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  1. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, announces major cornerstone acquisitions for a new gallery of Medieval art

    Oct 8, 2018 - These included a bifolio from a Qu’ran (8th or 9th century); a Boston side chair with rare “hairy paw” feet (1755–75); the William J. A rare, 14th-century Hebrew Codex from the Rhineland; a silver-gilt and enamel Spanish processional cross, circa 1400; and a 1516 design for Rouen cathedral tower now on view  The three masterworks join a growing collection A large, rare Hebrew codex, known as The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor (circa 1310–20); a rare surviving silver-gilt and enamel Spanish processional cross (circa 1400); and one of a handful of surviving architectural drawings for Rouen

  2. Van Gogh survey opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in March 2019

    Oct 2, 2018 - You must remember that I haven’t been drawing for long, even if I did sometimes make little sketches as a boy,” Van Gogh wrote in a letter to his brother on April 2, 1881. Smith Foundation The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Endowment for Exhibitions Ann G. Trammell Vopak Netherland-America Foundation Joyce Z. The city inspired a brighter palette, while his friendships with Emile Bernard and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec had a major influence on his work.

  3. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Partners with Mercantil Bank and Colección Mercantil Arte y Cultura, Caracas, to Present First Comprehensive Exhibition of Venezuelan Informalism

    Sep 25, 2018 - The History of Informalism The Informalist movement emerged as a response to a critical Cold War moment in Venezuelan history, marked by a tumultuous transition to democracy, a rapid social transformation fueled by a booming About the Colección Mercantil Arte y Cultura, Caracas Colección Mercantil Arte y Cultura, Caracas is a non-profit organization established by Mercantil Servicios Financieros to foster cultural and artistic expression, and engage conferences in support of Venezuela´s artistic talent. 

  4. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, celebrates two mavericks of the American Avant-Garde with the exhibition “Kindred Spirits: Louise Nevelson & Dorothy Hood”

    Sep 17, 2018 - As Hood stated at the time, “In plastic art, form is the shadow of an essence that has gone on to meet a new function,” a comment that echoed Nevelson’s own declaration: “I compose my work pretty much as a poet does, only instead of the word I use the plastic form for my images. . . . But a 1941 visit to Mexico introduced her to a vital community of artists and expatriates that offered greater opportunities to the young artist.

  5. The Connoisseur’s Eye: New Perspectives on Ceramics in the Rienzi Collection at Rienzi

    Aug 21, 2018 - Title The Connoisseur’s Eye: New Perspectives on Ceramics in the Rienzi Collection Dates September 1, 2018–February 3, 2019 Overview The Connoisseur’s Eye highlights the extensive collection of ceramics at Rienzi, Opened to the public in 1999, Rienzi houses a substantial collection of European decorative arts, paintings, furnishings and porcelain, and an extensive holding of miniatures. Rienzi welcomes some 19,000 visitors each year for tours, family programs, lectures, concerts and a variety of special events. Media Contact Sarah Hobson, publicist shobson@mfah.org | 713.800.5345

  6. Unprecedented loans from the National Portrait Gallery, London, chronicle 500 years of the British monarchy at the MFAH in October

    Jul 18, 2018 - The House of Windsor has ruled over a period of unprecedented change through two world wars and the emergence of a global audience for the royal family. Highlights include: The five monarchs of the House of Tudor ruled the kingdom of England for more than a century during a period defined by the unrest of the English Reformation. It is the first time that the National Portrait Gallery has allowed such a large number of its greatest treasures to travel, providing an unparalleled overview of a cavalcade of kings, queens, princes, and princesses.

  7. UH and MFAH Announce Partnership Focused on Latino/Latin American Art & Culture

    Jun 6, 2018 - Today, the MFAH and UH participated in a ceremonial signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that includes the Art History Program at the UH Kathrine G. with extraordinary museum work experience coupled with a Tier One graduate education in art history. The latter program incorporates significant art historical studies in a bilingual Spanish/English environment. 

  8. 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. William J. Hill; The Windgate Charitable Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Sharon G. Dies; The Powell Foundation; and the Susan Vaughan Foundation. exhibition Mike + Doug Starn: Big Bambú, on view June 10–September 3, 2018.

  9. “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. 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). 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

  10. 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. 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. “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