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  1. MFAH Films: Hollywood’s “Pre-Code” Era

    Jul 7, 2019 - With Goldstein as guest programmer, MFAH Films coordinated a lineup of exciting and provocative films from the “Pre-Code” era of Hollywood. Veteran film critic J. Prior to my internship at the MFAH, I wrongly believed that all mainstream films before 1960 were products of an era of censorship. I was unaware that large-scale, Hollywood-backed films could be raunchy, crass, and edgy. 1) “Adultery … must not be explicitly treated, or justified, or presented attractively.”

  2. William Forsythe Inspires Movement with “Choreographic Objects”

    Jul 2, 2019 - “I immediately wanted to be all up in that,” Jones said. “I wanted to be around it, in it, under it, suspended in it. I wanted to improvise, I wanted to react to it and react because of it.” That facet of his work was a revelation to the students. “I think they were surprised to see that Mr. Forsythe’s reach goes far beyond his role as a choreographer in a literal sense,” Jones said. “Although I have never worked with Forsythe, my impression of him as a choreographer is that he’s a risk taker,” said their instructor, Courtney Jones.

  3. Photography at the Nexus of Music and Fashion

    Jun 24, 2019 - Paving the Way In the 1980s, nascent hip-hop groups like Run-DMC introduced a new look in addition to a new sound: all-black clothes, white Adidas sneakers, and “dookie chains” (heavy gold rope necklaces). These photographs are among more than 200 featured in the exhibition Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography. In a now-iconic black-and-white picture taken in 1985 by photographer Glen E. Friedman, Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons, Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels, and Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell don their signature matching fedoras.

  4. Celebrate the 4th of July with George Washington at Bayou Bend

    Jun 19, 2019 - Having said that, I’m a student of George Washington, so I’m still learning, too.  Join the fun at Bayou Bend’s 4th of July Celebration on Thursday, July 4, from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free! A Visit from George Washington As a special highlight this year, historical interpreter Wesley Wright visits Bayou Bend in the role of George Washington. In telling stories about Washington and events in his life, I find that we all are fascinated by him and the period in which he lived.

  5. Harry Bertoia: The Miracle of Sound

    Jun 18, 2019 - A Continuing Process The first Sound Sculpture came about by chance in the late 1950s. “I accidentally struck one rod when I wanted to bend it,” Bertoia recounted. “The sound echoed in my mind for a very long time. A Design Revolution Uniting manual traditions of craft with new technologies, the Cranbrook faculty ignited a design revolution in America. Then it initiated a deliberate gesture in search of understanding what a group of wires would do—and the process is still going on.”

  6. Music on the Plaza: Artist Emily Fens and “Brainbloom”

    May 24, 2019 - Music on the Plaza takes place Friday, August 9, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Come ready for your skin to be a canvas, and look forward to creating wearable Brainblooms of your own. Wear white, and between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. become a canvas for the projections of my artwork!  Plan your visit!  In anticipation of Music on the Plaza on August 9, we asked Fens a few questions about Brainbloom, the installation she conceived for the event.

  7. Natural Melodies: Music for Touring Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

    May 23, 2019 - Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Situated in the center of a highly ornamental, circular garden, Clio pairs with Gnossienne no. 5 from French composer Erik Satie. A Beautiful Beginning The musical accompaniment begins at Clio, a statue of the Greek muse of history commissioned from Italian sculptor Antonio Frilli.

  8. Spectacular Dinner Toasts Rienzi’s Collection of Spanish and Mexican Decorative Arts

    May 20, 2019 - On Tuesday, May 21, guests experience the complex flavors of mezcal and Oaxacan cuisine at a historically inspired dinner. 

  9. “Latin Wave” Returns with 11 New Films from Latin America

    May 1, 2019 - The 14th edition takes place Thursday to Sunday, May 2 to 5, with 11 films on the big screen in Brown Auditorium Theater. The festival closes Sunday, May 5, with The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste García (below right), a Cuban comedy about aliens. An Extraordinary Journey Unfolds Latin Wave opens Thursday, May 2, with Violeta at Last (below left), the story of an intrepid woman of a certain age.

  10. Separate Studies: Jack Whitten’s Untold Sculpture Practice

    Apr 25, 2019 - The totem features abstracted faces stacked on each other and is topped with a head of a llama—a symbol of intelligence and a self-portrait of the artist. At the media preview for the exhibition, the artist’s widow, Mary Whitten, said “Just so you know, I always thought it was a deer … it’s a llama. Why he picked a llama? I don’t know. Surprises about him.” Jack Whitten, a renowned painter recognized for his ingenuity and mesmerizing abstractions, also had a separate passion for sculpture.