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  1. Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955

    Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 brings together both 1955 projects for the first time. Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 / October 8, 2023–January 7, 2024 This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In 1955, two photographers received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation for U.S. survey projects: Robert Frank and Todd Webb. Frank’s cross-country trip by car would result in the celebrated book The Americans.

  2. “Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in October

    Apr 19, 2023 - On view October 8, 2023, through January 7, 2024, the exhibition Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 will bring these simultaneous projects together for the first time. About Robert Frank and Todd WebbOver 60 years, Robert Frank (American, born Switzerland, 1924–2019) radicalized photography through his selection of subject matter and his rough, highly charged vision, expressing a personal viewpoint One was Robert Frank, whose cross-country trip by car would result in the celebrated book The Americans.

  3. Patron-Plus Members Reception | “Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955”

    “Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955” is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. October 6, 2023 MFAH members at the Patron, Supporting, Sponsor, Benefactor, and Leadership Circle levels are invited to enjoy an exclusive reception celebrating the new exhibition Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 Major support is provided by:The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation Generous support is provided by:Anne Levy Charitable TrustKrista and Michael DumasPatricia J. Eifel and James A.

  4. Photography and Film Intersections: Laura Israel Presents Robert Frank

    Mar 23, 2016 - Join Laura Israel for “Don’t Blink - Robert Frank” on April 8 and for “Life-Raft Earth” on April 9. The go-to editor for New York’s film and music-video producers for years, Israel has maintained an active, parallel career working closely with Robert Frank, the legendary photographer and filmmaker. The result—her film Don’t Blink - Robert Frank—had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival last fall, inspiring critical accolades, such as this from Slant Magazine: “Like the work it illuminates, the doc feels formally

  5. Happy Birthday! MFAH Films Celebrates Robert Frank

    Nov 1, 2016 - These musicians, all fans of Robert Frank, readily gave permission. First up is Don’t Blink – Robert Frank on November 5 and 6, direct by his longtime editor, Laura Israel. Happy birthday to Robert Frank! He turns 92 on November 9 and is still one of the coolest guys I know. Our Museum has had the privilege of working with this venerable photographer and filmmaker for years.

  6. MFAH Appoints Brittany Webb as a Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art

    Jun 12, 2025 - , Maren Hassinger, Bill Hutson, Joyce Kozloff, Lee Krasner, Doris Lee, Alfred Leslie, Agnes Martin, Robert Neal, Louise Nevelson, Gordon Parks, John Rhoden, Charles Searles, Didier William, and Purvis Young. that Brittany Webb will join the MFAH as a curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art. Webb has curated an extensive roster of exhibitions working with the PAFA collection and contemporary artists.

  7. Opening Day Lecture | "Hew Locke: Passages"

    Brittany Webb, curator of modern and contemporary art, presents a lecture to accompany the opening of Hew Locke: Passages.   Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map About the SpeakerBrittany Webb is curator of modern and contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank

  8. UCLA Festival of Preservation

    Special thanks to Shannon Kelley and Todd Wiener (UCLA Film and Television Archive); John Couch, (Ralph and Barbara Edwards Family Foundation); and to all the generous funders who made the preservation possible. Hill, Jan-Christopher Horak, Shannon Kelley, Ross Lipman, Mark Quigley, Pauline Stakelon, and Todd Wiener (UCLA Film and Television Archive).  Download the UCLA Festival of Preservation program guide here.

  9. Panel Discussion: Arts Administration as Creative Practice

    Brittany Webb is curator of modern and contemporary art at the MFAH.   The new MFAH curator of contemporary art, Brittany Webb, talks with Danielle Burns Wilson and Harrison Guy. Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank

  10. Curators in Conversation | "The Harlem Renaissance and Early 20th-Century Sculpture: Richmond Barthé and William Edmondson"

    Brittany Webb is curator of modern and contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.  "America 250 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.   Wardlaw and Brittany Webb engage in a conversation about what compelled these two sculptors, how their work was impacted by the Harlem Renaissance, and how each have been remembered by art institutions across the country.