Press Room
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August 22, 2024 - MFAH presents “Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery” in October, the First Community-Curated Native American Exhibition at the Museum
Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery, opening October 20, 2024, will foreground Pueblo voices and aesthetics and offer a visionary understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels of community-based knowledge and personal experience.
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August 7, 2024 - Exploring 3,000 Years of Spiritual Belief and Practice through 200 Great Works of Art in the Exhibition “Living with the Gods,” Opening in October
In October, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will present “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples,” an expansive exhibition of more than 200 objects made over 3,000 years in order to help humans make contact with the divine.
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July 18, 2024 - “Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography” Opens September 29, 2024, in the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building of the MFAH
The exhibition Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography opens September 29, 2024, in the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building of the MFAH.
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June 24, 2024 - The MFAH Is the Exclusive U.S. Venue for “Gauguin in the World,” Opening in November 2024
This ambitious exhibition of the work of French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin offers new perspectives on Gauguin’s life and work, artistic networks and influences, and contemporary legacies, both artistic and historical.
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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 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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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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November 2, 2023 - “Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism” Opens at the MFAH February 25, 2024
Over nine intense weeks in the summer of 1905, Henri Matisse and André Derain embarked on a creative partnership that would change the course of French painting. Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism will present, for the first time in the United States, the legacy of that legendary summer through paintings, drawings, and watercolors.
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November 2, 2023 - MFAH Presents “Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage” in February 2024
The first major museum exhibition devoted to this rich yet understudied subject, Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage features some 80 collage and collage-informed works. The presentation explores the breadth and complexity of Black identity and experiences in the United States.
