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“Inside the MFAH” provides perspectives, conversations, and opinions from insiders at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
The Visual Arts Meet the Literary Arts at the MFAH March 5, 2019
Calling all writers! MFAH programs create exciting connections between the literary and visual arts.
Radical Ink: “Beautifully Packed Dynamite” of El Techo de la Ballena January 9, 2019
El Techo de la Ballena, an avant-garde group of Venezuelan artists active during the 1960s, produced publications that promoted an anarchic, violent, and aggressive stance toward politics and culture. A few of these printed materials are on view in the exhibition Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955–1975.
Happy Birthday, Xul Solar: A Closer Look at the Argentinean Artist’s Work December 14, 2018
December 14 marks the 131st birthday of Xul Solar, an Argentinean painter, poet, and inventor. The anniversary of his birth offers an opportunity to take a closer look at his intriguing work.
Total Creative Freedom: “Contesting Modernity” Explores Informalism November 9, 2018
“Informalism proposes the need for total creative freedom . . . crafting a new vision of the cosmos.” —poet and artist Juan Calzadilla, 1960
Conflict at “HOME”: Miguel Ángel Rojas & “Nowadays” January 18, 2018
The exhibition HOME—So Different, So Appealing takes its title from Nowadays, a work made of an unusual material: coca leaves.
Filling in the Details: Mondongo & “Polyptych of Buenos Aires” December 29, 2017
One of the artworks you might find yourself spending the most time studying in HOME—So Different, So Appealing is Polyptych of Buenos Aires by Mondongo. Watch a special video!
The Idea of “HOME”: An Interview with Curator Chon Noriega December 8, 2017
“The power of art to help change how we look at ourselves and the world”: Chon Noriega, one of the curators of HOME—So Different, So Appealing, discusses the exhibition.
