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  1. How to Make an Artist’s Manifesto: Recipe for Revolution

    Dec 2, 2015 - How to make an artist’s manifesto As Futurist leader F. T. In his pithy style, Tzara wrote that “to proclaim a manifesto you have to want: A.B.C., thunder against 1, 2, 3, lose your patience and sharpen your wings to conquer and spread little ABCs and big ABCs . . .” Step 3 Antagonize a group and pit “us” against “them” in an aggressive call for action.

  2. “In Nature, every bit of life is lovely”: Roman Vishniac’s Photomicroscopy

    Nov 18, 2015 - A Lifelong Passion Vishniac’s interest in the natural world began at an early age. When he turned 7, his birthday gifts were a camera and a microscope: tools he would use together for the rest of his life.  Although it might come as a surprise to those who know Roman Vishniac as an important documentary photographer, he is every bit as famous a pioneer in an entirely different field: scientific photography. Documenting Science & Society After immigrating to the United States in 1940, Vishniac worked to establish himself as a freelancer in the scientific community while making his living as a portrait photographer. 

  3. Three Questions for Christopher Rothko

    Nov 4, 2015 - The exhibition Mark Rothko: A Retrospective brought to Houston—its only U.S. venue—a visit from a top Rothko scholar who also happens to be the artist’s son. This group of works has a closer connection to my father. 2. Does Houston offer a special context for your father’s work? I think of Houston as maybe the central Rothko city. To have a relationship with Rothko is necessarily to have a personal relationship.

  4. Rediscovered: Roman Vishniac’s Social Documentary Practice

    Oct 14, 2015 - Most of Vishniac’s published photographs were carefully selected to convey a particular message to elicit a particular response. If at times Vishniac crafted a particular story for an image, he did so in order to use photography to protect a people and their legacy. This broader scope reveals a markedly modern world with a vibrant lifestyle in which secular and religious, urban and rural, and wealthy and poor mingled freely.

  5. What is Abstract Expressionism?

    Sep 30, 2015 - At the same time, Pollock, a student of Thomas Hart Benton, painted rural landscapes. See the scope of one Abstract Expressionist pioneer’s career in “Mark Rothko: A Retrospective,” on view through January 24. Despite their different styles, the Abstract Expressionists stressed the importance of directness in painting and shared a strong belief in the power of abstraction to convey timeless meaning.

  6. Noguchi Was Here

    Sep 25, 2015 - Because it’s a sphere, you can’t just place it on the back of the flatbed without securing it. I asked a local metal fabricator to make a custom cradle. Four pieces of glass on a stainless-steel framework create a triangle, one sheet of which weighs a couple hundred pounds. Dan Graham’s Triangular Solid with Circular Inserts, Variation F also had to be moved, because it's right in the path of a planned underground tunnel.

  7. The Art of the Short Film

    Sep 14, 2015 - I wonder if that will be the case again this year? Martin Scorsese memorably interviewed his parents early in his career for a short film, Italianamerican. On Saturday and Sunday, September 26 and 27, the Museum presents the 2015 “Manhattan Short” Film Festival, a perennial favorite.

  8. Preparations Begin

    Aug 31, 2015 - A webcam installed on a nearby roof will provide 24/7 live coverage. Things will kick off with a free, block-party special edition of Mixed Media on the evening of Friday, October 16. Art handlers carefully relocated a few artworks from the Cullen Sculpture Garden to storage, and the architects finalized designs for the school. Food trucks will line Bissonnet and DJs will take over the Cullen Sculpture Garden as the Museum turns its regular late-night dance party into a neighborhood bash. Follow our progress at mfah.org/future or #FutureMFAH.

  9. Habsburg Chic

    Aug 19, 2015 -  (4)   Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain is dressed in a close-fitting bodice, false sleeves, and a hoop skirt called a guardainfante.   (2)   Symbols such as a wing and a herald’s staff indicate that this intricately carved cameo is a tiny portrait of the Roman god Mercury.  (8)   Court etiquette dictated that expensive servants' attire, such as this calf-length ceremonial coat worn by a coachman, enhanced the status of a house.

  10. Challenge the Monotony! See This Film

    Aug 4, 2015 - Hunters in the Snow • Sweden Set On paper, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is a feature film shot over four years entirely on a Swedish movie set.  Watch the Trailer and Get Tickets A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is here for one weekend only, August 14–16, with screenings at 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday, and 5 p.m. Sunday. Info & Tickets I invite you to join us for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, screening on August 14, 15, and 16. • Houston Premiere Do you enjoy the whims of Terry Gilliam, but prefer the aesthetics of Wes Anderson?