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  1. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents “Unfolding Worlds: Japanese Screens and Contemporary Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection” in March 2015

    Jan 22, 2015 - Amassed over a period of 50 years by Dr. Kurt A. from June 7 to November 8, 2014. “When I was first drafted into the United States Air Force as a flight surgeon in 1963,” said Dr. Gitter, “I had no idea that the two years I spent stationed in Japan would spark a lifelong passion.

  2. “Mona Hatoum: Twelve Windows”

    Jan 21, 2015 - Title Mona Hatoum: Twelve Windows Dates  January 8–February 8, 2015 Overview On the occasion of the 2015 Arts of the Islamic World Gala, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Twelve Windows, an installation Each window, through its stitches and patterns, represents a key region of Palestine. Mona Hatoum was born into a Palestinian family in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1952, and has lived and worked in London since 1975.

  3. The MFAH Highlights Arts of the Islamic World Beginning in January

    Jan 21, 2015 - Items on view include a 12th-century bronze incense burner in the form of a stylized feline figure from the Iranian world; a rare, elaborately illuminated 14th-century Qur’an from present-day Morocco; and a remarkable, early-16th-century Among the highlights are a 16th-century Ottoman Turkish prayer carpet; a selection of early gold jewelry from Afghanistan and Syria; a glass mosque lamp from 14th-century Cairo; an extraordinary earthenware bowl from 9th-century Conservation training and other education programs 4.

  4. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Unveils Designs for Campus Redevelopment, with more than 70 Percent of Funding Goal Secured

    Jan 15, 2015 - “The Museum of Fine Arts has become a great museum, befitting Houston as a great city. A landscape architect will also be selected. “Our L-shaped Glassell School of Art building is a key part of our overall space-shaping strategy.

  5. “Line: Making the Mark”

    Dec 2, 2014 - Line: Making the Mark explores the sundry ways that artists, since that historic shift, make marks—either directly, by pressing pencil to paper or brushing ink onto a surface; or indirectly, such as drawing on stone, carving into

  6. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, opens “Spectacular Rubens” in February 2015

    Nov 17, 2014 - Organized by the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid and the J. After Archduke Albert’s death in 1621, Rubens also served the infanta in a diplomatic capacity and was rewarded for his success with a knighthood by Philip IV. Organization and Funding Spectacular Rubens is organized by the J.

  7. “For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1979” Debuts in Houston

    Oct 22, 2014 - transformed an artist-run gallery into a darkroom. The exhibition debuts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where it will be on view from March 7 to July 12, 2015 (changed from the previously announced dates of February 1 to April 26, 2015). • Konpora, a term derived from the English phrase “contemporary photography.”

  8. “Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art”

    Oct 8, 2014 - *As of December 2014, the closing date is March 22, 2015, a change from the originally scheduled closing date of January 25, 2015.   The inventive ways in which animals were depicted in art provide a window into the beliefs and practices of long-gone cultures that never developed written language and left few traces other than their art. A 1,000-year-old feather tunic from the Nasca people of Peru, intricate gold ornaments from the Tairona culture of Colombia, and evocative ceramic vessels and stone monuments made by the Maya and Olmec of ancient Mexico will be

  9. Monumental Bronze by Giuseppe Penone Installed at the MFAH; Recent Acquisition Anchors the Museum’s South Lawn

    Aug 25, 2014 - onto a steel support on a concrete base as onlookers gathered.    The installation—which involved a flatbed truck, two construction cranes, a 183-foot boom, and a team of art handlers, riggers, and curators—took place on Saturday, August 23. traditions; and Mysteries (1987), a text-based painting by Ed Ruscha, which has come to the Museum as a gift from the estate of longtime patron and philanthropist Isabel B.

  10. “Silver: An American Art—Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston”

    Aug 18, 2014 - Private collections, including those of Milo M. *As of October 2014, the closing date is April 5, 2015, a change from the originally scheduled closing date of February 15, 2015. 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