Museum of Fine Arts Houston

According to the New York Times, there are only six surviving sculptures by Jackson Pollock. One, Untitled (c.1949) is at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and, now, the Dallas…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) announced that Katherine S. Howe, founding director of Rienzi, will retire at the end of June. Rienzi, the MFAH house museum for European…

It's collaboration in a nutshell: people working together, subtly directed by authority, with dissidents pressured to keep their mouths shut.

A friend and I have a theory that all artists, even now, basically split along the Northern and Italian Renaissance divide.

“Note: these are for museums and non-profits who have released their schedules, or who have updated websites. Hint, Hint.”   Rainey Knudson’s picks: 1. Mark Flood: Gratest Hits Contemporary Arts Museum…

Have you ever noticed how Rothko always gets a bench?

Everyone in the art world complains about the art world all the time: "We all hate the art world and we’re not part of the art world!"

Newly restored 1975 Texas art documentary Jackelope screens at the MFAH with filmmaker Ken Harrison and guest artists in attendance.

A small group of European architects, engineers, and scientists have proposed an incredibly ambitious “Colossus of Rhodes Project,” seeking to rebuild the ancient statue of the Greek god Helios, which…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has recently opened a new exhibition. Entitled The Collectivity Project, by artist Olafur Eliasson, the interactive installation consists of more than 580,000 Lego bricks that…

Artadia, the national seven-city non-profit that gives out merit-based cash awards to artists, is holding a Texas-based conversation tomorrow night at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Miki Garcia, the director of…

Yesterday, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) formally broke ground for the Fayez S. Sarofim Campus, beginning with the new Glassell School of Art. In celebration, it is holding…

“We know how much you love for us to talk about things we don’t like.”

A newly restored program of rarely seen short films gives a glimpse of Austin's DIY rennaisance in the late-'70s and early-'80s.

Great news for those of us in Houston who love going to the MFAH but hate the dining options: the museum plans to open their new MFACafé this fall in the…

Our special guest star this week is Jennie Ash, Visual Arts Director at Art League Houston!! Like everything else, the Top Five is always better in a British accent. Jennie joined Rainey Knudson on a wet day at Project Row Houses to count down this week's list!

On Thursday evening, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is presenting another of its Art+Cuisine series, this time on Persian cuisine. The program begins with a brief presentation and conversation…

On Saturday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the appointment of Kelly Baum as the new curator of the department of post-war and contemporary art. Houstonians may remember Kelly Baum…

This Friday, Houston audiences have the rare opportunity to journey into the nocturnal underworld of late-60s Tokyo in the experimental queer film that influenced Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange.

Since August 2013, when the Live Oak Friends Meeting House had to close its public viewings of James Turrell’s One Accord Skyscape due to water damage, no one has really…