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1. All Aboard the Texas-Inspired Train Display at Christmas Village

   Dec 21, 2018 - TB: I like the Cadillac Ranch section. I think the cars’ colorful irreverence really captures a special quality of Texas. This year, with the new Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation, we could set up in a number of spaces, including a fully outfitted woodshop, under one roof. Do you have a favorite part of the new display? I spoke with Pine and Boyd about what guests can expect to find under the tree at Christmas Village, which continues through January 5.How did you choose the new landscape and other features?

2. Rediscovering a Velázquez: The Attribution of “Kitchen Maid”

   Dec 18, 2018 - One of the Museum’s biggest announcements of 2018 involves a 17th-century painting that, for years, was on view at Rienzi with a label that read “In the style of Diego Velázquez.” Hit “play” below to watch Bomford discuss Kitchen Maid, on view on the second floor of the Beck Building—alongside a new label that reads “Attributed to Diego Velázquez.” After extensive conservation and research, Zahira Bomford, senior conservator of paintings, concluded that Kitchen Maid is attributable to the Spanish master himself.

3. Happy Birthday, Xul Solar: A Closer Look at the Argentinean Artist’s Work

   Dec 14, 2018 - From the beginning, the artist desired to “found a new religion on my art and create a world for my followers,” as he wrote in his personal journal in 1912. This new world led the artist to create his own language: Neo-Creole. A fusion of Portuguese and Spanish, Neo-Creole also incorporated English, French, German, Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit roots. A new writing system accompanied the language, which he deemed as magical and perfect. Xul chose Neo-Creole to communicate in his daily life, and he was driven increasingly by astrology and other occult traditions.

4. Top 12 Wintry Works of Art, Selected by MFAH Curatorial Staff

   Dec 13, 2018 - —Julie Timte, curatorial administrative assistant    John George Brown, Curling;—A Scottish Game, at Central Park, 1862 When I look at this painting, I am reminded of my first trip to New York City as a little girl The hope was that the person buried in the urn would be reborn into a pleasant afterlife. Like many cultures around the world, they considered the winter solstice to be a period of renewal.

5. Rienzi Celebrates Boxing Day, a British Holiday Tradition

   Dec 10, 2018 - Every year, Rienzi brings to Houston a holiday from across the pond! Christmas CrackersAn activity at Rienzi that nods to this gift tradition is a game played with Christmas crackers. Two people pull on each end of a cracker until there’s a small pop! Boxing Day at Rienzi is a day of games, tours, and family-friendly activities—a British celebration perfect for the MFAH house museum for European decorative arts and paintings. Why Boxing Day?

6. Royal Scandals: The Marriages of King George IV

   Dec 7, 2018 - A Disastrous Marriage In 1795, George IV married a German princess, Caroline of Brunswick, in exchange for Parliament paying his debts. One of the most striking paintings on view in Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol captures a dashing man in profile: King George IV (1762–1830), painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, likely for a medal George IV, who ruled in his father’s stead as Prince Regent from 1811 until George III’s death in 1820, was considered a dissolute character: a playboy in ill health who kept many mistresses and spent vast amounts of money.  

7. Magic Is Stirring All through the House! Christmas Village at Bayou Bend: By the Numbers

   Dec 5, 2018 - A holiday tradition returns to Houston as Christmas Village at Bayou Bend brings another season of fun! And it’s always lovely weather for a sled ride together on the faux-snow slide. Fun with faux snow: 60,000 “snowball” throws each season & a 90-foot-long slide for sledding The Houston version of fun in the snow, the Faux Snowball Zone features balls made of cotton for a friendly game of snowball toss.

8. Connections: The Islamic Carpet in Persia and Great Britain

   Nov 27, 2018 - A History of Status Whether in the Islamic lands or in Europe, an expensive textile underfoot has long been a sign of wealth, power, and sanctity. Now, for a limited time, the carpet holds a new place of honor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. See more in both exhibitions this fall and winter! Sir James Gunn, Conversation Piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, 1950   A Global Journey for the Wagner Garden Carpet Visitors can experience the royal splendor of a court-quality Persian carpet in Garden Paradise.

9. A Feast for the Eyes! Beautiful Tableware from Bayou Bend & Rienzi

   Nov 19, 2018 - ., Sauceboat, 1860–75, silver Location: Bayou Bend What’s a Thanksgiving turkey without gravy? This type of dish was made just for sauces, with an elegant, curving design and a handle topped by a Renaissance mask. A new, versatile object, called an epergne, functioned as both centerpiece and a way to serve several dishes at once, allowing for a more intimate and informal dining experience without the need of servants. A handsome whippet sits on the end of this silver spoon made specially to scoop berries—a great choice for cranberry sauce!  

10. Objects for Reflection: New Acquisitions of Medieval Art

    Nov 16, 2018 - During the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, a display of recent acquisitions of medieval art offers you a moment to pause and reflect, surrounded by beautiful sacred objects. German, The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor, c. 1310–20 One of the few Hebrew manuscripts of its kind still in existence, The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor is a festival prayer book that was used during the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah Three in particular—a rare illuminated Hebrew manuscript, an intricate cross, and one of just a handful of surviving drawings of the Rouen Cathedral—are on view alongside other selections from the MFAH collections, enriching the