Current Special Exhibitions

  • 2023 Annual Student Exhibition
    2023 Studio School Annual Student Exhibition
    Through July 21, 2023

    The 2023 Studio School Annual Student Exhibition features a juried selection of work created by students during the academic year.

  • Van Gogh - Tarascon Stagecoach

    Vincent van Gogh, Tarascon Stagecoach, 1888, oil on canvas, the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, on loan to the Princeton University Art Museum / Photograph: Bruce M. White

    Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Pearlman Foundation
    Through September 17, 2023

    The friendships in Paris between artists such as Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh, and Manet—and the locations in which they worked individually—informed their artistic styles. Tickets include general admission.

  • Yarelly Magana, H-Town, 2022, inkjet print

    Yarelly Magana, H-Town, 2022, inkjet print. © Yarelly Magana, Eastwood Academy

    Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography
    Through Spring 2024

    The annual Eye on Houston exhibition documents and celebrates Houston’s diverse neighborhoods through a collaboration between the MFAH and Houston Independent School District.

  • Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish

    Installation view of Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish, 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. © Pipilotti Rist / Photograph: The Storyhive

    Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish
    Through September 4, 2023

    The MFAH continues its series of grand-scale, immersive presentations with this special experience that brings together two works by Pipilotti Rist from the Museum’s collection of modern and contemporary art. Tickets include general admission.

  • Edward Lear, Forest Landscape, c. 1838–48, ink and wash on laid paper

    Edward Lear, Forest Landscape, c. 1838–48, ink and wash on laid paper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III.

    Fine Lines: Works on Paper from the Masterson Collection
    Through October 1, 2023

    ON VIEW AT RIENZI | This exhibition highlights watercolors, drawings, prints, and books brought together by Carroll Sterling Masterson and Harris Masterson III, Rienzi’s founders. The house is closed during August, so “Fine Lines” is on view through July 30 and reopens September 1.