Museum of Fine Arts, Houston honors one of Iran's artists with exhibit

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston honors one of Iran's foremost contemporary artists with an exhibit called Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Convertibles and Polygons, which will be on display through Friday, Jan. 25.

According to a press release, Farmanfarmaian’s mirrored mosaics represent a tradition that stretches back to 16th-century Iran. The installation is part of the museum’s larger program of global initiatives.

The exhibit will be on display on the Mezzanine of the Law Building at 1001 Bissonnet, Houston.

For more information, call 713-639-7300, visit www.mfah.org/exhibitions/monir-shahroudy-farmanfarmaianconvertibles-and-pol/ or email entertain@mfah.org.

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is in the heart of the city's Museum District. It is a dynamic cultural complex comprising two gallery buildings, a sculpture garden, visitor's center, library, movie theater, gift shop, cafe, two art schools and two house museums. The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 12:15-7 p.m. Sunday.