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  1. The MFAH Highlights Art, Science, and Technology in Exhibition of Cutting-Edge Design Projects by Pioneering Dutch Designer Joris Laarman

    Apr 12, 2018 - Laarman’s most recent project, the Gradient Screen, and a model of the first 3-D printed stainless steel pedestrian bridge are also included in this section. The exhibition is accompanied by a comprehensive monograph featuring a photographic overview of each of Laarman's collections. The publication features essays by Cindi Strauss, Sarah Schleuning (Margo B. Joris Laarman Lab is organized around the designer’s major bodies of work, from projects he created as a student in the 2000s through his most recent 3-D printing innovations: Reinventing Functionality highlights works from

  2. Anish Kapoor’s Monumental “Cloud Column” Installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    Mar 27, 2018 - Following that, a single member of Kapoor’s London installation team, perched on a cherry-picker, began buffing the stainless-steel surface to its signature sheen, a process that takes up to six hours.  In the morning, a team of five removed the dozens of bars of the cage by hand, with a crane engaged to pull away the larger ones. “I have admired Anish Kapoor’s work for more than 20 years.

  3. “Radicals and Revolutionaries: America’s Founding Fathers”

    Mar 9, 2018 - “Founding Fathers” such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson, became icons of the revolution and the architects of a new nation. These images defined the nation’s visual identity and character, shaping the meaning of American independence while providing a visual roadmap from colony to country.  In this exhibition, that larger story is told through a transatlantic lens that includes patriots, loyalists, colonists, the English Parliament, the monarchy, Native Americans, African Americans, and women.

  4. MFAH to Inaugurate the Glassell School of Art and Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza on Sunday, May 20, 2018

    Feb 8, 2018 - at its base and a rooftop garden above. broad-stepped central staircase that will serve as the school’s forum; a 75-seat auditorium; and a public coffee bar. The completion of the plaza and the school—the nation’s only museum-affiliated art school serving students from the pre-K through the postgraduate level—opens a public gateway to the entire Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus.

  5. Masterworks by Michelangelo and his contemporaries on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in March 2018

    Jan 31, 2018 - Additional highlights include two of Michelangelo’s finest monumental drawings: Venus Kissed by Cupid (c. 1535) and Roman Soldiers (c. 1546), a large-scale preparatory drawing for the left section of The Crucifixion of Saint Peter About the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples The origins of the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte date back to 1738 when King Charles VII of Naples and Sicily (later Charles III of Spain) planned a hunting lodge on Capodimonte The exhibition is completed by a number of drawings by Michelangelo’s contemporaries, drawn from the collections of the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, that illustrate the role and importance of drawing in Renaissance Italy

  6. MFAH Presents the 23rd Annual “Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography” Exhibition

    Jan 8, 2018 - Participating students are from Bellaire High School, Booker T. Utilizing photography as a tool, these student photographers document their perspectives. Eye on Houston invites students to offer a glimpse into their daily lives, experiences, and personal stories. Each generation witnesses Houston through new eyes, seeing and experiencing a fresh incarnation of the city.

  7. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Announces the Jeanie Kilroy Wilson Endowment for the Curator of American Painting and Sculpture

    Dec 14, 2017 - HOUSTON—December 7, 2017—Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced the establishment of a newly endowed position, The Jeanie Kilroy Wilson Curator of American Painting and Sculpture. In addition, she has contributed to or co-authored a number of publications during her tenure at the Museum. The Campaign for the MFAH supports the $350-million expansion of the Susan and Fayez S. Kilroy has been a longtime member of the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens Committee and donor to Bayou Bend.

  8. Six Major American Museums Announce Continuation and Expansion of the Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Program

    Nov 28, 2017 - A place that welcomes everyone. A world-renowned collection. A landmark building. Mellon Foundation is a continuation of the initial grant awarded in 2013. The Andrew W. It will also help to diversify a field that needs to address this issue in a thoughtful and forward-looking way.

  9. “Extravagant Objects: Jewelry and Objets d’Art from the Masterson Collection” at Rienzi

    Nov 17, 2017 - 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 713.800.5345 / shobson@mfah.org from the Masterson Collection at Rienzi Dates November 18, 2017–July 29, 2018 • Changed from March 18 as of January 2018 Overview Extravagant Objects: Jewelry and Objets d’Art from the Masterson Collection features a

  10. First Phase of MFAH Campus Transformation Opens in May 2018

    Nov 14, 2017 - By the early 1970s, growing enrollment led to plans for a dedicated building, with a founding gift by MFAH trustee Alfred J. Glassell, Jr. Elevated a few steps up from street level, the plaza will have moveable seating, a grove of shade trees, and a water feature that can be a shallow reflecting pool or activated splash fountain, with rising jets that both animate In addition, the 80,000-square-foot building will house a satellite of the Museum’s MFA Café and a 75-seat auditorium.