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A guide to looking closely at the rarely displayed Wagner Garden Carpet, a 17th-century Perisan carpet as beautiful as any painting.

Houston Cinema Arts Festival artistic director Richard Herskowitz shares highlights of the fest’s 2018 screenings at the MFAH.

 In this interview inspired by the exhibition Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol, actress Tilda Swinton shares her thoughts on royal subjects with Museum director Gary Tinterow.

Houston audiences can discover a once-lost masterpiece: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, on view in the exhibition Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol. 

Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol traces the many ways artists depict British monarchs’ power, from imposing paintings to new artistic approaches.

Discover unassuming artworks that reveal something darker upon a closer look—uncanny images, haunting themes, and even a few witches. 

Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol inspires a closer look at works of art from the MFAH collections that highlight the many ways to show power across the globe.

Houston just happens to have a delightful fall lined up for Anglophiles all around the city! One Shakespeare-themed play—The Book of Will, at Main Street Theater through October 21—inspired us to take another look at one of the rarest yet most influential books in the MFAH collection.

This fall, Houstonians won’t have to travel across the pond to find a taste of British royal fare to pair with experiencing the Museum’s exhibition Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol.

Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol illustrates how Britain’s kings and queens were memorialized in art. One monarch, especially, set a new precedent for how royals were depicted: Queen Victoria (1819–1901).