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  1. Looking at “Art of the Islamic Worlds” in a Digital Exhibition

    Feb 22, 2018 - The research and organizational process for my digital journey was intense and rewarding, as I delved into information about many Islamic cultures. To help you visualize how a 16th-century tile would have been used, I inserted an immersive interior view of a mosque, located in Istanbul, into Art of the Islamic Worlds. Here are a couple of highlights. Keep an eye out for these immersive details as you explore the exhibition!

  2. The MFAH Book Club Goes Digital!

    Aug 7, 2017 - Inspired by the book’s themes, the tours are a great opportunity to meet fellow MFAH Book Club members and engage with the art in the MFAH collections. Now, you can enjoy book club discussions from home or on a mobile device, at your own pace. Simply read (or listen—we recommend audiobooks to lighten up your Houston commute!)

  3. Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age

    Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age is curated by Mark Wilson and Sue-an van der Zijpp of the Groninger Museum. Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age is the first U.S. museum survey to offer an in-depth look at the designer’s innovative oeuvre. Showcasing furniture, design experiments, suites of drawings, and videos, the exhibition features a number of works from the MFAH collection.

  4. After Photoshop: Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age

    Whereas Faking It reveals the ways in which photographers—from the 1840s to 1990s—used the tools of their day to manipulate images, After Photoshop: Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age explores how artists use digital technology Although photographers have long used manual techniques to alter their images, digital cameras and software applications such as Adobe Photoshop have made this process quicker, easier, and more accessible than ever before.

  5. Digital Worlds: New Media from the Museum’s Collection

    Jones’s Wax and Wane, which traces the moon’s monthly cycle through images from the Internet; and Stan Douglas’s Hogan’s Alley, a meticulous reconstruction of Seattle’s downtown red-light district, reimagined as a late-1940s film Digital technology began transforming the landscape of contemporary art as early as the 1960s. Digital Worlds: New Media from the Museum’s Collection demonstrates the breadth of invention artists bring to contemporary art through digitization.

  6. First Major Exhibition Devoted to History of Manipulated Photography Before Digital Age Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 2

    Apr 30, 2013 - Additional spaces include a repertory cinema, two significant libraries, public archives and a conservation and storage facility. The photographs in the exhibition were altered using a variety of techniques, including multiple exposure (taking two or more pictures on a single negative), combination printing (producing a single print from elements of two While photographers have long used manual techniques to alter images, digital cameras and software applications have made the process faster, easier and more accessible.

  7. A Portrait of a Postman

    The story also takes a riveting “true crime” detour, covering a personal tragedy that profoundly affected Oliver and his late career creative output. John Biggers, Oliver created a remarkable body of work includes paintings, works on paper, designs for Hermès silk scarves, and commissions. For much of his career, Oliver worked full time as a postman.

  8. MFAH International Center for the Arts of the Americas Launches Expanded, Enhanced Website for “Documents of Latin American and Latino Art” Digital Archive

    Apr 7, 2020 - core function of any digital repository. and database for the landmark Documents of Latin American and Latino Art digital archive project. The International Center for the Arts of the Americas’ digital archive is generously underwritten by The Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation.

  9. Origin Stories of Latin American and Latino Art, Shared through a Newly Expanded Online Archive

    Apr 7, 2020 - Invaluable Insight The digital archive establishes a comparative history of art in this region, presenting invaluable evidence about how artists, writers, and intellectuals sought to define or challenge notions of national art Explore the ICAA Documents of Latin American and Latino Art Digital Archive Art” by Sybil Venegas in ChismeArte; and the 1980 essay “Some thoughts concerning the exhibit of Hispanic-American Art in Chicago” by Victor A.

  10. MFAH Films Keeps the Light Alive

    Aug 2, 2016 - How has the shift to digital changed things for movies? I don’t much care for the digital world. I don’t know why anyone would remove functioning projectors from a booth—even with digital capacity, the projectors should be retained. The Dying of the Light, a documentary we’re screening August 14 and 18, focuses on the displacement of 35mm by digital cinema. I spoke with Ralph about these changes.