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1. Azalea Trail’s Blooms Mark Rienzi’s 20th Anniversary

   Feb 1, 2019 - Visit during Azalea Trail on March 1, 2 & 3. During this year’s annual Azalea Trail, which takes place the weekend of March 1 to 3, Rienzi celebrates not only its longtime participation with this Houston tradition, but also its 20th anniversary as a house museum. To the Mastersons, gardens were as much a part of the Rienzi ethos as 18th-century decorative arts and paintings.

2. A Closer Look at Vincent van Gogh’s 1887 “Self-Portrait”

   Jan 30, 2019 - His clothes distinguish him as a bourgeois gentleman. A halo of light blue dabs enlivens the neutral background around the head and upper shoulders, separating him from the background. This effect, however, was not Van Gogh’s intention—it resulted from the fading of a purple underlayer of color: A black-and-white photograph from 1908 shows the densely painted canvas, but fading had changed the image to its present A self-portrait painted in 1887 is featured in the exhibition Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art, which opens March 10.

3. Garden Varieties: The Natural Beauty of “Garden Paradise”

   Jan 25, 2019 - Natural Patterns Artists often reduced floral and animal motifs to a few simplified forms or shapes and repeated them to create allover, decorative patterns, as exemplified by a lovely blue-and-white bottle from The al-Sabah One particularly beautiful example is the Hossein Afshar Collection’s Blue Iris, a delicate single bloom executed with watercolor and ink. Beauty in Watercolor The garden and the flora and fauna that inhabit this carpet have had a profound impact across artistic media produced in Islamic lands.

4. “Eye-Catching” Houston: Capturing Our City through High Schoolers’ Lenses

   Jan 23, 2019 - —Jacqueline Trejo, Stephen F. I was asked by my photography teacher to take pictures representing what Houston means to me, and to me, Houston is the girl I love.” In addition to each image they submit, students are encouraged to share a description which often offers a personal and often poetic touch. Read on for a few examples.   “Most of my pictures are of the same girl.

5. Dancing Your Roots with the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

   Jan 18, 2019 - So a dancer from Houston could drop into a class in Tokyo, Sydney, or Madrid and feel right at home. Most people who participate don’t have a dance background, and many have never danced before in any style. The society offers participants a chance to learn and execute a dance form that retains its roots in steps, formations, and style—both in the intact antique dances and in the newer dances. As Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol draws to a close very soon, the Museum celebrates the exhibition’s final days with programs inspired by centuries of British history—from a final-weekend talk

6. “Stay the Course”: An Interview with Artist Joyce J. Scott

   Jan 16, 2019 - I’m sharing my love for ancient techniques—specifically African and indigenous techniques that are a part of who I am as well as a part of my culture. If someone sees my work, they can see that those cultures have a lot to offer, and that I have a lot to offer. Activism is primary and primal. Some say your work challenges the concept of jewelry as a wearable decoration. JS: It’s a different world now than when I started working. We have new technology, the competition is dense, and we’re working with a globally connected population.

7. The Perfect Family: John Waters’s “Serial Mom” Meets the Art of “Always Greener”

   Jan 14, 2019 - You’ll see the delightful downward spiral of a serial-killer mom, culminating with a courtroom scene. The jury is still out on whether Beverly goes free, but (spoiler alert!) “Always Greener” is on view in the Law Building, just outside Brown Auditorium Theater, through February 3. Campy, outrageous, a little gory, but also somehow incredibly wholesome, the movie is perfectly aligned with the exhibition’s sensibility.

8. A Spring of Songs! A Salute to Rienzi’s Founders and Their Love of Music

   Jan 11, 2019 - His music has a warm, cascading, full-string sound perfect for setting a mood or atmosphere while entertaining. On Broadway The Mastersons produced several plays and a Broadway musical titled Bajour. The hi-fi is located in a built-in space of the Living Room, along with a turntable and LP records, which were the focus of the project. Their musical patronage inspired our spring exhibition Broadway’s Amazing Mastersons, which opens March 2.

9. Radical Ink: “Beautifully Packed Dynamite” of El Techo de la Ballena

   Jan 9, 2019 - Edmundo Aray and Rodolfo Izaguire foldout designed for El Techo de la Ballena, Rayado sobre el techo (Scratched on the Roof), n° 2, May 1963, Hirsch Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.   On view in the exhibition are a selection of texts produced by one of the most radical artistic groups of the 20th century, El Techo de la Ballena (The Roof of the Whale). Now on View The publications—which one commentator aptly referred to as “a pack of beautifully packed dynamite”—promoted the group’s anarchic, violent, and aggressive stance toward politics and culture.

10. “A New Way of Seeing” with Vincent van Gogh

    Jan 8, 2019 - Van Gogh’s Life Like the exhibition, the documentary Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing, screening on February 1 & 2, surveys Van Gogh’s story from his earliest work up to his final days in France, using letters to family See the Armchair Travel presentation on February 1 & 2. The exhibition “Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art” is on view March 10–June 27. In anticipation of the spring exhibition, Armchair Travel—a film series featuring documentaries about hit exhibitions from around the world—shares a look at Van Gogh’s fascinating and deeply troubled world.