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  1. A Portrait of the King: Henry VIII Reigns in “Tudors to Windsors”

    Nov 7, 2018 - Hans Holbein the Younger’s portraits of King Henry VIII are among the most famous of English monarchs. Holbein was one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century and was said to be the eye of the Tudor court because of …

  2. The “Confident Exuberance” of Louise Nevelson & Dorothy Hood

    Nov 2, 2018 - See more in “Kindred Spirits: Louise Nevelson & Dorothy Hood,” on view in the Beck Building from November 3 through February 3. She is also well known for her Frozen Laces I, a 1980 steel sculpture on Smith Street in downtown Houston, near Allen Center. Which works of art in Kindred Spirits speak to one another? This is a tightly focused study of two artists who worked hard to establish independent careers. The juxtapositions between the works invite close looking, and perhaps a reappraisal of preconceived ideas.

  3. Carpet Connoisseurship: How to Look Closely at the “Wagner Garden Carpet”

    Oct 29, 2018 - Instead, artists drew smaller sections that could be repeated, often turned in a different direction to avoid giving the carpet a mechanical appearance. The exhibition is on view from November 2 through February 10. How do the artists manage to create such a convincing illusion?     Symmetry Is this carpet symmetrical? Carpets like this one were planned out using a scale drawing, and knotted entirely by hand.

  4. Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Houston Cinema Arts Festival

    Oct 26, 2018 - Festivals like ours add a component you can experience only in person—whether it’s a performance or a Q&A with a guest filmmaker—to make theater going considerably more enticing than home viewing. The opening-night film for this year’s festival, screening on November 8, is a documentary musical. Here are a few highlights of the 2018 Houston Cinema Arts Festival on the MFAH big screen, November 8–12. Bathtubs Over Broadway kicks off the 2018 Houston Cinema Arts Festival on November 8.

  5. A Royally Inspired Q&A with Tilda Swinton

    Oct 23, 2018 - When we made Orlando in 1990, a film I love dearly, Sally Potter and I studied formal portraiture assiduously. I’m not sure that a monarch, or an heir to a throne, considers themselves much as an individual at all: That is pretty much the job description, to be a representative first and foremost, to inherit a title from a line of succession A monarch, by definition, has no life more important than the path of representing her/his people; it is a selfless and, to a certain extent, sacrificial vocation.

  6. Lost & Found: The Iconic Royal Painting That Rose Again

    Oct 19, 2018 - After a series of political machinations, Mary I—a Catholic, and King Henry VIII’s eldest daughter—took the crown, and Lady Jane Grey was executed months later. A History of a Painting To keep Britain’s monarchs Protestant, Lady Jane Grey (1537–1554) was named queen at the age of 16. a team of colleagues, working together to bring the painting depicting death back to life.

  7. Making Monarchy: The Changing Face of Power

    Oct 18, 2018 - Queen Elizabeth I Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Queen Elizabeth I (“The Ditchley Portrait”), c. 1592 The only surviving child of King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I inherited the throne in 1558. For this 2009 commission to create a double portrait of Prince William and Prince Harry, Nicky Philipps took a new artistic approach to the time-honored tradition. Though attired in their formal Household Cavalry uniforms, the brothers appear in relaxed poses in a seemingly unguarded moment—an unusual choice for a royal portrait.

  8. Look Closely, If You Dare! Haunting Works from the MFAH Collections

    Oct 15, 2018 - , and even a few witches. But with crawling creatures such as a snake, a crawfish, and spiders surrounding the figure of a man, it would not be surprising if this jug did discourage someone from indulging in a cocktail! Salvator Rosa, The Witches’ Sabbath, c. 1640–49 Salvator Rosa painted a number of unflinching depictions of the occult.

  9. Royal Reflections: Rulers in Art from the MFAH Collections

    Oct 12, 2018 - every time I did so, I still felt like an alienated foreigner.” When a new king ascended, his coronation rites included casting of a pair of heads to honor his predecessor. Maya, Seated Ruler from Stela 11, 731 AD Adorned with jewelry and a massive feathered headdress, this figure once gazed down on a scene of sacrifice.

  10. Closer Look: William Shakespeare’s Second Folio

    Oct 10, 2018 - The Second Folio is really the story of how a book made a 17th-century London playwright one of the most dominant figures in Western culture. At that time, whoever was the first to print a play could go to the stationer’s office (what we would think of as a copyright office today) to claim the rights. Houston just happens to have a delightful fall lined up for Anglophiles all around the city!