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  1. Writers Remix Series | Asian Art Galleries

    The performances take place in the Asian Art Galleries.  May 22, 2025Experience the MFAH collections of Asian art, spanning nearly five millennia, through the written word. In addition to celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, this session of the Writers Remix Series focuses on the Asian Art Galleries in the Law Building.

  2. Conversations with Artists | “Data-Driven Art”

    Tonight, Jason Salavon and Norwood Viviano discuss “Data-Driven Art” with robotics technologist Rashed Haq. Lisa Volpe, associate curator of photography, introduces the program.

  3. Art Crowd | “Gauguin in the World”

    Are you a Museum member but not yet part of Art Crowd? Join the Art Crowd today! Not yet a Museum member? Join the MFAH now and add on an Art Crowd membership to enjoy free access to Art Crowd events for a full year. Tickets Free for MFAH members who belong to Art Crowd $35 for guests and nonmembers About Art CrowdThe Art Crowd add-on membership is designed for MFAH members in their 20s and 30s. Tickets also provide two free drinks, access to light bites, an art-making activity, and art talks from Museum curatorial staff. A local DJ spins the soundtrack and sets the mood. 

  4. Exclusive Shopping Event | Glassell Art Sale

    On Thursday evening, enjoy early access to an extraordinary selection of art in every medium. Get first dibs on unique pieces before anyone else! Proceeds from ticket sales go directly toward supporting Studio School scholarships, making this event a celebration of art and opportunity. December 11, 2025 | SOLD OUTThe season of giving has arrived, and what better way to kick it off than with exclusive, early access to one-of-a-kind creations by the talented students of the Glassell School of Art.

  5. Workshop | The Art of Paint Making

    Tickets | SOLD OUT $65 per person Plan Your Visit This workshop takes place in Studio 10 at the Glassell School of Art. Parking Information | MFAH Campus Map Learn MoreDiscover the artistry of Arielle Masson in the exhibition Arielle Masson: Chaotic Nodes, on view through October 6 at the Glassell School of Art.

  6. Picturing the Senses in European Art

    The five senses as a theme in art, however, did not appear until the medieval period, when sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste were often associated with vice. Comprising works selected primarily from the collections of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation and the MFAH, Picturing the Senses in European Art offers an opportunity to see some works that are not often on display and to

  7. Pasted Papers: The Art of Collage

    The art of collage has a long and distinguished history. The 20 works in this exhibition explore the art of collage, a term derived from the French verb coller (to glue). Soon after, other modern art movements, including Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism, worked with collage.

  8. The MFAH is the final venue for the acclaimed “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power”

    Feb 10, 2020 - Later, Black artists would look to Spiral, impressed both by the group’s determination to exhibit together in an artist-run space and by the range of artistic viewpoints of its members. “This new section contributes to a more comprehensive representation of Black American art during the same era, and celebrates an important legacy of art making in Texas.” The group’s 1970 manifesto declared a uniquely Black art movement based on a shared sensibility, one that diverged from American and European models of Pop Art, Realism, and Abstraction.

  9. Shine On! Art Inspired by the Sun

    Sep 5, 2018 - “My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light.” —Hans Hofmann Summer may be winding down, but Houstonians know all about the endurance of the Texas sun. Of course, we …

  10. The Art of Kusama Returns to Houston

    Jul 3, 2016 - You can see some of their works in the MFAH exhibitions Selections from the Museum’s Collection: Post-War Painting and Sculpture and The Age of Kusama: Pop Art and Minimalism. An important member of the male-dominated New York avant-garde of the 1960s, Kusama influenced many of her well-known Pop Art and Minimalist contemporaries, including Donald Judd, Claes Oldenburg, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol Some Houstonians may remember that Kusama’s work graced Rice Art Gallery’s space in 1997, transforming it into a hypnotic space full of monumental, soft sculptures in yellow, covered with hundreds of her trademark black polka