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  1. Georges Braque: A Retrospective

    See the Work of Two Great Modernists in Houston While Georges Braque: A Retrospective is on view, the Menil Collection presents a pair of exhibitions devoted to the work of renowned Surrealist artist René Magritte (1898– The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for Georges Braque: A Retrospective, which premiered at the Grand Palais in Paris and has been organized to mark the 50th anniversary of the French artist’s death.

  2. Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs

    The images needed to command a reader’s attention and entice a passerby to stop and purchase the publication. Magazines grew quickly in number and specialty, to a peak reached between 1920 and the 1980s. Photographs have come a long way since the first halftone—a picture of Steinway Hall in Manhattan—was published in the New York Daily Graphic in 1873.

  3. Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography (2014)

    This year, students from three schools—Bellaire High School, César E. Chávez High School, and Jack Yates High School—recorded daily life in their communities.

  4. The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

    Lead Corporate Sponsor: TMK IPSCO Additional generous funding is provided by: Margaret Alkek Williams Lisa and Downing Mears GDF SUEZ M. D. Anderson Foundation Mr. Samuel F. Gorman Birgitt Van Wijk Exhibition Shop and Catalogue Visit the Great French Impressionists Shop for a variety of merchandise related to the art on view. The Clark launched the collection tour in 2011 at the Palazzo Reale in Milan, coinciding with a three-year expansion of the Clark's Williamstown, Massachusetts, facility.

  5. Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    The surprising discoveries on display in Roads of Arabia open a new window onto the culture and economy of this ancient civilization. The unprecedented assembly made its U.S. debut at the Smithsonian Institution’s Arthur M. and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia examines the impact of ancient trade routes that traversed the Arabian Peninsula, carrying precious frankincense and myrrh to Mesopotamia and the Greco-Roman world and allowing for a available through the MFA Shop (713.639.7360) and the Museum’s Hirsch Library (713.639.7325).Installation Time-Lapse Video "Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" is organized by the Arthur M.

  6. Jan Banning: Bureaucratics

    A few offices feature stuffed animals, plants, and photographs, including a picture of John Wayne in a Texas sheriff’s office. Shot from a uniform height, that of a client entering the office, the photographs engender a sense of the relationship between representative of the state and individual citizen. Some decorations, like portraits of a nation’s founder or ruler, might be required by the employer; others are clearly choices made by the employees. Flags and calendars are prevalent.

  7. Pattern Repeat: Wallpaper Then and Now

    Wallpaper elicits strong, almost visceral, emotions for many people, as evidenced by the reported last words of the great 19th-century Irish wit Oscar Wilde: “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. However, wallpaper is seeing a resurgence in contemporary interiors and has become part of the design conversation again. 

  8. Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona

    Generous funding is provided by: Gail and Louis K. Adler Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP The catalogue for this exhibition receives funding from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund. Within his own lifetime, Berni witnessed his creations—Juanito, a boy of the shantytowns, and Ramona, a working-class woman forced into prostitution—become popular legends and folk heroes. well as the first Berni exhibition organized by a U.S. museum in nearly 50 years.

  9. American Adversaries: West and Copley in a Transatlantic World

    . / Carla Knobloch            The catalogue for this exhibition receives generous funding from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund. A Closer LookDuring the run of the exhibition, an interactive online feature provides additional details and context about The Death of General Wolfe and Watson and the Shark.  Ruth K. This major exhibition is the first to offer a revealing look at their ambitious, competitive, and highly successful lives.

  10. Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna, 1897–1907

    Cecily E. Horton Anne Lamkin Kinder Karol Kreymer / Robert J. Card, M.D. Mithoff Family Foundation Lauren Rottet The Schissler Foundation Leslie and Shannon Sasser Louis H. Skidmore, Jr. Generous funding is provided by: John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation The Susan Vaughan Foundation The Margaret Cooke Skidmore Exhibition Endowment Dr. Marjorie G. His art is often characterized by precise geometric styles and frequently uses a black-and-white grid pattern.