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  1. On Common Ground: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art

    On Common Ground is the latest in a series of focused exhibitions highlighting unique strengths in the MFAH collections. Celebrating recent acquisitions in particular, this installation also introduces a number of works that …

  2. The Age of Kusama: Pop Art and Minimalism

    Her evolving style incorporated Surrealism, Minimalism, and Pop Art. In 1973, Kusama moved back to Tokyo and gained prominence in the Japanese art world. In her native Japan, artist Yayoi Kusama (born 1929) studied a traditional, formal style of painting that deflected the influence of Western art. The Age of Kusama: Pop Art and Minimalism showcases works on paper created during the 1960s and 1970s, highlighting examples of the period.

  3. Statements: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection

    Statements: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection is the latest in a series of focused installations highlighting unique areas of strength in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Featuring artists who have shaped the course of American art across eight decades, Statements brings together more than 40 works in a wide range of media, from Richmond Barthé’s iconic Feral Benga of 1935 to Mark Bradford’s Circa

  4. Harun Farocki: Art/Work and the Invisible Hand

    Art/Work and the Invisible Hand explores the impact of automation on various forms of human interaction—work, culture, war—in the art of Harun Farocki. Recent solo exhibitions have been mounted by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Beirut Art Center, Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria, and the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, Scotland. The Core Program at the Glassell School of Art receives generous funding from: The Joseph and Sylvia Slifka Foundation Andy Warhol Foundation The National Endowment for the Arts The following donors have underwritten

  5. Antiquity Revived: Neoclassical Art in the Eighteenth Century

    Explore the exhibition with MFAH curator Edgar Peters Bowron in Antiques & Fine Art Magazine. This sweeping survey, co-organized with the Musée du Louvre in Paris, showcases some 150 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and works of decorative art.  Antiquity Revived: Neoclassical Art in the Eighteenth Century explores, from various points of view, how the renewal of classical taste found its roots in ancient sources, and how painters, sculptors, designers, artisans, and

  6. Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America

    Having assimilated these trends into highly innovative ideas that set new standards for artistic creation in Latin America, these forerunners sought to make real the promise of a “new art” for societies undergoing the initial

  7. Harun Farocki: Art/Work and the Invisible Hand

    Nov 30, 2012 - On View December 14, 2012–February 24, 2013 Overview Harun Farocki: Art/Work and the Invisible Hand explores the impact of automation on various forms of human interaction—work, culture, war—in the art of Harun Farocki. Recent solo exhibitions have been mounted by the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Beirut Art Center, Lebanon; Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria; and the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland. Established in 1982, the Core Residency Program at the Glassell School of Art offers postgraduate residencies for art critics and visual artists. Visit www.mfah.org/core for more information.

  8. “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” to Open at MFAH with New Section on Houston Artists and Roster of Online Programs

    Jun 24, 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 this era, and celebrates an important legacy of art making here 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. Royal Reflections: Rulers in Art from the MFAH Collections

    Oct 12, 2018 - Of course, rulers all over the world have always been portrayed in art, whether in sculpture, painting, printmaking, or photography.

  10. Slowing Down at the MFAH: Celebrate Slow Art Day!

    Apr 5, 2018 - with other art lovers. Discover the Art of Seeing Join us for this year’s Slow Art Day on Saturday, April 14, to practice slow looking at the MFAH! Stop, Look & Share Started in 2010, Slow Art Day is an international initiative that encourages people to visit their local museums and galleries, look at and consider works of art slowly, and then discuss their experiences