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  1. From Spain to Houston: Q&A with Curator James Anno

    Apr 5, 2020 - Presenting the exhibition in a coherent and compelling manner is like putting together a puzzle, figuring out how the objects can relate to one another in space to tell a story. ”   James Anno joins Mariana Cano for “Coffee with a Curator” via Instagram Live Friday, April 10, at 3 p.m. Watch the conversation here.     JA: I am very impressed by the Diego Velázquez portrait Camillo Astalli, Known as Cardinal Pamphili. Velázquez captures the inner life of his subject: Camillo Astalli appears proud and perhaps a little arrogant.

  2. Family-Friendly Art Activities at Home

    Apr 1, 2020 - Simple questions go a long way, and parents don’t need to have the answers. 4) Music and Dancing Music really sets the mood, so it’s a great tool for letting kids know it’s time to get up and move around, or it’s time to relax , we sat outside and spent a few minutes listening, looking, and smelling. Last, we drew a picture representing each sentence. 3) “Careful Looking” Activities One of my favorite things to ask children when they’re looking at art is simply, “What do you see?”

  3. For Slow Art Day, Cai Guo-Qiang’s “Odyssey”

    Apr 1, 2020 - a work of art in a museum or gallery. Saturday, April 4, is the 10th annual worldwide Slow Art Day, when all of us are encouraged to spend real time with a work of art: at least 5 to 10 minutes—more than the 30 seconds studies have shown is our average when we encounter Watch as the artist, along with dozens of volunteers and MFAH staff as his assistants, realizes this monumental work in a Houston warehouse, using brushes and ink; X-Acto knives and craft-paper stencils; hand-laid hemp paper

  4. Vincent van Gogh in Houston

    Apr 1, 2020 - Van Gogh’s incomparable life and art inspired Jeremy Hamilton-Arnold, guest services coordinator at the MFAH, to take a walk in the artist’s shoes. Watch below to see Vincent van Gogh in Houston.

  5. MFAH on the Go: Google Arts & Culture

    Mar 31, 2020 - Visitors get a glimpse into the encyclopedic MFAH collections with nearly 7,000 images available at their fingertips. Long before launching #MFAHatHome this year, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, joined thousands of other museums worldwide in creating a virtual online experience through the Google Arts & Culture platform.

  6. Movie Night with MFAH Films “Sorry We Missed You”

    Mar 30, 2020 - To work his way out of the mountain of debt the family has amassed, Ricky gets a job as a package courier. But the new venture forces his wife, Abby, a home attendant, to sell her car so Ricky can purchase a van. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety A Resonant Chord Especially now, in a time when it seems everybody is feeling the need to work even when their health is on the line, the film strikes a tremendously resonant chord with its socially ”  See a screening of “Sorry We Missed You” at home. One ticket provides access to the film for five days. Your purchase ($12) supports the MFAH. WATCH HERE (April 1–14)

  7. A World-Famous Rediscovery

    Mar 30, 2020 - A French art dealer, Philippe Mendes, had notified MFAH Director Gary Tinterow that a long-lost painting by revered 19th-century Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix had surfaced from a Parisian apartment.  Last summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, became part of the much-discussed story surrounding a startling discovery in Paris. After a year of directing the research to authenticate and conserve the painting, Mendes was offering it for purchase.

  8. A “Cloud Column” Anniversary

    Mar 27, 2020 - Two years ago today, a team of engineers and MFAH art handlers gently settled Houston’s now-iconic Cloud Column into place—all 21,000 pounds of it. Watch and listen as artist Anish Kapoor’s project manager describes how the monumental sculpture completed its journey, which started with an Atlantic crossing from England; continued with careful transport by truck in a custom-made

  9. Understanding Francis Bacon

    Mar 25, 2020 - “What makes Francis Bacon an important artist and Francis Bacon: Late Paintings both a visual knockout and a philosophical punch to the gut is that [he] is a preternaturally talented painter,” the Wall Street Journal’s Peter Plagens

  10. A Radical Concept: Fall into “Pratone”

    Mar 25, 2020 - Award-winning designer Laura Umansky, Houston-based founder of Laura U Interior Design, talks 1970s design in the video “Big Meadow." Watch below to see more about the surprising, joyful “Pratone.” Pratone—a stand-out work in the exhibition Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection—draws upon nature, Pop Art, and innovative functionality, culminating in an inviting patch of foam grass that was designed