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Calder-Picasso
Calder-Picasso explores the artists’ prolific affinities as it reveals the radical innovation and enduring influence of their art. Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso—two of the foremost figures in 20th-century art—come together for a fascinating encounter in this presentation. Audio GuideThe exhibition audio guide delves deeper into selected works of art, with commentary and insights from the exhibition curators. Available free of charge, online and in the galleries. Disponible en español.
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An Impressionist Autumn
. • Monet to Picasso: A Very Private Collection features paintings by the pivotal artists who sparked the major art movements of the late-19th through mid-20th century, including Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Henri PolicyMonet to Picasso: A Very Private Collection / No photography is permitted.Berthe Morisot: Impressionist Original / Non-flash photography is permitted. Audio GuideThe optional audio guide delves deeper into selected works of art
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Mike + Doug Starn: Big Bambú
Their first public installation—on the roof of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2010—was experienced by more than 600,000 visitors, making it the ninth most-attended exhibition in that museum’s history.
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Prototype/Production
Prototypes serve an important role in 20th- and 21st-century design, particularly in the development of mass-produced industrial and limited-edition objects. Designers rarely make their prototypes available to the public …
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Shadow Monsters
Shadow Monsters, an interactive installation by New York-based British artist Philip Worthington, invites Museum visitors to take part in a fully immersive art experience.
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Spectacular Rubens
In the early 1620s, Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens completed one of his greatest achievements: designing the Triumph of the Eucharist tapestries, the most elaborate and expensive tapestries made in Europe in the 17th …
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Scandinavian Design
Scandinavian Design, drawn from the MFAH collection of decorative arts, showcases furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork, and lighting from the 1920s to the 1970s. The MFAH first acquired examples of modern Finnish glass in …
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Public Dress
Many 20th-century photographers relied on their subjects’ attire to help craft a social narrative. Public Dress, an installation of images from the MFAH photography collection, presents a sampling of themes that highlight …
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Jennifer Steinkamp
The title is a tribute to Mike Kelley, among Steinkamp’s foremost mentors during her studies at the Art Center College of Design in California—although Kelley’s consciously critical art practice bears little similarity to Steinkamp
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Snail Mail
Before widespread use of e-mail, photographers would write letters on the backs of misprints or even fine-art quality objects.