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  1. Christopher Rothko joins Gary Tinterow for “Conversations with the Director” on Monday, November 16, 2015

    Oct 6, 2015 - When Monday, November 16, 2015, at 6:30 p.m.  The program coincides with Mark Rothko: A Retrospective, on view now through January 24, 2016, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. “Conversations with the Director” is a series of talks with Tinterow, who engages an eclectic roster of guests in one-on-one conversations about the arts.

  2. Roman Vishniac Retrospective Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in September

    Sep 2, 2015 - Following a brief period of internment in France, Vishniac arrived in New York in 1941 and opened a portrait studio to support his family. His photographs provide a compelling record of this human drama.   Rediscovered, a survey of five decades of work by the photographer Roman Vishniac (1897–1990).

  3. Contemporary Latin American Art Featured at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in November

    Aug 18, 2015 - In Teresa Serrano’s La piñata (2003), we watch as a man beats to death a piñata that is shaped and dressed to look like a woman from the Mexico–United States border. The piece presents a metaphor for resistance in that a heavy concrete block is precariously balanced on top of rows of these teeth, and rocks back and forth in a grinding motion. From a distance, the leaves could be a line of ants; up close, the allusion to farm laborers and the narcotics trade becomes apparent.

  4. Dutch Master Joachim Wtewael (1566–1638) Subject of Major Monographic Exhibition at the MFAH Beginning in November

    Aug 17, 2015 - Wtewael also made large narrative paintings that focus on a single figure, including the sensual Perseus and Andromeda (1611) and the evocative The Kitchen Maid (c. 1620–25). Ranging from portraits and moralizing biblical scenes to florid mythological compositions, these works underscore Wtewael’s reputation as a remarkable storyteller and a great master of the Dutch Golden Age. The exhibition is on view in Houston from November 1, 2015, to January 31, 2016.

  5. “Texas Clay: 19th-Century Pottery from the Bayou Bend Collection”

    Aug 11, 2015 - Title Texas Clay: 19th-Century Pottery from the Bayou Bend Collection Dates September 5–November 1, 2015 Overview Texas Clay: 19th-Century Pottery from the Bayou Bend Collection focuses on early examples of Texas The exhibition, on view from September 5 to November 1, 2015, introduces visitors to the vibrant tradition of handmade, utilitarian pottery that flourished in mid- to late-19th-century Texas. The resulting research has added significant information to the William J.

  6. “Defining the Body: Contemporary Figuration on Paper”

    Aug 4, 2015 - artists of the 1980s, including Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl, and A. Title Defining the Body: Contemporary Figuration on Paper Dates August 1–November 1, 2015 Overview Artists draw the form—nude or clothed, the entire body or certain parts—and look to their family members, friends On view from Saturday, August 1, to Sunday, November 1, 2015, the installation presents examples of Realism by figurative artists of the 1960s and 1970s, such as George Segal and Philip Pearlstein; moves on to the Neo-Expressionist

  7. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Announces Chris Goins as the General Manager of Retail

    Jul 21, 2015 - Goins comes to the Museum with a successful sales track as store director of Tootsies flagship shop in Houston. “We are thrilled to have Chris Goins join our team,” said Gary Tinterow. “The goal of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, shops is to offer a diversified range of product that is smart, stylish, and closely aligned with the Museum’s overall mission,” said Goins. Goins will build upon the first-rate reputation of The MFAH Shop and The Shop at Bayou Bend, shaping robust offerings and engaging audiences with a focused approach to products and an improved guest experience.

  8. Major Rothko Retrospective opens at the MFAH September 20

    Jul 20, 2015 - In 1969 and 1970, Rothko introduced a new painterliness in a series of black-and-gray compositions. The exhibition concludes with a brilliant red canvas from 1970, one of the final works of his career. Late Work From the late 1950s well into the 1960s, Rothko’s work assumed a more somber note, as he favored a darker palette and austere, subdued handling of paint. Across a career spanning the most troubled years of the 20th century, Rothko explored the tragic and the sublime, and his canvases remain a testament to the deep humanism he brought to modern painting.

  9. “In Appreciation: Gifts in Honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker”

    Jun 17, 2015 - Among the gift highlights are a large print of Richard Avedon’s Dovima with Elephants (1955); Nan Goldin’s multimedia Ballad of Sexual Dependency; a unique Man Ray photomontage from around 1926; a photograph by the medium’s inventor A selection of these gifts will be on display in the special exhibition In Appreciation: Gifts in Honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker. Hired in 1976 to establish a Department of Photography, Tucker arrived at the MFAH to nascent holdings of 141 images.

  10. “Habsburg Splendor: Masterpieces from Vienna’s Imperial Collections” Opens at the MFAH in June

    May 13, 2015 - I and his heirs. Highlights include: • Armor of Emperor Maximilian I (c. 1492) made by Lorenz Helmschmid • Bronze bust of Emperor Charles V (c. 1555) by Leone Leoni • A rock crystal goblet made for Emperor Frederick III (1400–1450) GOLDEN A hundred years later, in 1916, Emperor Charles I inherited a dual Austro-Hungarian monarchy upon the death of longtime Emperor Franz Joseph.