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  1. MFAH Director Gary Tinterow will be joined by artists Mike and Doug Starn for “Conversations with the Director” on Thursday, June 7

    May 29, 2018 - When Thursday, June 7, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. exhibition Mike + Doug Starn: Big Bambú, on view June 10–September 3, 2018. William J. Hill; The Windgate Charitable Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Sharon G. Dies; The Powell Foundation; and the Susan Vaughan Foundation.

  2. “Mike + Doug Starn: Big Bambú” Engulfs the Mies van der Rohe Galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, This Summer

    May 23, 2018 - Visitors are invited to cross a bridge of bamboo that winds from the balcony into the wave’s curl, then onto a path deep within the roiling sea of Big Bambú. A wave of bamboo—consisting of nearly 3,000 poles lashed together in a spontaneous matrix—will rise 30 feet from the main level of Cullinan Hall to the balcony of the Upper Brown Pavilion above, dramatically uniting the two levels Among their most-recent commissions are a monumental glass-and-metal sculpture on the plaza of the Princeton University Art Museum (2016) and a 90-foot-long glass wall facade for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (2017).

  3. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Completes First Phase of Campus Redevelopment Project with Inauguration of the Glassell School of Art on May 20

    May 15, 2018 - to complete the capital campaign, matching all new gifts on a 1:1 basis in order to reach the total fundraising goal of $450 million. “As we reveal not only a glorious new building for the Glassell School, but also a public plaza, fountain, amphitheater, and roof garden, I think Houstonians will quickly grasp that our project intends to create a new destination The school was renamed the Glassell School of Art, following a gift from trustee Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., and moved into a new, dedicated building in 1979.

  4. The MFAH Highlights Art, Science, and Technology in Exhibition of Cutting-Edge Design Projects by Pioneering Dutch Designer Joris Laarman

    Apr 12, 2018 - Laarman’s most recent project, the Gradient Screen, and a model of the first 3-D printed stainless steel pedestrian bridge are also included in this section. The exhibition is accompanied by a comprehensive monograph featuring a photographic overview of each of Laarman's collections. The publication features essays by Cindi Strauss, Sarah Schleuning (Margo B. Joris Laarman Lab is organized around the designer’s major bodies of work, from projects he created as a student in the 2000s through his most recent 3-D printing innovations: Reinventing Functionality highlights works from

  5. Anish Kapoor’s Monumental “Cloud Column” Installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    Mar 27, 2018 - Following that, a single member of Kapoor’s London installation team, perched on a cherry-picker, began buffing the stainless-steel surface to its signature sheen, a process that takes up to six hours.  In the morning, a team of five removed the dozens of bars of the cage by hand, with a crane engaged to pull away the larger ones. “I have admired Anish Kapoor’s work for more than 20 years.

  6. “Radicals and Revolutionaries: America’s Founding Fathers”

    Mar 9, 2018 - “Founding Fathers” such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson, became icons of the revolution and the architects of a new nation. These images defined the nation’s visual identity and character, shaping the meaning of American independence while providing a visual roadmap from colony to country.  In this exhibition, that larger story is told through a transatlantic lens that includes patriots, loyalists, colonists, the English Parliament, the monarchy, Native Americans, African Americans, and women.

  7. MFAH to Inaugurate the Glassell School of Art and Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza on Sunday, May 20, 2018

    Feb 8, 2018 - at its base and a rooftop garden above. broad-stepped central staircase that will serve as the school’s forum; a 75-seat auditorium; and a public coffee bar. The completion of the plaza and the school—the nation’s only museum-affiliated art school serving students from the pre-K through the postgraduate level—opens a public gateway to the entire Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus.

  8. Masterworks by Michelangelo and his contemporaries on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in March 2018

    Jan 31, 2018 - Additional highlights include two of Michelangelo’s finest monumental drawings: Venus Kissed by Cupid (c. 1535) and Roman Soldiers (c. 1546), a large-scale preparatory drawing for the left section of The Crucifixion of Saint Peter About the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples The origins of the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte date back to 1738 when King Charles VII of Naples and Sicily (later Charles III of Spain) planned a hunting lodge on Capodimonte The exhibition of 40 works presents a key moment in the history of European art through the artistic legacy of Pope Paul III.

  9. Groundbreaking exhibition brings centuries of royal treasures from Jodhpur, India, to the U.S. for the first time in March 2018

    Jan 8, 2018 - , where H. Durga D. Agrawal  National Endowment for the Arts The E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation Eddie and Chinhui Allen Milton D. Rosenau, Jr. and Dr. Ellen R. Gritz  Paul and Manmeet Likhari Mr. and Mrs. H. 2018—A major collaboration brings a groundbreaking exhibition of royal treasures from India to Houston in March.

  10. MFAH Presents the 23rd Annual “Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography” Exhibition

    Jan 8, 2018 - Participating students are from Bellaire High School, Booker T. Utilizing photography as a tool, these student photographers document their perspectives. Eye on Houston invites students to offer a glimpse into their daily lives, experiences, and personal stories. Each generation witnesses Houston through new eyes, seeing and experiencing a fresh incarnation of the city.