Inside the MFAH Posts tagged #mfah
“Inside the MFAH” provides perspectives, conversations, and opinions from insiders at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
3 Questions for Artist Dario Robleto August 12, 2019
Houston artist Dario Robleto talks about the importance of recorded music in his work.
“Pre-Code” Films Explained: 3 Questions July 13, 2019
As the Museum’s summer repertory film series “Cracking the (Pre) Code” heats up, we pose some burning questions to our guest programmer.
MFAH Films: Hollywood’s “Pre-Code” Era July 7, 2019
See a lineup of exciting and provocative films from the “Pre-Code” era of Hollywood.
William Forsythe Inspires Movement with “Choreographic Objects” July 2, 2019
Dancers from Houston’s Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) were among the first to experience the immersive exhibition William Forsythe: Choreographic Objects.
Photography at the Nexus of Music and Fashion June 24, 2019
Icons of Style showcases a century of trendsetting musicians and chic models striking a pose.
Following the Road to “Aferim!” June 1, 2016
The films we show at the Museum give audiences the opportunity to see movies on the big screen, and we work with many film distributors who share that goal.
Meet the Chef: Marlies Wasterval May 26, 2016
The MFA Café celebrates the art of eating well, with exciting changes to the menu—from the new weekend brunch to added dishes that emphasize local, fresh ingredients—and to the kitchen. New executive chef Marlies Wasterval is hard at work serving up Italian fare with a Texas flair. A native Houstonian, Wasterval joins the Museum after crafting impeccable dishes all over the world, most recently …
Winterhalter, Meet Worth May 11, 2016
Fashionable women all across 19th-century Europe once clamored to pose for Franz X. Winterhalter, because what could be trendier than a portrait by the painter who could best capture the delicate elegance of a chic gown designed by Charles Frederick Worth, the world’s first couturier? The clientele of the two overlapped considerably, as Worth designed extensively for Napoleon III’s court and …
Photography and Film Intersections: Laura Israel Presents Robert Frank March 23, 2016
Houston film and photography aficionados have something exciting to look forward to: the visit of Laura Israelon April 8 and 9. The go-to editor for New York’s film and music-video producers for years, Israel has maintained an active, parallel career working closely with Robert Frank, the legendary photographer and filmmaker. Frank, 91, initially recruited her to edit music videos he directed for …
Arte Concreta at the MFAH February 1, 2016
On December 4, 1956, the Museu de Arte Moderna (Museum of Modern Art) in São Paulo, Brazil, inaugurated the Ia Exposição Nacional de Arte Concreta (First National Exhibition of Concrete Art), an event that brought together poets and visual artists from the country’s two main cultural centers: São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The exhibition later traveled to the Ministry of Education and Health in Rio …
