Fall 2016 Exhibition Highlights at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Degas: A New Vision
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
Fall 2016 Exhibition Highlights at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Degas: A New Vision
October 16, 2016–January 8, 2017
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will be the only U.S. venue for Degas: A
New Vision, the most significant international survey in three decades of the
work of Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834–1917). While Degas’s
reputation has often been confined to his ballet imagery, the artist’s oeuvre is
rich, complex, and abundant, spanning the entire second half of the 19th
century and the first years of the 20th. Opening October 16, Degas: A New
Vision will assemble some 200 works from public and private collections
around the world, and showcase Degas’s abiding interests across painting,
drawing, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.
Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from the National Palace
October 23, 2016–January 22, 2017
A major exhibition on Chinese art from the renowned collections of the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, Emperors’ Treasures highlights the roles that eight rulers
of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties—from the early 12th century to the
early 20th century—played in the establishment and development of new artistic
directions at their courts and throughout the empire. Some 100 works rarely seen
outside of Taipei will be featured, including portraits, calligraphy, bronzes, and
decorative arts such as porcelain, lacquer, textiles, enamels, and jade. Co-
organized by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and the National Palace
Museum, Taipei. Opens at the MFAH following its presentation at the Asian Art
Museum in Summer 2016. Catalogue.
Julian Onderdonk and
Texas Silver from the William J. Hill Collection
October 2, 2016–January 22, 2017
These two exhibitions bring early Texas history to light. Julian Onderdonk
presents a select group of landscapes by this San Antonio native who studied
in New York under American Impressionist artist William Merritt Chase.
More than 25 of Onderdonk’s signature paintings will be on display, from
luminous views of the Long Island landscape to sweeping impressions of the
iconic Texas bluebonnet. The exhibition coincides with the publication of the
first catalogue raisonné of the artist, in September 2016. The related
exhibition of two dozen objects, Texas Silver from the William J. Hill
Collection, tells the story of Texas metalwork from the mid-19th century,
when artisans established a local sensibility in tableware and other household
silver, to later in the century, when consumer preference shifted to mass-
produced work out of Northeastern manufacturers.
1|Page
Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Treasure from Berthouville
November 6, 2016–February 5, 2017
This exhibition celebrates the conservation of an opulent cache of ancient
Roman treasure, known as the Berthouville Treasure, first discovered by a
French farmer in 1830. Conserved by the J. Paul Getty Museum and presented
there in 2014, the gilt-silver statuettes and vessels offer new insights about
ancient art, technology, religion, and cultural interaction. They are presented
alongside objects from the royal collections of the Cabinet des Médailles at
the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum
in collaboration with the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des
Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, the exhibition comes to the Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston, as part of a U.S. tour.
Upcoming and Ongoing Exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Kusama: At the End of the Universe
June 12–September 18, 2016
This summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will present two dazzling,
immersive environments by contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama, who was
recently named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People.” On
view from June 12 to September 18, 2016, the exhibition Kusama: At the End
of the Universe brings two of the artist’s signature infinity rooms—Aftermath
of the Obliteration of Eternity (2009) and Love Is Calling (2013)—to Texas
for the first time.
Infinite Pause: Photography and Time
June 18–September 11, 2016
Infinite Pause: Photography and Time explores photography’s ability to both
stop time in an instant and to capture its extended duration, immortalizing
people and moments that have already passed. Featuring nearly 50
photographs from the Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition
highlights works by photographers including Eadweard Muybridge, Etrinne-
Jules Marey, Harold Edgerton, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Harry Callahan, Nicholas
Nixon, Dawoud Bey, and Duane Michals.
Deco Nights: Evenings in the Jazz Age
Through June 5, 2016
The glamour and luxury of the Art Deco period are captured through objects from the
Museum’s collections, along with select works on loan. Photographs, prints, drawings,
books, cameras, glassware, couture costumes, and evening accessories explore
nighttime pursuits in the U.S. and Europe in the 1920s and 1930s.
2|Page
High Society: The Portraits of Franz X. Winterhalter
Through August 14, 2016
High Society displays some 45 paintings by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–
1873), the most renowned portraitist of European aristocracy of his day.
Drawn from public, private, and royal collections around the world, the
canvases will be complemented by a selection of garments designed by
couturier Charles Frederick Worth (1825–1895) and his contemporaries,
similar to those featured in some of the portraits. Organized by the Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston; the Augustinermuseum, Freiburg, Germany; and Musée
du Château de Compiègne, France. Opens at the MFAH following its debut at
the Augustinermuseum in November 2015. Catalogue.
Statements: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection
Through September 25, 2016
Statements: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection is the latest in a
series of tightly focused installations highlighting unique areas of strength in the
collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Featuring 37 artists with 47
works spanning eight decades, this installation draws together outstanding works
from several departments, including photography, works on paper, and decorative
arts, as well as painting and sculpture. Works on view range from Richmond
Barthe’s iconic Feral Benga of 1935 to the Museum’s most recent acquisition,
Mark Bradford’s Circa 1992 (2015).
About the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Founded in 1900, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is among the 10 largest art museums in the United
States. Located in the heart of Houston’s Museum District, the MFAH comprises two gallery buildings, a
sculpture garden, theater, two art schools, and two libraries, with two house museums, for American and
European decorative arts, nearby. The encyclopedic collection of the MFAH numbers more than 65,000
works and spans the art of antiquity to the present.
1001 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas 77005 | www.mfah.org | 713.639.7300
Media Contact
Laine Lieberman, publicist
713.639.7516 / llieberman@mfah.org
3|Page
You can also read
