For details on exhibitions older than one year, please refer to the exhibition database.

• The Design Reformation in Europe, 1845–1915: Selections from the Museum’s Collection (October 21, 2017—May 6, 2018)
• The Glamour and Romance of Oscar de la Renta (October 8, 2017—March 18, 2018)
• David Levinthal: Photographs 1972–2016 (October 14, 2017—February 19, 2018)
• Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces from Persian Lands (November 19, 2017—February 11, 2018)
• Textures of Place: Selections from the Museum’s Collection (October 10, 2017—February 4, 2018)
• On Common Ground: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art (October 21, 2017—February 4, 2018)
• Monuments: 276 Views of the U.S.–Mexico Border by David Taylor (December 5, 2017—January 31, 2018)
• HOME—So Different, So Appealing (November 17, 2017—January 21, 2018)
• Christian Marclay: Chewing Gum (October 17, 2017—December 3, 2017)
• In the Studio: Craft in Postwar America, 1950–1970 (May 18, 2017—October 8, 2017)
• Homelands and Histories: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh (May 6, 2017—October 1, 2017)
• Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950 (June 25, 2017—October 1, 2017)
• Houston Artists Select: Selections from the Museum’s Collection (June 13, 2017—October 1, 2017)
• Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians—The Mohammed Afkhami Collection (July 1, 2017—September 24, 2017)
• Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish (June 11, 2017—September 17, 2017)
• Ron Mueck (February 26, 2017—August 13, 2017)
• Decorative Arts in the Age of Victoria (March 11, 2017—June 25, 2017)
• Off-site Exhibition “Rain: Magdalena Fernández at the Houston Cistern” (December 10, 2016—June 25, 2017)
• Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats (March 12, 2017—June 4, 2017)
• Cuban Photography after 1980: Selections from the Museum’s Collection (February 7, 2017—June 4, 2017)