Past Exhibitions
at the MFAH
For details on exhibitions older than one year, please refer to the exhibition database.
- Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski (February 12, 2012 – May 06, 2012)
- 2012 Core Exhibition (March 16, 2012 – April 22, 2012)
- Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs (October 16, 2011 – April 15, 2012)
- Elegant Perfection: Masterpieces of Courtly and Religious Art from the Tokyo National Museum (February 19, 2012 – April 08, 2012)
- Visions of Saints (December 23, 2011 – March 18, 2012)
- New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection (November 06, 2011 – March 11, 2012)
- Matthew Buckingham “Where Will We Live?” (December 16, 2011 – February 26, 2012)
- The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (August 20, 2011 – February 20, 2012)
- Highlights of the Peter Blum Edition Archive (December 23, 2011 – February 20, 2012)
- Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection (November 13, 2011 – February 12, 2012)
- English Taste: The Art of Dining in the Eighteenth Century (September 17, 2011 – January 29, 2012)
- Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts (October 23, 2011 – January 16, 2012)
- Life & Luxury: The Art of Living in Eighteenth-Century Paris (September 18, 2011 – January 02, 2012)
- Selected Prints by Robert Rauschenberg from the MFAH Collection (September 21, 2011 – December 11, 2011)
- Working in the Abstract: Rethinking the Literal (August 26, 2011 – November 28, 2011)
- Acid on Metal: The Art of Etching and Aquatint (September 11, 2011 – November 27, 2011)
- Second Nature: Contemporary Landscapes from the MFAH Collection (July 10, 2011 – September 27, 2011)
- Helmut Newton: White Women • Sleepless Nights • Big Nudes (July 03, 2011 – September 25, 2011)
- Simpson Kalisher: The Alienated Photographer (May 17, 2011 – September 18, 2011)
- CHARLES LEDRAY: workworkworkworkwork (May 15, 2011 – September 11, 2011)
- Beauty, Humor, and Social Justice: Gifts from Joan Morgenstern (May 22, 2011 – August 21, 2011)
- Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland (May 22, 2011 – August 14, 2011)
- Circa 1900: Decorative Arts at the Turn of the Century (February 26, 2011 – July 31, 2011)
- Picturing the Senses in European Art (April 10, 2011 – July 17, 2011)
- Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time (February 06, 2011 – July 04, 2011)
- Wistful Beauties: Feminine Portrayals on Paper from the MFAH Collection (April 16, 2011 – July 04, 2011)
- Antiquity Revived: Neoclassical Art in the Eighteenth Century (March 20, 2011 – May 30, 2011)
- Heinrich Kühn: The Perfect Photograph (March 06, 2011 – May 30, 2011)
- Eye on Third Ward: Jack Yates High School Photography (February 08, 2011 – May 30, 2011)
- Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art (February 20, 2011 – May 23, 2011)