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  1. Rienzi Gallery Talk | Bookmark This

    May 28, 2021 - Not only was it a useful reference guide, it also became a popular book widely read for pleasure, with sections featuring travel, mummies—and unicorns! A Compleat History of Druggs was written by Pierre Pomet, pharmacist to King Louis XIV of France, during the Enlightenment period. What sets this book apart from other medical texts? Among the beautiful works of porcelain and silver in the exhibition Perpetual Bloom: Botanicals in the 18th-Century Interior at Rienzi, you’ll also find an intriguingly titled publication.

  2. Virtual Cinema Celebrates Pride Month

    May 24, 2021 - June 12, “Night Out at the Movies: A Reel Pride Pop-Up” includes the premiere of the documentary Ailey. Plans are being finalized for a hybrid event, with films streaming online and also projected in person. Check www.q-fest.com for details. About the AuthorMarian Luntz is film curator for the MFAH. These two stories of conflict and struggle are intertwined over the amazing 103-day trek, with the magical, rugged coastline a backdrop to the story of her transition.• SEE THE TRAILER• WATCH HERE beginning June 25 Reel PrideOn

  3. Virtual Cinema | See Maggie Cheung’s Luminous Portrayal of Chinese Silent-Film Star Ruan Lingyu in “Center Stage”

    May 22, 2021 - Your ticket ($10) supports the MFAH and provides a 3-day pass to the film. SEE THE TRAILER About the AuthorElizabeth Klett is a professor of literature at the University of Houston–Clear Lake. Kwan uses these techniques to undercut the traditional idea of the biopic, which tends to depict a linear, realistic account of an individual life. Yet Kwan reminds us that Ruan’s life, like any life, is fragmented and ephemeral—though often achingly beautiful. • Center Stage / WATCH HERE May 28–June 6.

  4. Virtual Cinema | An Icelandic Dairy Farmer Challenges Local Corruption in “The County”

    May 20, 2021 - —Empire magazine In The County, a drama set in a small Icelandic farming community, middle-aged dairy farmer Inga (a mesmerizing Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir) rebels against the all-powerful local Cooperative. Less than 5 percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, a male-dominated industry. As Inga strives to rescue her community, she discovers that having principles matters more than living off the land. In most of my movies, maybe that’s the main subject: old Icelandic values versus capitalism and modern society.” • The County / WATCH HERE May 28–June 6.

  5. Make Your Own Art Inspired by Vincent van Gogh, David Hockney, and Their Love of Nature

    May 17, 2021 - Art-Making Activity | Exploring Horizon Lines and Creating a Landscape Painting• Activity Guide Art-Making Activity | Exploring Trees in Nature• Activity Guide Art-Making Activity | Sketching a Road in Nature• Activity Guide Virtual Learning & Interpretation programs are generously underwritten by the Jerold B. Katz Foundation. Leading support provided by: Generous funding provided by:M.D. Anderson FoundationCarol and Mike LinnAnn G.

  6. See Glorious Masterpieces from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library

    May 14, 2021 - The Castas: Mestizo and Indian Produce Coyote by Juan Rodríguez Juárez (slideshow image #5)Mexican casta paintings were popular depictions of the racial mixtures prevalent in viceregal society, and they reflect a system of racial Louis Comfort Tiffany by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (slideshow image #4)While in the United States for an exhibition tour in 1911, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida undertook several portrait commissions, including one for renowned American as a boy.

  7. Rienzi Gallery Talk | Works on Paper in “Perpetual Bloom”

    May 14, 2021 - “You look at these figures and you think you’re somehow in a Jane Austen novel.” Watch this Gallery Talk to learn more about Jacques Rigaud’s The Rotunda at Stowe and Thomas Rowlandson’s Elegant Figures in a Walled Garden. Education programs at Rienzi receive generous funding from the Sterling-Turner Foundation; Alkek and Williams Foundation; Carroll Sterling and Harris Masterson III Endowment; and the Caroline Wiess Law Endowment for Rienzi.

  8. Find a Diversity of Design in the Kinder Building Galleries

    May 12, 2021 - A. L. Ballard; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. On the second floor, you’ll find a diversity of contemporary craft and design objects to intrigue all ages. A Curator’s DreamCurator Cindi Strauss offers her perspective on the inspiration that awaits. “The new galleries for decorative arts, craft, and design in the Kinder Building are a curator’s dream come true.

  9. Virtual Cinema Presents the Award-Winning New Drama “There Is No Evil”

    May 11, 2021 - Shortly after There Is No Evil won the Golden Bear at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival, Rasoulof was sentenced to a year in prison and a two-year ban on filmmaking. Unexpected TwistThe film begins with a family man going about his daily routine in “There Is No Evil,” then shifts gears with “She Said, 'You Can Do It,'” in which a prison guard argues with his cellmates about obligatory execution Rasoulof has made seven feature films and is considered one of Iran’s leading directors. • There Is No Evil / WATCH HERE beginning May 21. Your ticket ($12) supports the MFAH and provides a 5-day pass to the film.

  10. Virtual Cinema Showcases New German Films

    May 3, 2021 - I Was I Am I Will Be flashes back to identify the newlyweds. Marion, an airline pilot who has just received a cancer diagnosis, goes on a trip with her lover to a Turkish resort, where she encounters Baran, a sex worker. Discover the latest in German cinema with the film series “KINO! Germany NOW!” The MFAH joins Goethe Pop Up Houston and Houston Cinema Arts Society to feature two dramas via Virtual Cinema: Exile and I Was I Am I Will Be. . • “I Was I Am I Will Be” / WATCH HERE May 14 to 23. Your ticket ($10) supports the MFAH and provides a 24-hour pass to the film.