The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has announced that 125 masterworks from Fayez Sarofim’s private collection will go on long-term loan to the institution, starting in 2023.
gary tinterow
-
-
Free general admission will be offered to all three of the MFAH's Sarofim campus gallery buildings, including the Kinder Building, on opening weekend through Wednesday, November 25.
-
The MFAH has announced that the reopening will occur with precautions for health and safety, and will include social-distancing requirements.
-
Tomorrow, April 3 at 6:30pm, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will continue its “Conversations with the Director” series. This time, MFAH Director Gary Tinterow will be talking with…
-
On April 3, 2018, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Director Gary Tinterow will sit down with writer William Middleton to discuss Middleton’s new book Double Vision: The Unerring Eye…
-
Houston Public Media’s Jen Rice put out a radio news spot yesterday, interviewing Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) Director Gary Tinterow, Contemporary Arts Museum (CAMH) Director Bill Arning, and…
-
News
Study Reveals That Museums Show More Contemporary Art Than Ever
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonA new study shows that leading U.S. museums now devote almost half of their temporary exhibitions to contemporary art, reports The Art Newspaper. 44% of the shows organized by 29…
-
News
Dessert Before Dinner: Houston Couple Pledges Entire Show to MFAH
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonTwo Centuries of American Still-Life Painting: The Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs Collection opened this weekend at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and a couple of evenings before, the…
-
Houstonians: If you’ve been noticing a lot of folks in smart outfits and curator glasses, that’s because the 15th annual meeting of the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) is…
-
MFAH Director Gary Tinterow will speak tomorrow, Thursday at 11 am, at a luncheon at the Houston Junior League hosted by the Community Artists’ Collective. The talk is not cheap…
-
GlasstireNews
MFAH Snags Art Institute CFO in Time for Expansion Project
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has found a replacement for recently retired Associate Director Gwen Goffe. Eric O. Anyah has been lured away from the Art Institute of Chicago and…
-
News
Puppies, Picasso and Public Relations: Jeff Koons Cuddles up with MFAH director Gary Tinterow to SRO Crowd
People began lining up at 5:35 outside the MFAH’s Brown auditorium theater last night to see the inaugural “Conversations with the Director” featuring art star Jeff Koons, in town for…
-
The Business Insider reports on the new, $125 million Islamic art wing at the Louvre in Paris as part of an effort by museums internationally to educate western…
-
The Center for Curatorial Leadership has chosen 11 fellows for 2013; among them are Emily Neff Curator of American Painting and Sculpture The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Andrea…
-
Formerly curator and exhibition coordinator at the Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Ms Roldán was appointed to newly created position aimed at streamlining exhibition planning and management. Roldán was co-curator, with…
-
MFAH director Gary Tinterow’s old Metropolitan Museum of Art connections, and the deep pockets of his new institution are paying off for the Prado: yesterday the NY Times announced that…
-
BlogEssayOp Ed
The Cost of Turnover, or how museums could pay more and spend less
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudThere’s been a lot of management turnover within top tier Texas museums over the past year. [Quick recap: Just 13 months ago, Simone Wicha replaced Ned Rifkin as Director of…
-
Culturemap’s Joseph Campana reports on his face-to-face tour of some highlights of the MFAH’s collection with newish director Gary Tinterow. It’s one of the few interviews I’ve seen in print…
-
News
Tinterow Names Mahrukh Tarapor MFAH Advisor for International Initiatives: Former MET Staffer to Push Houston Museum’s Islamic World Program
The Museum of Fine Arts director Gary Tinterow has appointed Mahrukh Tarapor as Senior Advisor for International Initiatives to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Dr. Tarapor is consultant specializing…
-
Gary Tinterow, former Met curator and new director of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, is going to be awarded the insignia of Officer of the Order of Arts and…