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  1. Extensive Collection of Post-World War II Decorative Arts on View for the First Time at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 2014

    Jan 13, 2014 - The Leatrice S. and Melvin B. and Melvin B. Lee’s early training as a ceramist led to a lifetime devotion to clay, a passion that Mel has shared with her over the years.

  2. “Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs”

    Jan 13, 2014 - Photographs have come a long way since the first halftone—a picture of Steinway Hall in Manhattan—was published in the New York Daily Graphic in 1873. Exhibition Title Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs Dates February 9–May 4, 2014 Overview   Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs celebrates the heyday of magazines through some 80 impactful

  3. “Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House” Launches Its American Tour at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in June 2014

    Nov 22, 2013 - Significant 18th- and 19th-century silver, much of it by legendary makers such as William Lukin, R. J. & S. Among them are a gilt-wood console table, an armchair, a stool and a pair of mahogany hall benches by Kent; a massive pier mirror attributed to Kent; a George II four-poster child's bedstead with silk and satin embroidered hangings From great family portraits by William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds and John Singer Sargent, to exquisite examples of Sèvres porcelain, rare pieces of R. J. & S.

  4. Exhibition Revealing History of Ancient Arabian Peninsula Trade Routes Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 2013

    Oct 7, 2013 - About the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery The Arthur M. Organized by the Smithsonian's Arthur M. A particularly poignant example memorializes a father and daughter who died on their pilgrimage journey together.

  5. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is Sole U.S. Venue for Georges Braque Retrospective

    Sep 25, 2013 - It is the first retrospective of the artist presented by a U.S. museum since the 1988 exhibition organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. After 1917, his work also assumed a new monumentality and chromatic drama. "It was like being roped together on a mountain." By the end of 1908, Braque and Picasso had entered into a creative dialogue that would result in the essential pictorial language of Cubism.

  6. Antonio Berni’s Monumental “Juanito and Ramona” Series Presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in November 2013

    Sep 9, 2013 - Ramona is shown with her powerful circle of influential friends from all sectors of society—a general, a sailor, a criminal, an ambassador, a bishop, a bullfighter—and as a star of the café-concert circuit. In Juanito and Ramona, we see a chronicle of a turbulent time in Argentina which also extended to all of Latin America. This catalogue is the first comprehensive and scholarly survey of the Juanito and Ramona series and receives generous funding from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.

  7. Calaveras Mexicanas The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada

    Aug 15, 2013 - After his death, Posada's calaveras became the imagery most associated with Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a holiday celebrated in Mexico, and around the world, on November 1–2 to honor and celebrate departed loved ones This exhibition was co-curated by Dena M. Woodall, associate curator of prints and drawings, and Rebecca Dunham, curatorial assistant of prints and drawings. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913), considered "the father of Mexican printmaking," the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), presents a group of approximately 50 works of art

  8. International Tour of “The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute” Opens at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 22, 2013

    Jul 31, 2013 - Since its inception, the Institute has pursued a dual mission as both a museum and a center for research and higher education in the visual arts. Ganz and Richard R. Brettell. Exhibition Schedule • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston   December 22, 2013 – May 4, 2014 • Shanghai Museum   September 19 – December 1, 2013 • Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe   June 8 – September 1, 2013 • Mitsubishi Ichigokan

  9. “Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna, 1897–1907” Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in September

    Jul 15, 2013 - Cecily E. Horton Anne Lamkin Kinder Karol Kreymer / Robert J. Card M.D. Mithoff Family Foundation Lauren Rottet The Schissler Foundation Leslie and Shannon Sasser Louis H. Skidmore, Jr. -1908), that strove to cultivate a new modern style. Generous funding is provided by: John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation The Susan Vaughan Foundation The Margaret Cooke Skidmore Exhibition Endowment Dr. Marjorie G.

  10. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents The Brillembourg Capriles Collection of Latin American Art, on Public Display for the First Time

    Jun 20, 2013 - Works by Nicaraguan artist Armando Morales show experimentation of a different kind. The online archive is available worldwide, free of charge at www.icaadocs.mfah.org and is intended as a catalyst for the future of a field that has been notoriously lacking in accessible resources. His inflated characters and objects (now recognized as his signature style) are only one layer of very radical paintings, which show the precision of a trained engraver, and a delicate balance of compositional elements and color