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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents the Work of Argentine Conceptual Artist Leandro Erlich in June 2022

    Mar 3, 2022 - reproduction of a building façade with a monumental mirror. induced by a red-eye flight. “It is especially because Erlich began his artistic career here in Houston and at the MFAH, as a resident of the Core Program of the Glassell School of Art, that I am so pleased this will be both a homecoming for him and a revelation

  4. MFAH Names Toni Wood as Head of Marketing and Sales

    Feb 24, 2022 - “I am struck by the remarkable achievements at the MFAH and I am deeply honored to join the museum,” Wood said. “I am impressed with the stellar collection, new galleries, and strong leadership, and I look forward to championing what the MFAH offers to Houston and the nation.” Wood received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Kansas.

  5. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to Create New Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds, Slated to Open in Early 2023

    Feb 9, 2022 - Some 1,043 masterworks are on extended loan to the MFAH following a 2017 agreement. Moroccan, Qur’an Manuscript in Maghribi Script, 1318, ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment.• This magnificent Qurʾan manuscript is a rare survivor, with a colophon identifying the patron and date of production. Plans for the outdoor space include the eventual installation of a fountain and landscaping inspired by Islamic gardens.

  6. The MFAH Has Appointed Elizabeth Essner the Windgate Foundation Associate Curator of Craft

    Feb 4, 2022 - Previously a Brooklyn-based independent curator, researcher, and writer, and regular contributor to Metalsmith magazine, Essner earned a B.A. in American studies as well as a B.A. in history from Boston University, and an M.A. Additional resources include a repertory cinema; two significant research libraries, the Hirsch Library and the Powell Library and Study Center at Bayou Bend; public archives; and a conservation facility. Essner’s recent curated exhibitions include Graffiti & Ornament (2019) at the Woodlands in Philadelphia, where a 19th-century carved “graffiti” inscription discovered at the estate’s Neoclassical mansion served as a point of departure

  7. MFAH Presents “Virtual Realities: The Art of M.C. Escher from the Michael S. Sachs Collection” in March 2022

    Dec 17, 2021 - The Museum’s Susan and Fayez S. His meticulous manner extends to printing all of his woodcuts by hand with the back of a spoon, instead of a press,” said Dena M. Woodall, Curator, Prints and Drawings, MFAH. In Sky and Water I (1938), Escher’s use of metamorphosis evolves fish into birds, and vice versa, in a seamlessly interlocking, seemingly infinite, pattern.

  8. “Dawoud Bey: An American Project” Travels to the MFAH in March 2022

    Dec 17, 2021 - In the 1980s, Bey moved from the easily portable 35mm camera he used to photograph Harlem, U.S.A., to a heavier, more conspicuous, large format (4 x 5”) camera and Polaroid Type 55 film to create a series of more formal “street The Museum’s Susan and Fayez S. The Studio From the street Bey moved into the studio, using a massive 20x24” Polaroid camera to make a series of sensitive and direct color portraits first of friends, then later of teenagers he met through a residency at the

  9. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Presents “Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities” in Spring 2022

    Dec 17, 2021 - Rhodes and Leona B. The Museum’s Susan and Fayez S. “Her vibrant synthesis of illustrated manuscript painting with contemporary art practice has played a critical role in recognizing a wider range of perspectives, including those of women, people of color, Muslims, and artists

  10. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents “The Obama Portraits Tour” Spring 2022

    Dec 17, 2021 - Generous support provided by:Susan and Fayez Sarofim H-E-BTony Chase and Dina al SowayelJoyce Z. GreenbergEllen S. The Museum’s Susan and Fayez S. Sherald depicted the former First Lady against a light-blue background in a contemplative pose.