Inside the MFAH Posts tagged #hirsch-library
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Rienzi Gallery Talk | Shakespeare Folio September 12, 2021
Jon Evans, chief of libraries and archives, offers an inside look at the rare Shakespeare folio in the Rienzi Collection.
The Hidden Secrets of Movable Books March 5, 2021
The exhibition Making the Movable Book showcases titles from the Hirsch Library collection that contain movable mechanisms such as pull tabs, flaps, and pop-ups.
On-Site & Online “Echoes of Harlem: The Graphic Work of Aaron Douglas” August 15, 2020
The Museum’s Hirsch Library showcases graphic artist Aaron Douglas, who began his artistic career during the Harlem Renaissance.
Test Your Art Knowledge: MFAH Trivia April 26, 2020
The MFAH art collections and the Hirsch Library collections inspired this trivia quiz. Share with friends & family for a friendly (virtual) competition!
A Spring of Songs! A Salute to Rienzi’s Founders and Their Love of Music January 11, 2019
A recently catalogued record collection reveals the Masterson family’s previously little-known passion for theater and music.
Radical Ink: “Beautifully Packed Dynamite” of El Techo de la Ballena January 9, 2019
El Techo de la Ballena, an avant-garde group of Venezuelan artists active during the 1960s, produced publications that promoted an anarchic, violent, and aggressive stance toward politics and culture. A few of these printed materials are on view in the exhibition Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955–1975.
Closer Look: William Shakespeare’s Second Folio October 10, 2018
Houston just happens to have a delightful fall lined up for Anglophiles all around the city! One Shakespeare-themed play—The Book of Will, at Main Street Theater through October 21—inspired us to take another look at one of the rarest yet most influential books in the MFAH collection.
Claude Cahun: “La Garçonne” in the Hirsch Library March 29, 2018
French artist Claude Cahun experimented with—and rewrote—the complexities of gender roles and identity.
Page-Turner Alert! MFAH Libraries Offer the Rare, Old & Beautiful August 24, 2017
Jon Evans, chief librarian and archivist for the Museum, spends many of his days roaming through towering stacks of books and building the Museum’s impressive collection at the Hirsch and Powell libraries.
Transcend the Simple Act of Seeing: Explore “10×10 Photobooks” at the Hirsch Library February 27, 2017
“A good photobook asks the reader to pick it up, smell its ink, and follow (or not follow) its sequence of images. This intimate experience is what makes a photobook special.” We at the Hirsch Library welcome you to a hands-on experience with “CLAP! – 10×10 Contemporary Latin American Photobooks.” On March 2 & 3, members of the New York–based nonprofit organization 10×10 Photobooksvisit …
