Nov 18, 2015 -
Documenting Science & Society
After immigrating to the United States in 1940, Vishniac worked to establish himself as a freelancer in the scientific community while making his living as a portrait photographer. Although it might come as a surprise to those who know Roman Vishniac as an important documentary photographer, he is every bit as famous a pioneer in an entirely different field: scientific photography. may shed light on his lifelong passion for the natural world, particularly after the horrors he witnessed through the lens:
Nature, God or whatever you want to call the creator of the universe comes through the microscope
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No need to pay Museum admission—it’s always free to visit the MFA Shop during regular Museum hours.
This event takes place on Level 1 of the Beck Building. --
In addition to the trunk show during regular Museum hours, visit on Saturday, June 6, from 6 pm to 9 pm during Night at the MFAH: Kaleidoscope of Color, a special
No need to pay Museum admission—it’s always free to visit the MFA Shop.
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Plan Your Visit
No need to pay Museum admission—it’s always free to visit the MFA Shop during regular Museum hours.
This event takes place on Level 1 of the Beck Building. --
In addition to the trunk show during regular Museum hours, visit on Saturday, June 6, from 6 pm to 9 pm during Night at the MFAH: Kaleidoscope of Color, a special
Unable to express grief, his detachment carries over to all aspects of his life, from his tentative romance with Marie (Rebecca Marder) to his indifference toward professional advancement. Filmed in sensuous black-and-white, The Stranger is simultaneously faithful to the text and dedicated to discovering fresh perspectives in the margins.
As Meursault is swept up in a cycle of escalating reprisals by his neighbors, tensions come to a head when he faces a murder charge.
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This event takes place in the Law Building. March 22, 2025Members of Art Crowd and ticketed guests have exclusive, after-hours access to the exhibition Tamara de Lempicka. Call the Art Crowd hotline at 713.639.1599, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or email [email protected] at any time.
The nonprofit organization also partners with schools and collaborates with hospitals to provide creative writing activities to children. General admission to the MFAH is free on Thursdays, courtesy of Shell Oil Company. On Thursdays, the Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with free general admission, and parking is free in all garages for MFAH visitors who arrive after 5 p.m. Plan Your VisitAdmission to this program is free. The performance takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater on the lower level of the Law Building, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
His goal was to develop a tearoom that could be assembled in the time it takes to burn a stick of incense (about 15 minutes). The group then moves across the street to Cullen Sculpture Garden for the tea ceremony. On Fridays, the Museum is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. In 2017, Japanese architect Kuniji Tsubaki designed a portable teahouse that reduces to the size of a suitcase.
His mother encouraged him to read art books and listen to classical music. He was inspired to paint The Sugar Shack as a teenager, after sneaking into the Durham Armory dance hall. Recently acquired by Houston collector Bill Perkins, this beloved work of art is on loan to the MFAH. He played pro football into the mid-1960s, before devoting himself full time to painting, in Los Angeles.
The Sugar Shack / June 15, 2022–January 2, 2023
and aging, and ultimately to oblivion Often caught in moments of silent communication or slumber, these figures illustrate the artist’s ongoing investigation of the cycle of life, from the first moment of consciousness, to young love, to the various stages of maturity After working in film and television in the United States and London, he shifted his focus to the fine arts in the mid-1990s.
Donated by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847–1927) and heir to the world’s most successful brewery, the collection was shaped by the tastes of the Belle Epoque—Europe’s equivalent to America’s Gilded Age—when the In addition to the masterworks from the Iveagh Bequest, the exhibition includes several works acquired specifically for Kenwood. Acquired mainly from 1887 to 1891, the earl’s purchases reveal a taste for the portraiture, landscape, and 17th-century Dutch and Flemish works typically found in English aristocratic collections.
