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  1. Drawn in by Lines: Examining Old Master Works on Paper in the Horning Collection

    Apr 7, 2017 - Inspired by that desire, I helped put together A Renaissance Couple: Stories from the Collection of Drs. A Rich Program of Contributions When I chatted with Marjorie in her sunlit apartment overlooking Hermann Park last summer, she was carefully reviewing a copy of Albrecht Dürer’s engraving of Christ in Limbo, which she gave the *“The Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund Is Established,” MFAH members publication, 1988. † Interview with Dr. Marjorie Horning. August 29, 2016, Houston.

  2. The Sun King Becomes Mortal in “The Death of Louis XIV”

    Apr 3, 2017 - With each passing moment, Louis XIV looks less like a man capable of leading a country and more like a spectacle. Get tickets to see “The Death of Louis XIV” on Saturday & Sunday, April 8 & 9. This scene—the only breath of fresh air in the entire film—lasts hardly a minute.

  3. #5WomenArtists on View Now

    Mar 30, 2017 - Bing’s work is a focus in the spring installation of A History of Photography, on view through May 14. The immersive installation evokes a rainstorm through animated lines and the sounds of thunder and rain. The noises seem natural, but they were actually created by a choir’s snapping, slapping, and stomping! As Women’s History Month draws to a close, we remind you to get out and enjoy works of art created by women!

  4. Handling “Ron Mueck”: An Interview with Chief Preparator Dale Benson

    Mar 24, 2017 - I come from a sculpting background and have done a lot of casting myself. The attention to detail, the technical aspects of how these were made, and the amount of work that went into everything are so impressive. When you’re working right up next to them—whether it’s the tiny Crouching Boy in Mirror or the large infant, A Girl—there’s almost a certain reverence, like it’s a real person that you have to be very polite and courteous to ( Instead, two people can easily hold the large Still Life or a leg on the man from the Couple under an Umbrella. Even the relatively heavy A Girl can be moved by eight people.

  5. Mary J. Greenfield Smith’s Window into American History

    Mar 22, 2017 - It depicts a two-story house at the end of a wide walkway, where a couple strolls side-by-side as a child and dog play together. Above, four birds soar upward, and along the bottom, she stitched, “Mary J. A Place in History One of only a few surviving examples of African American woolwork from this era, this 1843 image serves as a window into a rarely seen segment of American history. Made with wool and silk threads stitched into linen, Smith’s woolwork picture of 1843 is rather large, measuring 15 1/2 by 25 inches.

  6. In-Gallery Extras for “Colors of the Oasis”: Getting Our Hands Dirty So You Don’t Have To!

    Mar 16, 2017 - Watch a Complex Process Also in the exhibition galleries is a video detailing the complex process of dyeing ikat. Silk yarn is lowered into a pot of red dye created with cochineal insects. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Handweavers of Houston Over the course of a few hours, we created a rainbow of silk and wool yarn. The footage was provided by Matter Prints, a clothing company that uses traditional textiles. A woman binds yarn in order to create an ikat textile.

  7. A Confessional Sculpture by Louise Bourgeois

    Mar 15, 2017 - Although she never specifically commented on the title, Quarantania I is a reference to the word “quarantine,” or a recovery from an illness with 40 days spent alone away from other people. Convinced that she could not conceive a child, they returned briefly to France to adopt a French boy, Michel. Within a year, in 1940, she had given birth to another son, Jean-Louis, and in 1941 another, Alain. The Story behind Quarantania I Bourgeois’s sculpture in the Museum’s Cullen Sculpture Garden, Quarantania I, draws from these experiences.

  8. Lois Weber & Anna Pavlova, Pioneering Women of Film & Dance

    Mar 11, 2017 - Woman a Person? Anna Pavlova poses for a publicity shot for the film. Today’s audiences may be surprised to learn that more than a century ago, one of the most highly acclaimed powerhouses of the film industry—entrusted to head the largest production that Universal had ever attempted—was a woman

  9. A New Online Exhibition Explores #5WomenArtists

    Mar 8, 2017 - A Very Good Place to Start #5WomenArtists begins with a work by 18th-century Swiss painter Angelica Kauffmann, one of only two female founding members of London’s Royal Academy, and an important society portraitist. We’re celebrating Women’s History Month in March with a new online exhibition that spans the Museum’s collecting areas. Originally from Philadelphia, Cassatt encouraged wealthy American collectors to buy Impressionist art, securing the Impressionist movement a place in many significant collections.

  10. Women’s History Month 2017: Celebrating #5WomenArtists—and More

    Mar 1, 2017 - Can you name 5 women artists? It’s a provocative, seemingly simple question that has a not-so-simple answer. This year, in 2017, we join the campaign to help ensure that the answer is, without hesitation, “Yes—and I can name WAY more than 5.” Watch on our Facebook page A new Google Art Project exhibition highlighting work by women artists represented in the MFAH collections.