Audiences in Houston will have a fresh look at the radical London art scene when the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents END GAME — British Contemporary Art from the Chaney Family Collection. From the revolutionary Young British Artists (YBA) group of the 1990s to the dynamics of today's avant-garde, 21 major works by thirteen artists and artists? collectives from this influential generation will be on view at the Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston.

One of Egypt's most prominent contemporary artists, Farouk Hosny, who also serves as the country's Minister of Culture, will make his Museum of Fine Arts, Houston exhibition debut. Farouk Hosny: The Energy of Abstraction will include approximately 20 abstract, large format paintings, on view until September 1 at the museum's Caroline Wiess Law Building.

Inspired by the possibilities of painting in nature, rather than in the studio, artists traveled to the rugged Forest of Fontainebleau near Paris from the early 1820s to the mid-1870s forging innovations in art that would resonate for generations to follow. There, among the rural villages and the vast and varied wilderness, they laid the groundwork for Impressionism, influenced the development of landscape photography, and raised early advocacy for nature conservancy.

Museum of fine arts, Boston presents an exhibition of Chinese paintings, on view through September 14, 2008.

Museum of fine arts, Boston presents an exhibition of works by El Greco, on view through July 27, 2008, at Gund Gallery.

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens has acquired 11 examples of rare 19th-century Texas-made furniture, a gift of Houston collector William James Hill. Most of the pieces had been on loan to Bayou Bend and on view in the Texas Room and Texas Hall, including an elegant armoire attributed to the workshop of Johann Michael Jahn, the New Braunfels cabinetmaker who is celebrated as one of the state’s preeminent furniture makers.

Museum of fine arts, Boston presents an exhibition of works by Antonio Lopez Garcia on view through July 27, 2008, at Foster and Rabb Galleries.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents First Look at Major Acquisition; The Scholar’s Eye: Contemporary Ceramics from the Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection Opens May 18, 2008.

Making the Unfamiliar Familiar: A Program for High School Students on View at the Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston through June 29, 2008

Portrait of Aeltje Uylenburgh, aged 62 (1632), considered one of the finest Rembrandts in private hands, will be on view for the first time in the United States at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). This masterpiece has been lent by Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo of Naples, Florida, collectors of Dutch and Flemish art.

Twenty students who participated in an ongoing education program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to learn more about art, artists, and the museum, are now featured artists themselves. The students made a series of visits to the museum during the 2006-2007 academic year during which they created prints and drawings that are presented in Making the Unfamiliar Familiar:

This spring, two exhibitions, a commemorative publication, and a benefit gala will cap the 2007-08 anniversary year of the Core Program at the Glassell School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Over the past 25 years the Core program has become an internationally regarded platform, a destination for curators and critics seeking new talent, and a respected forum for artists, and critics to discuss, debate, and develop their work.