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Shahzia Sikander’s Radical Take on Traditional Arts

by Rosa Boshier June 2, 2022June 3, 2022

Sikander’s retrospective Extraordinary Realities gathers together themes of female multiplicity, queer desire, capitalist exploitation, and decolonial aesthetics.

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MFA Houston Acquires Rediscovered Diego Rivera Painting for $4M

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu March 14, 2022March 14, 2022

The work has not been viewed by the public for nearly 100 years.

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Houston Museum to Restore Rare Hebrew Prayer Book

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu March 6, 2022March 4, 2022

The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is a prized 14th-century illuminated manuscript.

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Georgia O’Keeffe’s Photographs, Seen Closely for the First Time

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford November 2, 2021July 13, 2022

In letters, O’Keeffe refers to her photos as “sketches,” a quick and precise way to get her ideas down.

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Explore Latin American and Latinx Art History Through This Bilingual Digital Archive

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia April 22, 2020January 11, 2023

A trove of over 8,000 key documents, from critical texts to manifestos, is accessible on MFA Houston’s newly redesigned digital archive.

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A Rescue Mission for Venezuelan Modernism

by John Yau January 20, 2019January 20, 2019

A number of significant Venezuelan artists, whose work is focused on improvisational methods and art’s material nature, are virtually unknown in the US.

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A Rare Persian Textile Offers a Surprising Insight Into Paradise

by Lydia Pyne December 26, 2018December 21, 2018

The renowned Wagner Garden Carpet is more than just its measured dimensions — it is also incredibly complex.

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Bean There, Done That: Houston Gets a Precursor of Chicago’s Shiny Anish Kapoor

by Claire Voon March 29, 2018March 29, 2018

“I think much more than ‘Cloud Gate,’ ‘Cloud Column’ is meant specifically to capture the heavens and bring them down to earth,” MFAH’s director, Gary Tinterow, told Hyperallergic.

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$260M Plan to Resurrect Ancient Wonder of the World Aims to Save Greek Island’s Economy

by Claire Voon November 9, 2015November 9, 2015

The Colossus of Rhodes, destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BCE, may soon rise again, redesigned and totally tricked out for the 21st century.

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Bringing Latin American Masters of Kinetic and Light Art Out of Obscurity

by Charissa Terranova August 10, 2015August 14, 2015

HOUSTON — Twentieth-century kinetic and light art has long been the redheaded stepchild of the art world.

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Houston Museum Expansion Wipes Out Local Architect’s Legacy

by Laura C. Mallonee January 21, 2015January 21, 2015

The Steven Holl-designed redevelopment of the campus of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston means destruction for a building designed by an important local architect.

Yale University Press Presents The Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 Pigments
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Yale University Press Presents The Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 Pigments

Kelly Grovier discusses his book on the history of pigments in a new podcast episode, making the case for how myths and science can enrich how we experience art.

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