Past Exhibitions
at the MFAH
For details on exhibitions older than one year, please refer to the exhibition database.
- Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery (November 11, 2012 – February 10, 2013)
- WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath (November 11, 2012 – February 03, 2013)
- Scandinavian Design (August 26, 2012 – January 27, 2013)
- Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Convertibles and Polygons (November 21, 2012 – January 27, 2013)
- Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth (October 20, 2012 – January 21, 2013)
- Visions of Fancy: George Romney, 18th-Century Paintings and Drawings (October 14, 2012 – January 20, 2013)
- Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit (October 21, 2012 – January 13, 2013)
- Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection (September 15, 2012 – January 06, 2013)
- American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (July 07, 2012 – January 01, 2013)
- W. Eugene Smith and James Nachtwey (October 14, 2012 – January 01, 2013)
- There is no archive in which nothing gets lost (September 07, 2012 – November 25, 2012)
- Jennifer Steinkamp (May 29, 2012 – November 18, 2012)
- Public Dress (June 20, 2012 – October 08, 2012)
- Unrivalled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art (June 10, 2012 – September 23, 2012)
- The Art of Exaggeration (July 01, 2012 – September 23, 2012)
- Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York (June 24, 2012 – September 09, 2012)
- Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London (June 03, 2012 – September 03, 2012)
- Egyptomania (March 18, 2012 – August 05, 2012)
- Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from Malba - Fundación Costantini (April 22, 2012 – August 05, 2012)
- Drawings by Rembrandt, His Students, and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection (April 15, 2012 – July 08, 2012)
- Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage (March 11, 2012 – June 10, 2012)
- Paradise Underfoot: A 17th-Century Carpet from Iran (December 12, 2011 – June 10, 2012)
- Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection (March 04, 2012 – June 03, 2012)
- Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst (March 11, 2012 – May 28, 2012)
- Eye on Third Ward 2012: Jack Yates High School Photography (February 05, 2012 – May 28, 2012)
- Snail Mail (February 01, 2012 – May 20, 2012)
- 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)