Press Room
For general media inquiries, please contact the MFAH Press Office at press@mfah.org or 713.800.5362
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June 6, 2024 - Opening at the MFAH June 9: “Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West”
The nationally touring Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West features intricate paintings of dreamlike realms that deftly unite Eastern and Western artistic traditions.
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May 29, 2024 - MFAH Is Only U.S. Venue for Major Retrospective of Thomas Demand
The large-scale photographic works of influential artist Thomas Demand explore the intersections of history, photography, and memory. Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History, an internationally touring exhibition, poses questions about contemporary image culture.
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May 22, 2024 - Margo Handwerker Appointed Dean of the Glassell School of Art Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
In this newly created position, Dr. Handwerker will provide leadership for several signature initiatives of the acclaimed Core Residency Program for artists and writers, including the residency program itself, the visiting artists program, and annual exhibition programming.
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May 16, 2024 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Installs New Presentation for the Arts of Korea Gallery
The MFAH has installed a significant new presentation for its Arts of Korea Gallery. The installation features objects from the growing MFAH collections of Korean art, along with prestigious loans from the National Museum of Korea.
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May 15, 2024 - MFAH Presents “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” in July 2024
Japan’s Meiji era (1868–1912) was a period of unprecedented cultural and technological transition. This summer, the MFAH presents a fresh look at the art of this transformative era with the landmark exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.
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March 4, 2024 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Appoints Daniel Kurt Ackermann Director of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Daniel Kurt Ackermann has been named director of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, the historic MFAH house museum for American decorative arts. He begins his appointment in July.
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February 6, 2024 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, installs “Portal” by Do Ho Suh, an “impossible” sculpture made from the negative form of a traditional Korean gate
Do Ho Suh’s Portal is installed alongside two other major works commissioned for the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building: Ólafur Elíasson’s Sometimes an underground movement is an illuminated bridge and Ai Weiwei’s Dragon Reflection.
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January 8, 2024 - “Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway” Opens at the MFAH February 11, 2024
The exhibition Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway explores the art of the Bergen silversmiths from the 16th to early 20th century and examines the evolution of the craft against the backdrop of greater political, social, and economic change in Norway and other parts of the world.
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December 4, 2023 - Simone Leigh’s Monumental Bronze Sculpture “Satellite” Is Installed at the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building of the MFAH
Simone Leigh’s towering, 24-foot-high bronze Satellite (2022) has been installed at the MFAH near the entry plaza of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building for modern and contemporary art. The first edition of Satellite was the centerpiece of Leigh’s project for the American Pavilion of the 59th Venice Biennale.
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November 2, 2023 - MFAH Establishes a Gallery for Judaica, Opening December 3, 2023
The new space allows for a permanent presence at the Museum for works of art made for Jewish communities around the world to fulfill the practice of their faith. More than two dozen objects will be displayed in the inaugural installation, primarily from a group of recent acquisitions that have launched this new collecting initiative.
