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  1. Panel Discussion | "Art and Life in Imperial Rome: Trajan and His Times"

    Sarah Kielt Costello (PhD, SUNY Binghamton) is a professor of art history and director of the Humanities Program at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Learn more about material cultures of the ancient worlds with Danielle Smotherman Bennett, assistant research curator and consulting curator for Art and Life in Imperial Rome: Trajan and His Times. Sophie Crawford-Brown (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is assistant professor of art history and director of the program in Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations at Rice University.

  2. Members Preview | “Art and Life in Imperial Rome: Trajan and His Times”

    The first major exhibition in the United States dedicated to the times of Emperor Trajan, Art and Life in Imperial Rome explores the remarkable impact on art and culture of his nearly 20-year reign at the turn of the second century October 31 & November 1, 2025MFAH members are invited to enjoy early access to the exhibition Art and Life in Imperial Rome: Trajan and His Times, which opens to the public on November 2.  “Art and Life in Imperial Rome: Trajan and His Times” is co‐organized by StArt and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Lead foundation underwriting is provided by: Major support is provided by:Jerold B.

  3. The MFAH Appoints Paul Coffey Director of the Glassell School of Art

    Jun 22, 2022 - to art, education and community, one that he has demonstrated over two decades in leadership roles at the renowned School of the Art Institute of Chicago. , today announced that Paul Coffey, vice provost and dean of community engagement at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, has been named director of the Glassell School of Art at the MFAH. Coffey received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1989; an MFA in art and design from the University of Chicago in 1992; and completed the Institute for Management and Leadership in Education at the Harvard

  4. Sculptor Joseph Havel to Retire as Director, the Glassell School of Art

    Nov 9, 2021 - of Art in Washington, DC; the Dallas Museum of Art; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; the Menil Collection in Houston; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Havel will return full-time to his studio, following 30 years as head of the Museum’s renowned art school HOUSTON—NOVEMBER 9, 2021—Joseph Havel will retire as director of the Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, While director of the Glassell School of Art, Havel continued to maintain his own studio practice.

  5. “Silver: An American Art—Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston”

    Aug 18, 2014 - Silver: An American Art will showcase these important new additions to the collection. Silver: An American Art is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The curator is Christine Gervais, associate curator, decorative arts and Rienzi. Title Silver: An American Art—Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Dates August 30, 2014–April 5, 2015* Overview Over the past decade, the American silver holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, have

  6. Buddha | Nature: Five Dialogues on Our Shared World

    Buddha / Nature: Five Dialogues on Our Shared World traces a path through Buddhist wisdom using both ancient sculpture and contemporary art to illuminate the ecological and ethical questions of our time.

  7. Ron Mueck

    Información en español sobre la exposición “Unforgettable. Poignant. And totally eerie.” —Houston Chronicle “Through his meticulous process, he casts a spell over his sculpted people, freezing them in time. . . . Mueck’ …

  8. Egyptomania

    This exhibition explores the Egyptian Revivals of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries through objects from across the MFAH collections, including Georgian garden sphinxes, 19th-century "Aegyptian” furniture, and Art Deco

  9. Three Centuries of American Art – Antiquities, European and American Masterpieces from The Fayez S. Sarofim Collection

    Three Centuries of American Art highlights more than 200 works from the private collection of Fayez S. Sarofim. The Houston-based collector has assembled an extraordinary representation of painting in America, from Impressionism through Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimalism, and contemporary art. Three Centuries of American Art – Antiquities, European and American Masterpieces from The Fayez S. Sarofim Collection | June 27–September 6, 2021 • Included with general admission. Advance timed tickets recommended.

  10. Cosmic Dialogues: Selections from the Latin American Collection

    Dynamic works from the Museum’s renowned collection of Latin American art focus on visual explorations of space and light in Cosmic Dialogues. Kosice’s masterpiece is displayed in dialogue with a selection of light-based structures by other Argentinean artists active in the Kinetic art movement in Europe. This exhibition features nearly 50 significant sculptures and drawings created over the past 70 years, including immersive light installations, rarely seen works on paper, and masterpieces of Kinetic art.