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Visit mfah.org/jointoday for information about MFAH membership levels and benefits. Members also have the opportunity to learn about best practices in collecting with an emphasis on how to acquire and maintain the art of our time. Members enjoy: Invitations to exclusive contemporary@mfah member programs Membership for one individual.

Shine On! Art Inspired by the Sun

Sep 5, 2018 - Iran, Astrolabe, late 17th−18th century The word for this navigation tool, “astrolabe,” comes from the Greek words for “star” and “taker.” Worn by akrafo (soul washers)—beautiful young men and women who were selected to serve as royal attendants—soulwashers’ discs or badges were protective emblems.   Joan Mitchell, Tournesols (Sunflowers), 1976 Among the second wave of Abstract Expressionist painters, Joan Mitchell left New York for France in 1959.

Weekend getaway to France: Bertrand Blier directs Gérard Depardieu

Oct 21, 2012 - "This film is shocking but very rewarding—brilliant, perhaps even a masterpiece . . . " Visit mfah.org/films for screening times, descriptions, and tickets to all three films, October 26–28. The other two films in our weekend mini-festival are great, too. Préparez vos mouchoirs (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs), which won an Oscar for best foreign film, acts as a pendant to Les valseuses. (Well, it's 40 years old, so contemporary for me.)

Inside Fashion Fusion: An Interview

Apr 22, 2019 - Plan your visit for Thursday, April 25. KB: As designers, we rarely get to see our pieces on the runway, and watching them at Fashion Fusion is always a bit magical.

GONZO247: Celebrating Community, Color & Vincent van Gogh

Mar 25, 2019 - Get details about Spring Festival: Celebrating Colors and “Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art” and plan your visit! GONZO & Van Gogh Stop by to see GONZO adapt his unique signature painting style to create a new work inspired by the colors and gestural brushstrokes characteristic of Vincent van Gogh, the star of our new exhibition Vincent Some of the local organizations he has worked with include DiverseWorks, Fresh Arts, Houston Arts Alliance, the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Project Row Houses, TEDxYouth Houston, and now the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Journey through the Egyptian Afterlife with Matthew Barney’s “River of Fundament”

Sep 1, 2016 - His newest film, River of Fundament, deals with mythic ways of understanding our bodily functions. Our bodies are earthly vessels that transform foodstuffs into both our life force and feces. The critical response to River of Fundament, like that for Mailer’s Ancient Evenings, has been mixed, but most of those whose opinions I trust tell me that the nearly six hours spent are well worth it for an all-inclusive journey The Egyptians, without the advantage of scientific images, made stories of both our bodies and spirits, separating the organs after death to be guarded by gods on what was understood as an actual journey into other realms.

Thanks for a great year!

Dec 29, 2016 - We hope you had a great year. We did, thanks to you. Press play, and enjoy! …

Members Art-Making for Families | "Louvre Couture"

Plan Your Visit This event takes place in the classroom on the Lower Level of the Law Building. Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map Questions?

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

Tickets $9 general admission; $7 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+) Plan Your Visit This screening takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater in the Law Building. Known for decades mostly by its reissue title, Three Broadway Girls, this bubbly comedy from Hollywood’s racy pre-Code era follows three former showgirls who pool their limited resources to rent a luxurious apartment in New York Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms.

2025 Summer Institute for Visual Arts Teachers