Current Special Exhibitions
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A.A.Murakami, Beyond the Horizon, commissioned by and exhibited at M+, Hong Kong, 2024, interactive installation. © A.A.Murakami / Film and photography by Adam Kovář and PETR&Co., model by Ashley Lin / Image courtesy of the artist
Floating World: A.A.Murakami
Through September 21, 2025An immersive fusion of the technical and the natural by artist duo A.A.Murakami, Floating World transports you to an ethereal world of amorphous bubbles, futuristic sculptures, swirling fog rings, and hypnotic lightning patterns.
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Jade Jimenez, Warm Hugs, 2024, inkjet print, Westbury High School. © Jade Jimenez
Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography
Through Spring 2026The annual Eye on Houston exhibition documents and celebrates Houston’s diverse neighborhoods through a collaboration between the MFAH and Houston Independent School District.
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Tamara de Lempicka, Young Girl in Green (Young Girl with Gloves), c. 1931, oil on board, Centre Pompidou, purchase, 1932, inv. JP557P. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Digital image © CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
Tamara de Lempicka
Through July 6, 2025Capturing the glamour and vitality of 1920s postwar Paris and the cosmopolitan sheen of Hollywood celebrity, Tamara de Lempicka infused her paintings with a brilliant sense of fashion, design, and the theatrical. The first American museum retrospective of her work, Tamara de Lempicka explores the artist’s distinctive style and unconventional life as she rose to the pinnacle of café society.
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Installation view of Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries
Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries
Through May 26, 2025History comes alive! Witness a Renaissance battle play out across royal tapestries. Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries offers an unprecedented look at some of the most awe-inspiring examples of these dynamic textile compositions, enhanced by the addition of full suits of intricate parade armor and stunning ceremonial weapons from the 16th century.
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John Robert Cozens, View of Vietri and Raito, Italy, c. 1783, watercolor over graphite on cream laid paper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Dena M. Woodall.
Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond
Through July 6, 2025Featuring more than 70 works of art in a variety of media, Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond explores how the genre of landscape evolved during an era of immense transformation in Britain.
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Skillful Hands: The Apprentice in Europe
Through July 13, 2025ON VIEW AT RIENZI | Until the late 19th century, apprenticeship was the primary way people were trained in craft trades in Europe and the Americas.
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Lissette Solórzano, from the series Malecón, 2004, inkjet print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Madeleine P. Plonsker Collection, gift of Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker. © Lissette Solórzano
Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography
Through August 3, 2025Showcasing 100 examples of contemporary Cuban photography, this exhibition traces the evolution of the medium’s role in Cuba over nearly five decades.
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Maarten Van Severen, manufactured by Kartell, LCP00 (Low Chair Plastic), designed 2000, manufactured 2003, PMMA and metal, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by the American Institute of Architects, Houston.
150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection
Through August 17, 2025Objects designed by architects celebrate a unique collaboration between the MFAH and the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
