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  1. Art You Can Live With: A Look inside the Re-Installed Arts of Japan Gallery

    Aug 18, 2017 - You can study this scroll for a long time and continue to find new details, like a small frog barely visible against a lily pad. A Place of Comfort Although the Arts of Japan Gallery houses several impressive works of art, their ties to domesticity create a space that is surprisingly intimate. In addition to a recently installed selection of works from the MFAH collections, the space received a fresh coat of paint: The new wall color resembles the interiors of the traditional machiya townhomes of Kyoto during the Edo

  2. Caricaturing a Caricaturist: Thomas Nast Today

    Aug 15, 2017 - with a bag of money for a head. I sat down with Maria to discuss what she sees in Nast and his work today. The shape of his face was somewhat difficult to capture, since it’s round though he wasn’t a heavyset man. But to be honest, I think his features are more difficult to exaggerate than his highly distinctive facial hair!

  3. The MFAH Book Club Goes Digital!

    Aug 7, 2017 - Inspired by the book’s themes, the tours are a great opportunity to meet fellow MFAH Book Club members and engage with the art in the MFAH collections. Now, you can enjoy book club discussions from home or on a mobile device, at your own pace. Simply read (or listen—we recommend audiobooks to lighten up your Houston commute!)

  4. MFAH Films Celebrates the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema

    Aug 3, 2017 - Mexican Modernism: The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema is not only a treat for movie lovers like me, but also a natural complement to the exhibition Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950. This summer, the Museum brings a selection of extraordinary films from Mexico to the big screen! In addition to its role in international relations, Mexican cinema was a popular art that combined stories and ideas as it celebrated the country’s history, culture, music, and way of life.

  5. Paint the USA: A Time Line of “Mexican Modernism” Artists in America

    Jul 26, 2017 - His stay is a short one, as his visa runs out and he returns to Mexico after a few months. A strong support network and market for their art drew prominent Mexican painters northward. –1950—before moving back to Mexico the following year. 1929 Alfredo Ramos Martínez immigrates to Los Angeles, where he gains a following among collectors and institutions for his depictions of a picturesque world of Mexican

  6. Glassell-on-the-Go Brings a World of Art to Houston-Area Students

    Jul 24, 2017 - You can see art by students from the 2016–17 school year now, in a new MFAH exhibition that showcases a variety of materials and the new techniques they learned. This program, which lasts 24 weeks, offers students a way to slow down and practice making careful observations.

  7. A Closer Look at “Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians—The Mohammed Afkhami Collection”

    Jul 21, 2017 - a vast underwater panorama. A part of the artist’s ongoing Metamorphosis series, it displays every imaginable form of aquatic life. Both use discreet details in their beautifully rendered drawings as a subtle form of social critique, building upon and challenging tradition.  

  8. A Summer Salute to Legendary Actor Alec Guinness

    Jul 5, 2017 - See the full schedule and get tickets for the series, screening July 7–August 5. De Havilland turned 101 on July 1, and her celebration is a hard act to follow! But we’ve found a worthy successor in this summer’s series, Alec Guinness: An Actor for All Seasons. The film marked a reunion with Lean after a nearly decade-long lapse, but a variety of troubles plagued the production, and at one point, the two were not on speaking terms.

  9. Every Dot Knows Where It Is: A Chat with Pipilotti Rist

    Jun 26, 2017 - E. Goldschmidt made the cases one by one with a template and a mold, but no two are exactly alike in shape or effect. A machine is always only an extension of our body. For example, a camera is a bad, simple copy of our very complex eye system. I read your quote “I am interested in the combination of nature and technology; these are not two different things,” and I really liked that idea. How do nature and technology meld in this exhibition?

  10. Jazz on Film Returns

    May 31, 2017 - The score works as high-end mood music, and the swinging, influential jazz soundtrack by Johnny Mandell—who wrote the theme from M*A*S*H—features saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. Here’s a preview of the seven selections—a mix of old, new, and rediscovered—that come to our big screen this month: Jazz on Film Begins! Jazz on Film kicks off with the 1958 docudrama I Want to Live! , starring Oscar winner Susan Hayward as Barbara Graham, a death-row inmate in California.