Inside the MFAH
“Inside the MFAH” provides perspectives, conversations, and opinions from insiders at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Garden Varieties: The Natural Beauty of “Garden Paradise” January 25, 2019
Gardens have long been celebrated in Islamic art as symbols of earthly paradise.
“Eye-Catching” Houston: Capturing Our City through High Schoolers’ Lenses January 23, 2019
For nearly 25 years, Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography has showcased Houston’s diversity through the eyes of local high school students.
Dancing Your Roots with the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society January 18, 2019
The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, performing on Thursday, January 24, in conjunction with Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol, brings a uniquely Scottish tradition to audiences across the world.
“Stay the Course”: An Interview with Artist Joyce J. Scott January 16, 2019
Artist Joyce J. Scott’s work lives at the intersection of craft histories, contemporary art, figurative sculpture, storytelling, and political activism.
The Perfect Family: John Waters’s “Serial Mom” Meets the Art of “Always Greener” January 14, 2019
The movie, screening on January 17, complements the sensibility of the art on view in the exhibition Always Greener: Seeing and Seeking Suburbia.
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.
“A New Way of Seeing” with Vincent van Gogh January 8, 2019
The documentary Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing, screening on February 1 & 2, is an early complement to the MFAH exhibition of the artist’s work opening in March.
Royal Rivals: Queen Elizabeth I & Mary, Queen of Scots January 4, 2019
The story of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, has inspired many fictional tales. Although such stories are speculation, we can certainly tell from the paintings of the rulers, on view in Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol, that they were quite different people.
Happy New Year! A Look at 2018 in Numbers January 1, 2019
2018 was one of our biggest years ever! Watch a look back at some of the numbers that added up to a great year.
