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  1. Looking at “Art of the Islamic Worlds” in a Digital Exhibition

    Feb 22, 2018 - To help you visualize how a 16th-century tile would have been used, I inserted an immersive interior view of a mosque, located in Istanbul, into Art of the Islamic Worlds. Here are a couple of highlights. Keep an eye out for these immersive details as you explore the exhibition! I experienced magnificent architecture and lush gardens, and read beautiful calligraphic texts—all from my desk at the MFAH.

  2. A Valentine’s Day Guide to Meddling Gods & Broken Hearts

    Feb 12, 2018 - prince, and Dido, queen of Carthage, are on a hunting trip when they’re caught in a sudden rainstorm: a scheme cooked up by Roman goddesses Juno and Venus. Francesco Solimena, The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas, c. 1712–14 Location: Beck Building, second floor Aeneas & Dido This monumental painting features a scene from Virgil’s epic poem, the Aeneid, in which Aeneas, a Trojan As punishment, she transforms him into a stag, and his hounds hunt him down.    

  3. Love, Longing & Desire in “Bestowing Beauty”

    Feb 2, 2018 - Mirror Case (detail), Iran, probably Shiraz, mid-19th century A Song of Love The rose and the nightingale (gul u bulbul), a popular element in Persian poetry and art that is represented on a mirror case in the exhibition, well-dressed Safavid nobleman embracing a young woman. Pen Case (Qalamdan), Iran, probably Isfahan, late 17th century An Exotic Embrace Likewise, a qalamdan, or pen case, utilizes European-style landscapes and portrait medallions to complement the amorous tone of the lovers: a

  4. Sight, Sound & Cinematic Motion: The Mary Ellen Bute Retrospective at MFAH Films

    Jan 26, 2018 - Her films encompass a range of visual expression both familiar and unconventional. Get tickets for “Seeing Sound: Mary Ellen Bute Retrospective” on Saturday, February 3.  After the screening, stick around for a discussion with scholar and independent curator Kit Smyth Basquin, Ph.D.

  5. Inspired by Oscar! See the winning looks from Fashion Fusion

    Jan 24, 2018 - A competition that culminates in a live runway show and judging at the Museum, Fashion Fusion encourages students and alumni to create garments centered around the art on view in an MFAH exhibition. Out of the 24 garments that made it to the catwalk, a panel of judges selected two winners in each of the four categories—one current student and one alum. The audience voted for a favorite garment, too!  A double winner at Fashion Fusion, this voluminous red jumpsuit evokes the ruffles of de la Renta’s romantic “Custom Evening Ensemble,” worn by Mica Ertegun, as well as a dress that Beyoncé wore for Vogue.

  6. Conflict at “HOME”: Miguel Ángel Rojas & “Nowadays”

    Jan 18, 2018 - “As a Latin American artist, I like to think of our relationship between the first world and Latin America as our home, as a territory which involves our home,” he said. A closer look shows that the words in Rojas’s work are made not of ink or vinyl stickers, but of coca leaves: a reference to the leaves’ byproduct, cocaine. The exhibition takes its title from this quote—an installation by Colombian artist Miguel Ángel Rojas, titled Nowadays, which in turn borrows the phrase from a 1956 Pop art collage by British artist Richard Hamilton.

  7. Home Taken Away: Camilo Ontiveros & “Temporary Storage”

    Jan 12, 2018 - You can see a robe, a suit, boxing gloves, a basketball, and other items strapped to a bed and balanced precariously on a pair of sawhorses. What does “home” look like when it is not a certainty? For the original version of Temporary Storage in 2009, Ontiveros gathered his own possessions—a mattress, a bicycle, suitcases, clothes, and other household items—and bundled them with ropes and plastic, evoking the domestic cargo

  8. Hear Her Voice! MFAH Films Presents the 25th Houston Iranian Film Festival

    Jan 11, 2018 - “It is, first of all, a story about human beings, about love, dreams, hope. It’s a universal story about a young girl trying to get free.” “I wanted the world to understand all the limitations an Iranian girl faces.” Breath (Nafas) tells the story of war and revolution through the eyes of Bahar, an imaginative 9-year-old girl who spends her time daydreaming as a way to make sense of the world’s harsh realities.

  9. “Little Known, Little Objects”: Glittering Chinese Buddhist Figures from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection

    Jan 9, 2018 - Though small in scale, the objects evoke a sense of serenity—a feature that attracted the interest of collectors Jane and Leopold Swergold. Leopold Swergold: I’ve done a lot of research and wrote a catalogue for Columbia University’s collection of Chinese stone sculptures. JS: I think some people collect things so that they have one of everything or one of each type. We’ve never really done that.

  10. Separation from Home: Pepón Osorio & “Badge of Honor”

    Jan 5, 2018 - In Badge of Honor, a two-room installation on view in the exhibition HOME—So Different, So Appealing, Pepón Osorio examines what “home” is like for a family separated by a father’s incarceration. For many, the idea of a perfect home is far from reality. The boy says at one point, “Dad, I would be willing to give up anything just to have you home,” and lists the things in his room that he would trade for his father’s presence—a reminder that home doesn’t have to be a physical