With its Grand Opening April 12 – 15, Asia Society Texas Center has joined a vibrant Houston cultural scene distinguished by internationally recognized museums, performing arts organizations, and education centers. To commemorate this moment Asia Society has invited Houston arts institutions to join it in celebrating the opening of the Texas Center and the cultural achievements of Asia. These are their exhibitions and programs.

ART

The Menil Collection

1525 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77006
713.525.9400

Shinto Deified Lord, Kamakura period, 1185 – 1333, Wood

In celebration of Asia Society Texas Center’s Grand Opening, Shinto Deified Lord, Kamakura period, 1185 – 1333, will be exhibited in the Menil Collection's Antiquities Gallery.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
713.639.7300

Unrivaled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art
June 10 – September 23, 2012

Unrivaled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art, an exhibition of 85 works of Japanese art highlighting the Powers Collection’s strengths in Buddhist paintings, sculptures, calligraphy and prints, opens in June. The Powers Collection is regarded as one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Japanese art in the United States.

Ongoing exhibitions continue in MFAH’s Arts of Korea Gallery, Arts of Japan Gallery, Nidhika and Pershant Mehta Arts of India Gallery, and Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Arts of China Gallery.

EDUCATION

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
713.639.7300

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
MFAH Book Club Selection

Book clubs may visit mfah.org to schedule a Book Club Guided Visit that relates An Artist of the Floating World to artwork in the museum’s permanent collections.