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ArtSmart Lecture for Supporting-Plus Members | "Provenance: The Hidden Lives of Artworks"

Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art

When Edith and Percy Straus gave their remarkable collection of European art to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 1941, their generous donation marked a turning point for the MFAH.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Installs New Presentation for the Arts of Korea Gallery

May 16, 2024 - The MFAH is also home to the Glassell School of Art, with its Core Residency Program and Junior and Studio schools; and the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA), a leading research institute for 20th-century “These objects will illuminate for visitors the beauty and artistry of Korean culture across generations.” “We are very pleased to once again partner with the National Museum of Korea to present some of their most treasured objects to our audiences in Houston,” commented Gary Tinterow, Director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair of

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Completes the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation, Designed by Lake|Flato Architects

Oct 24, 2018 - Day-to-day, conservation staff evaluate objects from the collections that are brought in for analysis, research, or treatment; review works of art being considered for acquisition; and examine and acclimatize objects on loan from the distinguished level of our extraordinary art conservators and scientists. Gary Tinterow, director of the MFAH, said, “The new Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation—one of just a handful of purpose-built museum conservation buildings anywhere—dramatically elevates our conservation facilities to

Virtual Cinema Goes to the Dogs with the New Istanbul-Set Documentary “Stray”

Mar 8, 2021 - The Underbelly of a Glamorous CityIn Stray, viewers visit the fabled city of Istanbul, Turkey, like never before. for the dogs. Through the commentary, audiences learn about disturbing past practices as well as the progress that has been achieved in recent years toward the humane treatment of stray dogs.

Top 12 Wintry Works of Art, Selected by MFAH Curatorial Staff

Dec 13, 2018 - This scene by the Dutch master recalls the three wise men from the East following the star of Bethlehem and bearing gifts for the Christ child. —Dena Woodall, associate curator, prints and drawings When the ice was finally deemed strong enough in the winter, we would tie on our skates—just like the man on the far right of the painting—and roam the frozen waters, stopping only for hot chocolate with whipped cream. Many of them still sit on our bookshelves and dressers.

Broker

Broker Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda(South Korea, 2022, digital, in Korean with English subtitles) Two men occasionally steal babies from a church’s baby box and sell the children for adoption on the black market. Accessibility The MFAH strives to provide a welcoming and accessible experience for all guests by offering a range of accommodations—learn more here. When a young mother has a change of heart and returns to the church, she invites herself to join the men on a road trip to interview her baby’s potential parents.

Southern Exposures: The Photography of Sally Mann

Feb 14, 2019 - Through a Southern Lens For more than four decades, Mann has chosen the South—its exquisite landscape, antebellum relics, and fraught history—as a subject or setting through which to explore memory and mortality; the lasting The exhibition traces her artistic development and wide-ranging subjects, from the highly personal images that she made of her children beginning in the 1980s to her recent monumental photographs of African American men, and from In that sense, Southern artists are like certain of our mountain religious folk, who, in their devotions, subject themselves to snake bites that would kill or disable anyone else.

Rienzi

from Bayou Bend, the MFAH house museum for American decorative arts and paintings. Rienzi welcomes visitors for tours, family programs, lectures, music performances, and a variety of special events. --

Picturing the Senses in European Art

The 16th century saw the first artistic treatment of the senses as independent subjects.