Inside the MFAH

“Inside the MFAH” provides perspectives, conversations, and opinions from insiders at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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  Summer Art Explorers: Playing with Spheres August 7, 2020

  Kids can be MFAH art explorers all summer! Every week brings a different theme with new activities inspired by works of art in the MFAH collections.

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  Photo-Mania: The Levine Ramey Collection of Vernacular Photography August 6, 2020

  The MFAH is home to the Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey Photography Collection, an extensive and spectacularly diverse group of vernacular photographs.

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  Claude Monet: On Your Screen and in the MFAH Galleries August 5, 2020

  Learn more about Impressionist artist Claude Monet in the film I, Claude Monet on your screen at home, and then experience his work in person at the MFAH.

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  Close-Up on “Black Art in Houston” August 4, 2020

  Alvia Wardlaw, moderator of “Black Art in Houston,” discusses the legacy of the TSU art program and the unique qualities of Houston’s Black art scene.

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  The Beck Collection: A Virtual Tour of the Galleries August 3, 2020

  Tour the newly reinstalled galleries of the Museum’s renowned John A. & Audrey Jones Beck Collection with curators Helga Aurisch and Ann Dumas.

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  Black Art in Houston: “Soul of a Nation” Virtual Panel Discussion August 2, 2020

  Discover the rich legacy of Black art in Houston, including TSU’s renowned art program, founded by Houston artists John Biggers and Carroll Simms.

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  Summer Discovery Days at Bayou Bend August 2, 2020

  Grab your smartphone or tablet and spread out across Bayou Bend’s 14 acres of gardens for self-guided, family-friendly explorations.

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  Close-Up on “Black Art & Abstraction” July 29, 2020

  Valerie Cassel Oliver, moderator of “Black Art & Abstraction,” answers a few questions about the panel discussion and the exhibition Soul of a Nation.

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  The Richness & Variation of Sub-Saharan Photography July 27, 2020

  Curator Malcolm Daniel shares his take on the exhibition Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum’s Collection.

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  Black Art & Abstraction: “Soul of a Nation” Virtual Panel Discussion July 26, 2020

  Three artists whose work is featured in “Soul of a Nation” talk about how Black artists engaged abstraction from the 1960s to the early 1980s.