Menu The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from above. view slideshow The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, devoted to the Museum′s international collections of modern and contemporary art, opened November 21, 2020. Designed by Steven Holl Architects as the third MFAH gallery building, it is the final component in the eight-year project to expand and enhance Museum’s Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus. The Kinder Building stands in complementary contrast to the existing gallery buildings—the Caroline Wiess Law Building and Audrey Jones Beck Building—and in dialogue with the adjacent Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden. Making Modern at the MFAH See a series of short films that capture the making of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. Making Modern introduces you to the community of artists, artisans, and architects who have all been part of the project. #GetModernMFAH Watch Now Behind the Scenes With the opening of the Kinder Building, the Museum’s growing collections of modern and contemporary art have the showcase they deserve. Go behind the scenes to see the art on view, and how this years-long master plan came together. #GetModernMFAH Learn More Houston Ballet at the MFAH ADROIT: clever or skillful in using the hands or mind Mozart meets contemporary art and ballet in this delightful collaboration between the Museum and Houston Ballet, filmed in the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. view image The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Download a Gallery Map The Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus Encompassing 14 acres in the heart of Houston’s Museum District, the MFAH campus features an array of public plazas, reflecting pools, and gardens, in addition to the buildings for art, education, conservation, and parking. Learn More Architecture Highlights The atrium of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (detail). Photo by Peter Molick view image The Kinder Building comprises two floors and more than 100,000 square feet of exhibition space circling a three-level atrium space, with the distinctive roof allowing natural light to flood the central spaces. Gathered under a “luminous canopy” roof, the concave curves reference the billowing clouds that fill the “big sky” of Texas. Vertical, translucent-glass tubes clad the facades. The galleries increases overall MFAH exhibition space by nearly 75 percent. New destinations include the 215-seat Lynn Wyatt Theater, a restaurant, and a café. Seven gardens and six reflecting pools are inset along the building’s perimeter. Art Highlights COLLECTIVITY | Wendy Red Star, Apsáalooke Roses, 2016, lithograph in colors and inkjet prints, printed chine-collé on wove paper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Carol Lynne Werner at Art + Paper 2019. © Wendy Red Star view image The Kinder Building is dedicated to presenting works from the Museum’s international collections of modern and contemporary art. The building opens with the first comprehensive installation of these works, drawn from the collections of Latin American and Latino art; photography; prints and drawings; decorative arts, craft, and design; and modern and contemporary art. A flexible black-box gallery at the street-level entry is devoted to immersive installations, with inaugural presentations of the work of Gyula Kosice and James Turrell. A windowed street-level gallery features work by artists including Jean Tinguely and Tunga, and an installation of suspended lights by Spencer Finch hangs in the café space. The second-floor galleries are organized by curatorial department, with each gallery highlighting collection strengths. The third-floor galleries feature Connecting Currents: Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston—five inaugural thematic installations that present art from the 1960s onward. ► Inaugural Thematic Installations ► Preview of Collection Highlights Carlos Cruz-Diez, Chromosaturation MFAH (installation view), 1965/2017, light installation, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum commission funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Carlos Cruz-Diez / Bridgeman Images 2021 view slideshow Site-Specific Commissioned Artworks Major, site-specific commissioned artworks serve as portals that connect the Kinder Building with the other components of the Sarofim Campus. Located at strategic points, the works are designed to mark moments of transition on the campus and to activate public spaces. These works of art have been commissioned from a roster of renowned, international artists. El Anatsui Byung Hoon Choi Carlos Cruz-Diez Ólafur Elíasson Trenton Doyle Hancock Cristina Iglesias Jason Salavon Ai Weiwei The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building opening is sponsored in part by a major grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts. Director’s Welcome A Conversation with Gary Tinterow Campus Redevelopment Volunteers & Docents Careers Press Room MFAH in the News MFAH Community Profile Annual Report and Financial Information Private-Event Rentals Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Main address 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas 77005 MFAH Information Line 713.639.7300 Sign up for e-newsletters MFAH Community Profile FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW US ON TWITTER FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM FOLLOW US ON VIMEO CONTACT TERMS POLICIES PRIVACY POLICY Copyright © 2021, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. All rights reserved.