Museum of Fine Arts Houston

I found myself in a surprisingly pleasurable moment a few years ago, which bound me to an artist and an art genre to which I had never given a single thought.

The iconic portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will be ending their U.S. tour at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in April.

The City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs in collaboration with the Houston Arts Alliance has awarded a total of $9,998,343.77 in grants to 87 individuals and 151 arts and cultural nonprofits. 

Jessica Fuentes, William Sarradet, and Brandon Zech discuss anticipated upcoming exhibitions, including the Obama Portraits' trip to Houston, a solo exhibition of Wendy Red Star at SAMA, and a focus on female portraits at the Modern.

Jessica Fuentes reflects on her family's experience with Ólafur Elíasson's installation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Two Texas institutions, the MFAH and the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University, have made major acquisitions of Alejandro Cartagena's work.

The Lynn Wyatt Theatre is the second theater at the museum with the capability of projecting 35mm.

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston has announced Anita Bateman as its new Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.

Everything and everyone is connected.

“Partnering on this acquisition will allow audiences in both New York and Texas to encounter this important work over extended periods of time at each institution.” 

Christina Rees and artist Emily Peacock bring you a horse show in Albany, a vision for a Latinx museum, and the grand opening of the MFAH’s long-awaited new building.

This weekend, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will officially open its long-awaited Kinder Building. It is dedicated to showing the institution's collection of 20th- and 21st-century art.

Happy Halloween from Glasstire!

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.

"I hope that looking at some of these images from the not-so-distant past can help to understand/digest images of present-day protests."

For the time being, museums won't be considered a boring outing, a field trip, or an on-the-fly pleasure: the effort behind donning a mask and going through the timed-ticket rigmarole will make museum visits purposeful. It will make them special. 

The MFAH has announced that the reopening will occur with precautions for health and safety, and will include social-distancing requirements.

The museum's film department brings you great international, independent, and documentary films for home viewing, and your streaming fee supports one of Houston’s best cinema programs during this critical time. 

Cast against the modern, urbane anarchism of Duchamp, Bacon is a wild-eyed wilderness prophet.

The building adds more than 100,000 square feet to the MFAH exhibition space, increasing it by nearly 75 percent.