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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. “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.

  4. 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. In these areas, paint delicately projects off the surface of the work, bestowing a sense of tactility to this depiction of the light and coast of the Caribbean—it is a technique that conservators revealed could not be achieved

  5. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents "James Turrell: The Light Inside"

    Feb 26, 2013 - Using a high-intensity projector, he embarked on a series of light installations by casting a tightly framed beam of light across a room onto a mural surface. In 2010 the MFAH made the commitment to acquire the artist’s "Vertical Vintage," a career-spanning survey of twelve light-based installations, a landmark for Houston. A gift of the estate of Isabel B. Additional spaces include a repertory cinema, two libraries, public archives and a conservation and storage facility.

  6. Lost Treasure of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice. Restored by Venetian Heritage Inc.

    Feb 12, 2013 - Hanging above each tik is a lamp called a Ner Tamid (Eternal Light) that illuminates the tik or a larger Ark in a synagogue. When Nazis invaded Italy in September 1943, two elderly Jewish religious leaders responded to the disastrous news by hiding a cache of 17th- to 20th-century silver and bronze liturgical works in a secret hiding place within a In 1516, the Venetian Senate established a residential area exclusively and mandatorily for Jews on the grounds of a former foundry (geto), claiming the Jews could not be allowed to live all over the city or in the same houses

  7. Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics, 1956–1986

    Jan 30, 2013 - The program also emphasized the vessel, and under Ralph Bacerra glazing became a specialty of many of the students. On View February 23–June 30, 2013 Overview The years between 1956 and 1986 witnessed a fundamental shift in American ceramics, one that took place mainly on the West Coast in California and Washington. The resulting sculptural pieces were groundbreaking, and the search for a new aesthetic changed international ceramic art. Key figures in this revolution were Peter Voulkos and Robert Arneson.

  8. Princes & Paupers: The Art of Jacques Callot

    Jan 8, 2013 - The symposium is from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30  p.m. on Saturday, March 16, and is followed by a reception. Admission to the symposium is free and open to the public with general museum admission, but tickets are required. The exhibition will have a monitor available to amplify specific passages of the impressive print The Fair at Impruneta, as much of the fine detail is only discernible with the use of a magnifying glass. The Art of Jacques Callot symposium is made possible by generous funding from the Faculty Initiatives Fund at the Rice University Humanities Research Center, George L. McLendon, Provost; and by the Samuel H.

  9. “Picasso Black and White” Opens February 24 at the MFAH

    Dec 20, 2012 - Peter H. Brown; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Duncan, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long; Mary Lawrence Porter; The Vivian L. Smith Foundation; Barbara and Michael Gamson; and Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Margolis. Additional spaces include a repertory cinema, two significant libraries, public archives and a conservation and storage facility. comprise sensual works composed in a panoply of grays.

  10. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Convertibles and Polygons

    Dec 6, 2012 - She later recalled a visit to this shrine as a pivotal experience: “We sat there for half an hour, and it was like a living theater . . . I said to myself, I must do something like that.” However, her fluid treatment of forms suggests a more intuitive understanding of geometry, rather than a set language of symbols. Complementing the Farmanfarmaian installation, the MFAH also has two works by Stella on view: Moultonville 1 (1966) and Lunna Wola I (1972). In 2006, Stella wrote an appreciation of Farmanfarmaian’s work.