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  1. Members Event | “Knights in Shining Armor” Art-Making Activity for Families

    MFAH members at the Family Level and above are invited to reserve tickets for an art-making activity led by a teaching artist. This edition is inspired by the exhibition Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries. “Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries” is organized by the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte and The Museum Box in collaboration with the Kimbell Art Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and the Museum of Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art

  2. The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival

    Renowned for her sleek Art Deco paintings, artist Tamara de Lempicka took Paris, Milan, Berlin, and New York by storm in the 1920s. Narrated by Anjelica Huston, The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival complements the exhibition Tamara de Lempicka, which is on view through July 6.

  3. Members Preview Lecture | “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples”

    “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples” is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and supported by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. SOLD OUTOctober 26, 2024MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture previewing the new exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples with guest curator Neil MacGregor.

  4. Architecture Lecture | Saarinen House at Cranbrook: A Total Work of Art

    AIA Houston / Design Council / Sally Walsh LectureSpeaker: Kevin Adkisson In the leafy suburbs of Detroit, glowing behind a deceptively modest brick facade, is one of America’s most enchanting Art Deco interiors. Through tours, lectures, and online programming, he makes history come alive with a friendly, humorous nature, and deep passion for art and architecture. Before coming to Cranbrook, Adkisson worked for Robert A.M. Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art

  5. Reflections of a New World: Japanese Protest and Art on Film

    The exhibition For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1979 explores the struggle of Japanese artists to forge a new identity during a time of political and social turmoil.

  6. Afro-Atlantic Histories

    The North American tour was curated by Kanitra Fletcher, Associate Curator, African American and Afro-Diasporic Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Major support provided by:     The range extends from historical paintings by Jean-Baptiste Debret, Frans Post, and Dirk Valkenburg to contemporary art by Melvin Edwards, Ibrahim Mahama, and Kara Walker. The exhibition comprises more than 130 works of art and documents made in Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe across 500 years, from the 17th century to the 21st century.

  7. Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer

    Georgia O’Keeffe forged a career as one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. She became famous for her paintings of flowers, skyscrapers, and landscapes, yet her lifelong connection to photography has not been …

  8. The Obama Portraits Tour

    The Obama Portraits Tour comes to the MFAH after premiering at the Art Institute of Chicago in June 2021 and traveling to the Brooklyn Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta   OverviewFind out more about The Obama Portraits Tour from Anita Bateman, associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the MFAH; and exhibition organizers Taína Caragol and Dorothy Moss of the National Portrait Gallery

  9. Ernesto Neto: SunForceOceanLife

    One of the artist’s largest crochet works to date, SunForceOceanLife takes inspiration from his long-term commitment to the art, culture, and traditions of various cultures that form Brazil.

  10. Rewrite the World

    The exhibition presents art by Jamal Cyrus, Demian DinéYazhi’, Newton and Helen Harrison, and Cecilia Vicuña from the 1970s to 2020. The work on view illustrates how art-making can intersect with other forms of producing and sharing knowledge—among them poetry, dance, archival research, and mapmaking. The Core Program at the Glassell School of Art receives generous funding from The Joseph & Sylvia Slifka Foundation; The Powell Foundation; The Glassell Family Foundation; and the National Endowment for the Arts.