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For general media inquiries, please contact the MFAH Press Office at press@mfah.org or 713.800.5362
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September 14, 2019 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, pairs two exhibitions of French avant-garde painting this fall
The MFAH is the only venue for two exhibitions that situate the Impressionist movement in the evolution of the 19th-century French avant-garde: Monet to Picasso: A Very Private Collection and Berthe Morisot: Impressionist Original.
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September 12, 2019 - One hundred unique prints by Jasper Johns at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, this fall
Jasper Johns: 100 Variations on a Theme marks first presentation of the artist’s 2015 monoprint series, originally commissioned for his 2017 catalogue raisonné HOUSTON—September 11, 2019—This month, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will debut Jasper Johns’s series of 100 monoprints in the exhibition Jasper Johns: 100 Variations on a Theme. Originally created by the artist in 2015 with the … -
July 23, 2019 - “Miss Ima Hogg & Modernism”
Title Miss Ima Hogg & Modernism Dates July 27–November 3, 2019 Overview The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Miss Ima Hogg & Modernism. The exhibition features some 50 works from the Museum’s permanent collection. Miss Ima Hogg is best known for her collection of early American decorative arts and paintings, which she donated to the MFAH, along with her home, as Bayou Bend Collection … -
June 25, 2019 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Appoints Ann Dumas of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, as Consulting Curator of European Art
Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced the appointment of Ann Dumas as consulting curator of European art at the MFAH.
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June 6, 2019 - Ragnar Kjartansson’s “The Visitors” on view at the MFAH this summer
Recent acquisition adds to the Museum’s growing collection of digital art HOUSTON—June 2019—This summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents The Visitors, a video installation by Ragnar Kjartansson, a renowned Icelandic artist who is well-known for his musical performances that use time and repetition. The Visitors(2012) is a recent joint acquisition and restricted gift of the Diane and … -
June 6, 2019 - “Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum’s Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11”
Title Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum’s Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11 Dates July 20–September 2, 2019 Overview In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum’s Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11. The installation features 40 photographs ranging from … -
April 24, 2019 - ”Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography” Opens in June at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Sweeping exhibition traces fashion photography’s evolution from niche industry to powerful cultural force HOUSTON—April 24, 2019—Beginning in June, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will explore the rich and varied history of fashion photography through the exhibition Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography.Through more than 200 photographs by famous practitioners and lesser-known yet … -
April 4, 2019 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents William Forsythe’s “Choreographic Objects,” opening in May 2019
HOUSTON—April 2019—This summer, William Forsythe: Choreographic Objectstransforms the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Cullinan Hall and adjacent galleries into a series of performative spaces welcoming visitors of all ages. Ranging in scale from a monumental, immersive installation to a single object meant to be held in the hand, the works in the exhibition bring together a focused selection of … -
March 12, 2019 - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, highlights Latin American and Latino art collection this spring in the exhibition “Between Play and Grief”
HOUSTON—March 2019—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Between Play and Grief: Selections from the Latino American Collection, an exhibition featuring a survey of works from the MFAH collection of Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latinx art. The exhibition will be on view from March 16 to September 8, 2019.Timed to coincide with the Latino Art Now! Conference organized by the … -
February 20, 2019 - First Major Retrospective of American Photographer Sally Mann Travels to the MFAH in March 2019
The images in Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings convey the renowned photographer’s relationship with the American South HOUSTON—February 20, 2019—For more than 40 years, Sally Mann has made experimental, elegiac, and hauntingly beautiful photographs that explore overarching themes of existence: memory, desire, death, the bonds of family, and nature’s magisterial indifference to human endeavor. In …
