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  1. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents “Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia” in November

    Jul 28, 2022 - A key artwork is a set of 14 contemporary paintings on paper (2020) of a single Caimo tree and its roles and relationships through the seasons by Confucio Hernández Makuritofe, a member of the Indigenous Kigipe Muina (people from Large ceramic vessels conceived as houses for revered ancestors anchor this section, which also includes a stunning offering of precious materials contained in a ceramic house. exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Museo del Oro y Unidad de Artes y Otras Colecciones-Banco de la República, Colombia.

  2. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents “Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure” in November

    Jul 28, 2022 - This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from: Generous support provided by:Jerold B. Katz FoundationM. D. Four years later, he began renting a studio measuring only 16 x 16 feet in a small house in the Montparnasse district of Paris. Scheidegger completed a 25-minute version of the film in 1966 and released a 50-minute version in 1998.

  3. “Philip Guston Now,” First Retrospective in Nearly 20 Years of Influential Artist’s Work, Arrives at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in October

    Jul 28, 2022 - a dark background. a new vocabulary grounded in ordinary objects; a reunion of the controversial paintings from Guston’s groundbreaking Marlborough Gallery show in 1970; and a powerful selection of large, often apocalyptic paintings of the late Appalled by the revelations of the Holocaust, Guston presents children in the midst of a ruined city, many masked or hiding their features from the viewer, with a sole ray of hope for a better future personified by the artist’

  4. The MFAH Appoints Paul Coffey Director of the Glassell School of Art

    Jun 22, 2022 - A member of the President’s Cabinet, Paul leads the Office of Engagement, where he has created a series of innovative community-focused programs. The only museum-affiliated school in the nation serving students from pre-K through post-graduate, the Glassell School hosts a Studio School for adults, a Junior School for children and teens and the Core residency program for A longtime educator and administrator at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Coffey has led the SAIC’s academic and community-engagement programs for more than a decade HOUSTON—JUNE 22, 2022—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

  5. Ernie Barnes’s “The Sugar Shack” Goes on View at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 15

    Jun 13, 2022 - The Museum’s Susan and Fayez S. Barnes frequently recalled the inspiration for the painting as a childhood memory of sneaking into a local dance hall called the Armory. The vivid image, with its dynamic, elongated figures dominating the packed space of a dance floor and illuminated by a cone of light from a single bulb, reflects what became known as the Black Romantic tradition, as writer Jasmine

  6. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and The Jewish Museum, New York, Announce New Judaica Initiative

    Jun 8, 2022 - TrammellScott J. and Nancy F. Major support provided by:Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Generous support is provided by:Joan and Stanford AlexanderJoyce Z. GreenbergRochelle and Alan JacobsonMr. and Mrs. Rodney H. MargolisPaula G. and Irving PozmantierAnn G. The Herzstein Gallery is a centerpiece of the World Faiths Initiative at the MFAH, a program of interfaith projects based on the museum’s collections and exhibitions and funded by the Lilly Endowment Inc.

  7. Reinstallation of MFAH Galleries for European Art

    Jun 6, 2022 - that features paintings, tapestries, sculpture, liturgical objects, and antiquities HOUSTON–June 6, 2022–On Wednesday, June 8, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will open a major new reinstallation of 11 galleries for European These include: A recently acquired, rare, 18th-century lacquered folding screen, or biombo, from Mexico. “This new, interdisciplinary presentation furthers a new approach to our collections,” commented MFAH director Gary Tinterow.

  8. “Gordon Parks: Stokely Carmichael and Black Power” Opens in October at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    May 19, 2022 - Russell H. and Rosalind C. better life and a better world.” Parks was a prominent contributor to Life magazine, photographing and writing essays that chronicled, with his characteristic humanity, Benedictine monks and Black Muslims; a Harlem family and a teenage gang member.

  9. MFAH Statement: “The Marketplace at Pirna,” c. 1764, Bernardo Bellotto

    May 6, 2022 - Stein’s full report is available here:Provenance Report (PDF 1 of 3)Provenance Report (PDF 2 of 3)Provenance Report (PDF 3 of 3) Max Emden was a German businessman who emigrated to Switzerland prior to 1930 and took Swiss citizenship May 6, 2022 | MFAH Statement: The Marketplace at Pirna, c. 1764, Bernardo BellottoOn May 2, 2022, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, granted the Museum’s motion to dismiss the Considered to have been acquired as the result of a voluntary—not a forced—sale, they remained in the German state’s possession until 2019.

  10. Rediscovered Diego Rivera Painting Acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    Mar 11, 2022 - La Bordadora had been in the collection of one family for nearly a century until its purchase by the MFAH HOUSTON—MARCH 11, 2022—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has acquired a major, rediscovered painting by the great Mexican He created drawings as well as a few paintings of weavers and artisans. La Bordadora depicts two women in an abstracted interior at a table, with the woman in the foreground working on an embroidery panel. The painting was acquired in 1928 or 1929 by James Kern Feibleman, a New Orleans businessman, and later a professor, who had been involved in literary and artistic circles in the city that overlapped and interconnected with those