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James Turrell – The Light Inside: Media Preview Friday, June 7, 10 a.m.
Director Gary Tinterow invites you to the media preview of the exhibition James Turrell: The Light Inside, with: James Turrell and Alison de Lima Greene, Curator of Contemporary Art and Special Projects, MFAH Remarks begin at 10 a.m., followed by an exhibition viewing, refreshments, and interviews by appointment. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Caroline Wiess Law Building, [...]
MFAH Presents Photography Before Photoshop and Private Latin American Collection this Summer
This June, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents an acclaimed survey of more than 100 years of manipulated photography, as well as an exclusive showing of a prominent private collection of Latin American art: Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop (June 2–August 25) PRESS PREVIEW: Friday, May 31, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., RSVP: [...]
MFAH Recognized for Exhibition Catalogue and Texas State Artist
Texas Legislature Appoints Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Glassell School of Art Director Joseph Havel a State Artist Four artists appointed each year to represent Texas’ artistic legacy HOUSTON—May 2013—The director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Glassell School of Art, Joseph Havel, was recognized at a ceremony in Austin this week for his [...]
MFAH presents photography before Photoshop and private Latin American collection this summer
This June, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents an acclaimed survey of more than 100 years of manipulated photography, as well as an exclusive showing of a prominent private collection of Latin American art: Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop (June 2–August 25) PRESS PREVIEW: Friday, May 31, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., RSVP: vramirez-sparrow@mfah.org In [...]
MFAH Announces Free Admission on Art Museum Day, May 18
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to Offer Free General Admission on May 18, for Association of Art Museum Directors’ Celebration of Art Museum Day Visitors encouraged to share their museum experiences via social media Houston—April 2013—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, (MFAH) announces free general admission on Saturday, May 18 as part of the Association [...]
2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
IBBY Announces the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury and Nominees The International Board on Books for Young People is proud to announce the 2014 Jury and the candidates for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards. The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international distinction given to authors and illustrators of children’s books. Given every [...]
Experience James Turrell at the MFAH this summer
This summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will present James Turrell: The Light Inside, a monumental exhibition spanning the career of this landmark artist, on display June 9 through September 22, 2013. This immersive exhibition will feature seven of Turrell’s light-based installations, most of which have never before been realized, and a selection of works on [...]
Scandinavian Design
Scandinavian Design August 26, 2012–January 27, 2013 Scandinavian Design, drawn from the MFAH collection, highlights furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork and lighting from the 1920s to the 1970s. The MFAH first acquired examples of modern Finnish glass in 1954, and in recent years the museum has built on this history with acquisitions of outstanding objects by [...]
Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics:
Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection March 4–June 3, 2012 New York-based scholars and gallerists Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio have been leaders in the ceramic field for over 25 years, assembling one of the most important private collections of contemporary ceramics in the world. In 2007, [...]
Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski
Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski February 12–May 6, 2012 Widely regarded as one of America’s last classic modern painters, Jules Olitski (1922-2007) created brilliant color harmonies and chromatic shifts that became one of the hallmarks of Color Field Painting. Olitski enjoyed enormous acclaim in the 1960s and ’70s, and in 1969 was the first [...]
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