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  1. Every Dot Knows Where It Is: A Chat with Pipilotti Rist

    Jun 26, 2017 - E. Goldschmidt made the cases one by one with a template and a mold, but no two are exactly alike in shape or effect. A machine is always only an extension of our body. For example, a camera is a bad, simple copy of our very complex eye system. I read your quote “I am interested in the combination of nature and technology; these are not two different things,” and I really liked that idea. How do nature and technology meld in this exhibition?

  2. Jazz on Film Returns

    May 31, 2017 - The score works as high-end mood music, and the swinging, influential jazz soundtrack by Johnny Mandell—who wrote the theme from M*A*S*H—features saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. Here’s a preview of the seven selections—a mix of old, new, and rediscovered—that come to our big screen this month: Jazz on Film Begins! Jazz on Film kicks off with the 1958 docudrama I Want to Live! , starring Oscar winner Susan Hayward as Barbara Graham, a death-row inmate in California.

  3. Catwalk Stunners Now on View! See Fashion Fusion’s Winning Designs

    May 25, 2017 - I played with the idea of taking the image of the Malecón wherever a Cuban on exile would go, on a purse that would carry their dearest belongings and remembrances.” wall, which created a sense of peace and an escape from the darkness around it. A competition that culminates in a runway show at the MFAH, Fashion Fusion encourages design students to draw inspiration from an exhibition to create stunning, handmade garments, as well as jewelry and accessories.

  4. Working at the Crossroads: Fazal Sheikh in the City of Widows

    May 19, 2017 - . © Fazal Sheikh Finding Resilience Although many of the women’s experiences are devastating, what emerges in their words and images is less a sad story of victims than a picture of resilient individuals who find spiritual With Moksha, he crossed a different sort of cultural divide: gender. For instance, a silhouetted monkey in Dawn along the Yamuna echoes the story of one widow who believes that her deceased daughter visits her, reincarnated as a monkey.

  5. Take Mom to See “Ron Mueck” This Mother’s Day

    May 4, 2017 - Like Mother and Child from a decade earlier, this burdened mother has a glazed, vacant look in her eyes. Mueck rarely has a specific person in mind for his sculptures, but Woman with Shopping (2013), one of his newest works, was inspired by a woman he saw on a London street corner waiting for the traffic light to turn green. , The Virgin and Child in an Interior, before 1432, oil on oak, National Gallery, London. © National Gallery, London 2017 For A Girl (top image), Mueck referenced a photograph of one of his daughters, taken just after she was

  6. Conservators Keep “Colors of the Oasis” Vibrant

    Apr 27, 2017 - I understand you have a history with the exhibition. It was a very good team. Esther Méthé (back, center) works with MFAH staff to place a woman’s robe onto a mount. What are some conservation issues around dyes and fabrics? Since I had worked on Colors of the Oasis before, I was asked to install it again in Houston. How did you help prepare for this particular display at the MFAH?

  7. The Women of Latin Wave 12

    Apr 21, 2017 - Jeffrey is a 12-year-old boy in Santo Domingo who works as a windshield washer while dreaming of becoming a singer. Her newest film, The Grown-Ups (Los niños), follows a group of adults with Down syndrome who’ve attended a pastry-making school in Chile for many years. This youthfully energetic film reminds the audience of a time when imagination and good friends were all you needed for a life-changing adventure.  • Treasures screens on April 29.

  8. Art in Bloom during “Florescence”

    Apr 19, 2017 - Perfect for a springtime visit, here are just a few of the floral works of art you’ll see while you stroll the Museum during Florescence on April 25 & 26. Ornate pieces, such as this glittering pin shaped like a flower, are fashioned with filigree—a type of metalwork distinguished by delicate forms made with fine wires. Uzbek, Shakhrisyabz Suzani, c. 1800 Location: Law Building, first floor Blossoms are the center of this dazzling suzani, a textile from Uzbekistan featuring meticulously embroidered designs.

  9. Strike a Pose and Find Inspiration with #InstaTourMFAH

    Apr 13, 2017 - Recently I took a deep dive into Instagram to see which photos visitors were posting the most when at the Museum. Armed with these newfound Instagram favorites, my colleagues and I decided to have a little fun and create a new way of exploring the Museum: through #InstaTourMFAH, an Instagram-inspired, self-guided tour.   The dramatic modern architecture of the building designed by Rafael Moneo plays backdrop to works from our antiquities collection, including a rare sarcophagus, a marble goddess, and a Roman ruler.  

  10. Beyond Visible: UV-Visible Fluorescence in Works of Art

    Apr 11, 2017 - I was invited by the MFAH conservation department to give a workshop to discuss making the technique of UVA radiation easier and more accessible to the Museum’s staff. Conservators use a variety of imaging techniques on works of art to gather information that can’t be seen by the naked eye. One option is producing florescence, or glow, with ultraviolet A light—the type of ultraviolet light with the longest wavelength.