present First Comprehensive Exhibition of Venezuelan Informalism

    Sep 25, 2018 - The History of Informalism The Informalist movement emerged as a response to a critical Cold War moment in Venezuelan history, marked by a tumultuous transition to democracy, a rapid social transformation fueled by a booming About the Colección Mercantil Arte y Cultura, Caracas Colección Mercantil Arte y Cultura, Caracas is a non-profit organization established by Mercantil Servicios Financieros to foster cultural and artistic expression, and engage conferences in support of Venezuela´s artistic talent. 

  7. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, celebrates two mavericks of the American Avant-Garde with the exhibition “Kindred Spirits: Louise Nevelson & Dorothy Hood”

    Sep 17, 2018 - As Hood stated at the time, “In plastic art, form is the shadow of an essence that has gone on to meet a new function,” a comment that echoed Nevelson’s own declaration: “I compose my work pretty much as a poet does, only instead of the word I use the plastic form for my images. . . . But a 1941 visit to Mexico introduced her to a vital community of artists and expatriates that offered greater opportunities to the young artist.

  8. The Connoisseur’s Eye: New Perspectives on Ceramics in the Rienzi Collection at Rienzi

    Aug 21, 2018 - Title The Connoisseur’s Eye: New Perspectives on Ceramics in the Rienzi Collection Dates September 1, 2018–February 3, 2019 Overview The Connoisseur’s Eye highlights the extensive collection of ceramics at Rienzi, Opened to the public in 1999, Rienzi houses a substantial collection of European decorative arts, paintings, furnishings and porcelain, and an extensive holding of miniatures. Rienzi welcomes some 19,000 visitors each year for tours, family programs, lectures, concerts and a variety of special events. Media Contact Sarah Hobson, publicist shobson@mfah.org | 713.800.5345

  9. Unprecedented loans from the National Portrait Gallery, London, chronicle 500 years of the British monarchy at the MFAH in October

    Jul 18, 2018 - The House of Windsor has ruled over a period of unprecedented change through two world wars and the emergence of a global audience for the royal family. Highlights include: The five monarchs of the House of Tudor ruled the kingdom of England for more than a century during a period defined by the unrest of the English Reformation. It is the first time that the National Portrait Gallery has allowed such a large number of its greatest treasures to travel, providing an unparalleled overview of a cavalcade of kings, queens, princes, and princesses.

  10. UH and MFAH Announce Partnership Focused on Latino/Latin American Art & Culture

    Jun 6, 2018 - Today, the MFAH and UH participated in a ceremonial signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that includes the Art History Program at the UH Kathrine G. with extraordinary museum work experience coupled with a Tier One graduate education in art history. The latter program incorporates significant art historical studies in a bilingual Spanish/English environment.