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March 11, 2013 - 2013 Core Exhibition, Core Program artist residents present new work at annual showcase
Exhibition on view March 15 through April 21, 2013
Opening Reception on Friday, March 15, 6 to 8 p.m.
Overview The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s acclaimed Core Program awards annual residencies to artists and critical writers culminating each spring with an exhibition and yearbook. The 2013 Core Exhibition includes the following 2012-13 Core Program residents: Tatiana Istomina, Anna Elise … -
February 26, 2013 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents "James Turrell: The Light Inside"
Houston presentation one of three concurrent Turrell exhibitions presented by the MFAH, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York HOUSTON—February 2013—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will present James Turrell: The Light Inside in June 2013, one of three simultaneous and complementary exhibitions devoted to the life’s work of James Turrell. Since the … -
February 12, 2013 - Lost Treasure of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice. Restored by Venetian Heritage Inc.
When Nazis invaded Italy in September 1943, two elderly Jewish religious leaders responded to the disastrous news by hiding a cache of 17th- to 20th-century silver and bronze liturgical works in a secret hiding place within a Venetian synagogue. The treasures remained untouched for more than 60 years, until they were accidentally discovered. Lost Treasure of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice. Restored … -
January 30, 2013 - Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics, 1956–1986
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January 8, 2013 - Princes & Paupers: The Art of Jacques Callot
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December 20, 2012 - “Picasso Black and White” Opens February 24 at the MFAH
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December 6, 2012 - Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Convertibles and Polygons
On View November 21, 2012–January 27, 2013 Overview The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, honors one of Iran’s foremost contemporary artists with a special installation: Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Convertibles and Polygons.Farmanfarmaian’s mirrored mosaics represent a tradition that stretches back to 16th-century Iran. The installation is part of the museum’s larger program of global … -
November 30, 2012 - Harun Farocki: Art/Work and the Invisible Hand
On View December 14, 2012–February 24, 2013 Overview Harun Farocki: Art/Work and the Invisible Handexplores the impact of automation on various forms of human interaction—work, culture, war—in the art of Harun Farocki. The exhibition consists of a video installation (a two-channel video and a single-channel video) that investigates the implications of the increasing autonomy of machines. … -
November 5, 2012 - Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery
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November 2, 2012 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Opens “Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait”
The privately held al-Sabah Collection, one of the greatest collections of Islamic art in the world, will place some 60 objects on long-term loan in a dedicated gallery at the MFAH.