Inside the MFAH

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

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  Photography at the Nexus of Music and Fashion June 24, 2019

  Icons of Style showcases a century of trendsetting musicians and chic models striking a pose.

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  Southern Exposures: The Photography of Sally Mann February 14, 2019

  “It’s always been my philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and ordinary.”

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  “Eye-Catching” Houston: Capturing Our City through High Schoolers’ Lenses January 23, 2019

  For nearly 25 years, Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography has showcased Houston’s diversity through the eyes of local high school students.

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  The Perfect Family: John Waters’s “Serial Mom” Meets the Art of “Always Greener” January 14, 2019

  The movie, screening on January 17, complements the sensibility of the art on view in the exhibition Always Greener: Seeing and Seeking Suburbia.

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  Royal Reflections: Rulers in Art from the MFAH Collections October 12, 2018

  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.

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  Working at the Crossroads: Fazal Sheikh in the City of Widows May 19, 2017

  A portraitist of deep empathy, Fazal Sheikh has traveled the world photographing displaced communities—including the women of the “city of widows.”

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  Transcend the Simple Act of Seeing: Explore “10×10 Photobooks” at the Hirsch Library February 27, 2017

  “A good photobook asks the reader to pick it up, smell its ink, and follow (or not follow) its sequence of images. This intimate experience is what makes a photobook special.”  We at the Hirsch Library welcome you to a hands-on experience with “CLAP! – 10×10 Contemporary Latin American Photobooks.” On March 2 & 3, members of the New York–based nonprofit organization 10×10 Photobooksvisit …

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  Local High Schoolers Share Glimpses of the Bayou City January 23, 2017

  The annual exhibition Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photographygives the Museum a chance to share both the work of talented young photographers and glimpses of our city’s vibrant diversity. Using photography as their tool, teens capture moments from their daily life around Houston. The students also write brief descriptions of each photograph to lend insight into their experiences, …

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  Curator Malcolm Daniel Provides a Snapshot of Degas December 12, 2016

  Few people know that late in life, when his paintings and pastels were already famous, Edgar Degas briefly took up photography. Some 20 of his surviving photographs are featured in the exhibition Degas: A New Vision. Malcolm Daniel, the Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography, spoke with me about Degas’s photography. What was the psychological connection between events in Degas’s life …

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  Need to Know: 3 Things about “A History of Photography” January 27, 2015

  “View of Paris” possesses an entrancing three-dimensionality akin to that of a modern hologram. —Malcolm Daniel, curator in charge, department of photography and special projects Daguerreotype may have evolved to digital, and silver prints to selfies, but ever since the invention of photography, one thing remains the same: Photographs are fascinating. The Museum’s famed photography …