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  1. One on One with the Curator of Bayou Bend Gardens

    Feb 16, 2015 - Q) It’s been nearly a century since the legendary Ima Hogg had the idea for these splendid gardens, and now they are a favorite stop on Houston’s annual Azalea Trail. Q) What are the advantages of Bayou Bend’s proximity to Buffalo Bayou? A) The main advantage is the soil. Q) Bayou Bend Gardens is one of the most beautiful public gardens in America. What can we look forward to as spring approaches? A) In the spring, Bayou Bend is like the grand finale of a fireworks show.

  2. Classy, Tragic Love: Romance in the French New Wave

    Feb 4, 2015 - • A Man and a Woman (1966) | Directed by Claude Lelouch A chance meeting between a widower (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who's a professional race-car driver and a widow (Anouk Aimée) turns into something deeper, even as trust The 1959 film about a torrid, tortured romance between a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) in post-nuclear Hiroshima was a major catalyst for the French New Wave, a film movement that featured Simply calling Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima mon amour a love story doesn’t do it justice.

  3. Need to Know: 3 Things about “A History of Photography”

    Jan 27, 2015 - Enjoy the View 1) Leading off the installation is View of Paris, a new acquisition that is also the earliest image in the collection. When curator Malcolm Daniel came to the MFAH from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art about a year ago, he couldn’t wait to share those treasures in a new light. The result? Be sure to catch this rotation of A History of Photography before it closes on March 8. Then come see the next group of selections, opening the following week on March 17.

  4. #FutureMFAH

    Jan 19, 2015 - A new restaurant and theater? Check. Public plazas and reflecting pools? A walkable 14-acre campus? A translucent building to display 20th- and 21st-century art? Yes! All of the above, and more, for the future Fayez S. Over the next five years, the campus is undergoing a dramatic redevelopment, adding three new structures: another major gallery building, a conservation center, and a new home for the Glassell School of Art. by Mies, adds a new entrance lobby, an expansive second-floor gallery, and a theater. 1986 | The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, by American landscape architect and sculptor Isamu Noguchi, takes a modern approach

  5. “Monet and the Seine” Brings an Icy Wonderland to Houston

    Jan 2, 2015 - The exhibition is on view through February 1. He set up his easel—and a coal-heated stove for warmth—along the Seine and proceeded to capture the glistening winter landscape. The Ice Floes (Les Glaçons) This magnificently large canvas (nearly 5 feet wide) is the culmination of Monet’s paintings of the ice floes on the frozen Seine.

  6. A Holiday Look at “The Annunciation to the Shepherds”

    Dec 18, 2014 - But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.”  (Luke 2:8–11, New Revised Standard Version of the Bible) The Annunciation to the Shepherds, the colorful painting by Dutch Calvinist Joachim Wtewael (1566–1638) in the collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, is French theologian John Calvin reminded his readers that life on earth is continual warfare, and Calvin interpreted the peace promised by the angels as a purely inner tranquility resulting from reconciliation with God.

  7. Lions, Tigers, and . . . Llamas? Exploring the Ancient American Cosmos

    Dec 5, 2014 - The idea for the exhibition Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art began when I subscribed to International Wildlife as a teenager. Underworld Stingrays—like one shown in a gold pendant (slideshow image #3)—and other miraculous water-dwelling animals possessed fins and lived in the watery Underworld Realm. Instead of boy-band posters on my bedroom wall, I had pages torn from this magazine.

  8. Her Starfish Will Lure You In

    Nov 26, 2014 - “I realized that starfish have five limbs,” she says, “and we have five fingers, and I thought, oh my!” She orders the starfish from a souvenir-supply company, and even though the brilliant colors of the starfish fade over time, she prefers to preserve them in their natural state, rather than adding any paint or pigment.

  9. Lightning Strikes: Installing “Albero folgorato”

    Aug 24, 2014 - What does it take to install a 36-foot-tall, 2-ton sculpture of a cast-bronze tree in the heart of the Houston Museum District? drama of a bolt from the heavens. With the final touch—a branch—in position, a successful installation was realized after months of hard work!

  10. Operating on Art: Treating Walker Evans’s “Banda Headdress”

    Aug 1, 2014 - After this—and countless other valuable experiences I have had at the MFAH—I look forward to demonstrating everything I learned during my graduation presentation and in my new fellowship position this fall in San Francisco. reversible materials and techniques so that a future conservator can undo the repairs if necessary. Over the past year, I have had the privilege of completing my internship with the wonderful staff and art collections at the MFAH.