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Helen Frankenthaler: The Joy of Color

Plan Your Visit This installation is located on Level 1 of the Law Building. This special installation features Frankenthaler’s continued innovation, as she embraced an expanded vocabulary of painterly effects through the use of complementary colors.

MFAH Teaching Artist Shares Her Inspirations for “Metamorphosis”

Sep 23, 2020 - Fabrics salvaged from the rubble of a burnt house speak to the ruinous effects of fire. An Intriguing WeaveIn my art pieces, these objects depict an intriguing weave that suggests promising new patterns in life. Being surrounded by incredible art in our Museum has directly inspired me to try new techniques and to incorporate them into my own artwork. I wouldn't be the artist I am today if it weren’t for my job at the MFAH.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents “Hockney-Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature” in February 2021

Jan 7, 2021 - “This exhibition offers visitors an extraordinary opportunity to see these two visionary artists side-by-side,” said Gary Tinterow, MFAH Director, the Margaret Alkek Williams Chair. “We are delighted to collaborate with David Hockney and the Van Gogh Museum to bring these exceptional works to our audience in Houston.” “Hockney once asked, ‘How can you be bored with nature?’ The central Hockney works selected for this exhibition were painted in the 2000s in Yorkshire Wolds, in northeastern England, where Hockney returned after almost 40 years in Los Angeles to visit his ailing mother and a terminally

Cai Guo-Qiang Commission for the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Arts of China Gallery

Stunning examples of ancient and contemporary art, displayed side-by-side in an innovative juxtaposition, include bronze ware, ceramics, painting, calligraphy, and video.

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