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  1. “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

  2. 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.

  3. “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

  4. “Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today”

    Aug 12, 2014 - Made for science or art, using a range of techniques as visually diverse as the movements of art to which they belong, the photographs vary in size from a few inches to 25 feet and record the precise outlines of botanical specimens Overview Drawn from the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today presents 50 evocative images created with light and chemistry but without the use of a

  5. “Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392–1910” concludes U.S. tour at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in October

    Jul 16, 2014 - In Houston, generous funding is provided by Chinhui and Eddie Allen; Chi Si Choi, M.D. and Sung Ha Choi; Jin S. Park, M.D. and Yang O. Huh, M.D.; Nancy C. Allen; Baytown Shopping Center; Michelle H. change from the originally scheduled opening date of November 2, 2014. LACMA’s comprehensive holdings of Korean art, which boast a dedicated gallery and focused education programs, are a strength of the museum’s encyclopedic collection.”

  6. Landmark Exhibition of Claude Monet’s Paintings of the River Seine Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in October 2014

    May 28, 2014 - “I have never tired of it: for me the Seine is always new.” Catalogue The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River, copublished by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Philbrook Museum of Art. In 1898, Monet exhibited works from a painting series entitled Mornings on the Seine to great critical acclaim.

  7. Houston’s Interactive Immersion: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents “Soto: The Houston Penetrable,” May 8 to September 1

    Mar 25, 2014 - Intended to be touched, handled and waded through, the strands, when at rest, compose a floating yellow orb on a transparent background. Soto (1923–2005) was a landmark figure in Latin American art, and a key driver of the Kinetic art movement that emerged in Paris in the 1950s. “We are pleased to bring this unparalleled Penetrable to a Houston audience,” said director Gary Tinterow.

  8. Exhibition Notice “Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings”

    Mar 18, 2014 - Although known primarily for his sculpture, Archipenko executed a number of drawings as well, a group of which form the centerpiece of Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings. The curator is Dena M. Woodall, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings.  

  9. First Major U.S. Exhibition of French Photographer Charles Marville Will Travel to Houston, June 2014

    Jan 29, 2014 - In a view of the Passage Saint-Benoît, for instance, an attentive viewer finds an intriguing display of mismatched glassware in a café window, a charming hand-painted sign literally pointing to a seller of wood and charcoal, the a site of bourgeois leisure and pleasure. In Houston, the selection of early works will include a charmingly picturesque view of the half-timbered home of Francois I in Abbeville and a graphically powerful image of Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, both from the Museum’s Manfred

  10. Expansive Exhibition of John Singer Sargent Watercolors Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in March 2014

    Jan 16, 2014 - that captures the action of gondoliers on the canal; Bedouins (c.1905–06), a watercolor of expressive force and coloristic vibrancy completed during Sargent’s travels in Syria; A Tramp (c. 1904–06), a portrait of a world-weary compositions of casually interlinked figures; The Cashmere Shawl (c. 1911), a work that matches the verve and virtuosity of Sargent’s grand portraits in oil; Carrara Lizzatori I (1911), a dynamic impression of the quarry; and Coauthored by the collaborative exhibition team, the volume includes essays by Erica E. Hirshler, Teresa A.