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First impressions of a gift to Houston that will keep on giving. Molly Glentzer December 30, 2020Updated: January 4, 2021, 11:27 am Aristide Maillol's "La Riviere (The River)" rests atop a gently trickling reflection pond between the new Kinder Building and the Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which director Gary Tinterow refers to as the "hinge" of the campus. Photo: Molly Glentzer / Houston Chronicle The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s new Kinder Building promises to be a gift that gives for decades. Except for light-sensitive works on paper and photogra...

An exhibit called 'The Marzio Years' charts the institution's explosive growth under his stewardship Molly Glentzer December 29, 2020Updated: December 29, 2020, 8:30 pm Peter C. Marzio served as director of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts from 1982 until his death of cancer in 2010. In this photograph from early in his career, he stands next to Walter Ufer’s painting “Anna.” Photo: Timothy Bullard / Houston Chronicle The late Peter Marzio used to answer humbly when people asked what drove his acquisition choices for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. “Well, you know, you can do...