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  1. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Convertibles and Polygons

    Dec 6, 2012 - Already interested in traditional forms of Islamic art, Stella recognized a kindred spirit in Farmanfarmaian. “The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has made a fundamental commitment to present art from the Islamic world,” commented Gary Tinterow, MFAH director. To underscore this aspect of Farmanfarmaian’s work, we have also installed two major canvases by Frank Stella, who shares her fascination with Islamic art and geometric design.”

  2. Curator Close-Up: “Glory of Spain” Ancient Ivory Pyxis

    Mar 24, 2020 - Aimée Froom, MFAH curator of art of the Islamic worlds, delves into the meaning of this pyxis, which helps chronicle the emergence of Islam in the region and showcases the diverse art and culture of Spain.

  3. Open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Galleries Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds Discover More See what’s new at the MFA Shop Stop by Cafe Leonelli at MFAH See Top Exhibitions Frida: The Making of an Icon Art and Life in Imperial Rome: Trajan and His Times Gyula Kosice: Intergalactic Louvre Couture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Jennifer Steinkamp: The Seasons Explore the

  4. Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an

    for the practice of calligraphy in the Islamic world. This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Harvard University Art Museums. Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an, a companion exhibition to Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, showcases a superb selection of folios from copies of the Qur’an, the preeminent context

  5. Light upon Light: Radiance in the al-Sabah Galleries

    Sep 26, 2020 - Discover themes of light and radiance in the al-Sabah Collection, one of the greatest privately held collections of Islamic art in the world. Sara Craig, a curatorial administrative assistant for the MFAH and the Blaffer Foundation, reflects on al-Sabah objects featured in the exhibition Arts of Islamic Lands. For another screen made from sandstone, see this Jali in the MFAH collection. Plan Your Visit See Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait in the Caroline Wiess Law Building.

  6. Open on Juneteenth

    Masterpieces from the Pearlman Foundation Save up to 30% with the special ticket package and see both exhibitions Explore the Galleries The Sugar Shack Woven Wonders: Indian Textiles from the Parpia Collection New Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds Yayoi Kusama “Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity” Discover More See what’s new at the MFA Shop Stop by Cafe Leonelli at MFAH for a meal or snack Plan ahead for your visit with parking information.Bayou

  7. Mona Hatoum: Twelve Windows

    The installation is on display in conjunction with the Museum’s Arts of the Islamic World Gala, held on January 30. "Mona Hatoum: Twelve Windows" is presented courtesy of the artist and Alexander and Bonin Gallery, New York, in honor of the 2015 Arts of the Islamic World Gala.

  8. Festival of Films from Iran

    Special thanks to Tom Vick (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art), Katherine Irving (MFA Boston), Charles Dove (Rice Cinema), and Michael Buening (Asia Society Texas). with the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner and closing with the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize documentary, the Museum’s selections include four new releases and a landmark woman-directed film from before the Islamic

  9. The British Museum’s Cyrus Cylinder Travels to the MFAH, May 2013

    Mar 27, 2013 - Costello is the Instructional Assistant Professor in Department of Art and Art History, School of Art, at the University of Houston. The lecture is free, but a ticket is required. About the Arts of the Islamic World at the MFAH Now in its sixth year, the Arts of the Islamic World program at the MFAH was established as an institutional commitment to collect, exhibit and interpret arts from the Islamic world (2007); Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam (2010); Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts (2011); and Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (2013).

  10. Herat, the Pearl of Khurasan: Urban and Cultural Transformation under Shahrukh (reigned 1409–47)

    About the SpeakerDavid Roxburgh is the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History at Harvard University, where he has taught since receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. , and on the art and literature in Herat in the early 1400s. Roxburgh has co-curated exhibitions including Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c. 1600–1900 at the MFAH and Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.