Gallery Highlights

  • Yayoi Kusama, Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity, 2009, wood, metal, glass mirrors, plastic, acrylic paint, and LED

    Yayoi Kusama, Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity, 2009, wood, metal, glass mirrors, plastic, acrylic paint, and LED, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Yayoi Kusama

    Yayoi Kusama “Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity”
    Ongoing

    In Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity—one of Yayoi Kusama’s signature Infinity Rooms—a delicate, shimmering mirage unfolds as lights ignite and disappear.

  • Unidentified Peruvian Artist, Mater Castissima, 1776, oil on canvas
    Unidentified Peruvian Artist, Mater Castissima, 1776, oil on canvas, collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma.
    Spanish Viceregal Paintings from the Thoma Collection
    Ongoing

    The Museum presents a selection of Spanish viceregal paintings from the celebrated collection of Carl and Marilynn Thoma.

  • Installation view of Contested Landscapes.

    Installation view of Contested Landscapes.

    Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
    Ongoing

    The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building is dedicated to the Museum’s international collections of modern and contemporary art. The third-floor galleries are devoted to thematic exhibitions, with installations of art from the 1960s onward.

  • Do Ho Suh, Portal

    Do Ho Suh, Portal, 2015, acrylic resin, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum commission funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund and gift of the artist. © 2015 Do Ho Suh

     

    Do Ho Suh’s “Portal”
    Ongoing

    Described by the artist as an “impossible” sculpture, Portal is at once monumental and seemingly ephemeral as it encases the image of a traditional Korean gate in negative space.

  • Simone Leigh, Satellite, 2022, bronze

    Simone Leigh, Satellite, 2022, bronze, edition 1/2, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Simone Leigh, courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery

    Simone Leigh’s “Satellite”
    Ongoing

    The MFAH is the first U.S. museum to acquire the monumental sculpture Satellite, by Simone Leigh. Installed near the entry plaza of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, Satellite was the iconic centerpiece of Leigh’s project for the Venice Biennale in 2022.

  • Polish, Torah Crown, late 18th–early 19th century, silver, silver‐gilt, and paste stones

    Polish, Torah Crown, late 18th–early 19th century, silver, silver‐gilt, and paste stones, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Toomim‐Robinson Family.

    Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica
    Ongoing

    The Museum’s gallery for Judaica features works of art made for Jewish communities around the world to fulfill the practice of their faith. 

  • Iran, Ewer, 1607–08, brass; cast, engraved, and inlaid with black compound

    Iran, Ewer, 1607–08, brass; cast, engraved, and inlaid with black compound, the Hossein Afshar Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

    Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds
    Ongoing

    The galleries for art of the Islamic worlds showcase the full extent of the MFAH holdings in Islamic art, enhanced by a significant selection of Persian masterworks on extended loan from the distinguished collection of Hossein Afshar.