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This exhibition celebrates the rich artistic traditions of Persian civilization through the significant private collection of Hossein Afshar, with works from the sixth to the nineteenth century, on long-term loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Welcome to the Tide Pool—a new series of multimedia blog posts meant to immerse you in a headspace of creativity and inspiration. In this mood board of sorts, enjoy a collage of images, words, and sounds intended to spark your creative mind.

Julie Mehretu is the artist’s first retrospective, bringing together paintings, drawings, and prints that illustrate the evolution of her work over the past twenty-five years. Read more.

Since the beginning of his career, Dawoud Bey (American, born 1953) has used his camera to depict communities and histories that have largely remained underrepresented or even unseen.

Through Picture the Dream, titles by beloved children’s book authors and artists as well as talented newcomers come together to encourage discussion and inspire young people to be tomorrow’s agents of transformation.

The title Murmuration means to flock, which is something that the architectural firm SO – IL encourages visitors and birds alike to do at this spot. See Murmuration until November 29.

This exhibition features nearly one hundred works of art from the sixth century to the nineteenth century, on view in the Southeast for the first time. The exhibition highlights the rich artistic and cultural heritage of Iranian civilization.

David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History represents a landmark moment in American art: a major exhibition of artist, curator, and scholar David Driskell’s remarkable career as a painter.

Designed by Ruth Clement Bond while she and her husband, Dr. J. Max Bond, were living in northern Alabama due to his Tennessee Valley Authority job, this symbolically rich quilt celebrates the expanded opportunities for Black Americans under the New Deal.