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  1. Origin Stories of Latin American and Latino Art, Shared through a Newly Expanded Online Archive

    Apr 7, 2020 - Art” by Sybil Venegas in ChismeArte; and the 1980 essay “Some thoughts concerning the exhibit of Hispanic-American Art in Chicago” by Victor A. Invaluable Insight The digital archive establishes a comparative history of art in this region, presenting invaluable evidence about how artists, writers, and intellectuals sought to define or challenge notions of national art Additional highlights include a 1944 essay by Rhod Rothfuss from Arturo magazine; the collective statement Tucumán Arde (Tucumán Is Burning) from 1968; the 1970 brochure “Con Safo”; the 1977 essay “Conditions for Producing Chicana

  2. Movie Night with MFAH Films “And Then We Danced”

    Apr 6, 2020 - And Then We Danced follows Merab, a talented dancer in Tbilisi, capital of the country of Georgia.  See a screening of “And Then We Danced” at home from April 8 to April 14. One ticket provides access to the film for 48 hours. Your purchase ($12) supports the MFAH. WATCH NOW Paired in a troupe with a young woman who is also his girlfriend, Merab sees his role threatened when newcomer Irakli arrives. At the same time, Merab unexpectedly finds himself attracted to the young man.

  3. 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. Learn more about “Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library.”   James Anno joins Mariana Cano for “Coffee with a Curator” via Instagram Live Friday, April 10, at 3 p.m. JA: The MFAH is a place for all people. We strive, through our exhibitions and programs, to stimulate the imagination and intellect of everyone who comes through our doors.

  4. 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 Additional Tips • When making art at home, I like to commit to one activity that we’ll all do, but at varied degrees of difficulty. I try to make it feel like an exciting event. 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?”

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

    Apr 1, 2020 - a work of art in a museum or gallery. 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 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

  6. 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. Visitors explored key passages of his life and evolution as an artist through more than 50 masterworks in Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art.

  7. 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. The platform also features online exhibitions and even offers virtual tours through the MFAH galleries and the two house museums: Rienzi and Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens.

  8. 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. As Wesley Morris wrote in the New York Times, the stakes “are simultaneously huge and small. The Turners don’t need much. Some stability; a steady income, of course; more time would be a dream. As a result, the couple and their two worried teenage children are pushed to the breaking point.

  9. 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.

  10. 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 crate from an MFAH storage facility; and finished with Cloud Column being skillfully hoisted into place and uncrated at its permanent home: The Brown Foundation, Inc.