Current Special Exhibitions
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Color, Scent, and Memory: Rienzi’s Gardens 1954–1999
Through July 31, 2024ON VIEW AT RIENZI | This exhibition celebrates the evolution of the gardens at Rienzi, incorporating horticultural and design styles of the times from 1954 to 1999.
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Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism
Through May 27, 2024A creative partnership between Henri Matisse and André Derain in 1905 changed the course of French painting. This exhibition showcases the legacy of that collaboration through paintings, drawings, and watercolors.
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Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage
Through May 12, 2024The first major museum exhibition on this subject, Multiplicity explores the breadth and complexity of Black identity and experiences in the United States through collage and collage-informed works.
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Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway
Through May 5, 2024Remarkable objects from three prestigious collections of art, craft, and design come to the United States for the first time, on exclusive loan. Spanning the 16th to early 20th century, this exhibition explores the intersecting forces of global trade, taste, and fashion.
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Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence
Through May 27, 2024The MFAH is the first stop on the tour of the monumental exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.