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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

Poetry Inspired by “Kehinde Wiley” (Part 1 of 2)

Plan Your Visit Admission is free with your RSVP—register here. This event takes place before the Museum opens, inside the exhibition galleries in the Beck Building. 

Members Event | Art-Making Activity for Families “Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage”

Plan Your Visit This event takes place in the classroom adjacent to the Hirsch Library on the lower level of the Beck Building, and the exhibition is located on the upper level of the Law Building. Support for the national exhibition tour is provided by generous grants from the Henry Luce Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.Generous support is provided by:Bettie CartwrightTexas CapitalJereann and Holland ChaneyJBD Designed for families with children ages 4 to 12, the art activity offers participants the opportunity to express themselves through collage using magazines, colored paper, and bold fabrics.

MFAH After Hours | Celebrating the Centennial

Exclusive Access for Members | April 12, 2024The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, opened its doors on April 12, 1924. Let’s mark this momentous occasion together!  Tickets MFAH Members: Free Member Guests: $20 Plan Your Visit See the evening’s full schedule of events. Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map Questions? 

A Valentine’s Day Guide to Meddling Gods & Broken Hearts

Feb 12, 2018 - Keep an eye out for these when you visit on Valentine’s Day (or, maybe more appropriately, Singles Awareness Day): Jan Brueghel the Elder, Diana and Actaeon, c. 1600 Location: Beck Building, second floor Acteon & Diana See which art couple you and your sweetheart are: Take our BuzzFeed quiz inspired by the Twilight Tour on February 14 at our beautiful house museum Rienzi. The romantic holiday of Valentine’s Day may be named for a Roman, but many of Saint Valentine’s 3rd-century peers would have believed in deities that seemed to adore scheming against love.

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.

Glassell Lecture | Caroline Woolard

What is another word for artist?    Plan Your Visit Admission is free. This event takes place in Favrot Auditorium on Level 1 of the Glassell School of Art. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Making inquries into the nature of the art world and its tenuous existence within our commodity culture, she asks: What art worlds do we want? What is a work of art in the age of $120,000 art degrees?