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Rienzi

from Bayou Bend, the MFAH house museum for American decorative arts and paintings. Rienzi welcomes visitors for tours, family programs, lectures, music performances, and a variety of special events. --

The Princess Bride

Admission SOLD OUT $20 $15 for MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+), and members of MFAH Film Buffs Plan Your Visit Entry to the space begins at 7 p.m., and the film starts at 8 p.m. , good men, snakes, spiders, beasts, chases, escapes, lies, truths, passion, and miracles. The beautiful Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright) and the dashing Westley (Cary Elwes) must overcome staggering obstacles to find happiness amid fencing, fighting, torture, poison, true love, hate, revenge, giants, hunters, bad men

Southern Exposures: The Photography of Sally Mann

Feb 14, 2019 - Through a Southern Lens For more than four decades, Mann has chosen the South—its exquisite landscape, antebellum relics, and fraught history—as a subject or setting through which to explore memory and mortality; the lasting The exhibition traces her artistic development and wide-ranging subjects, from the highly personal images that she made of her children beginning in the 1980s to her recent monumental photographs of African American men, and from In that sense, Southern artists are like certain of our mountain religious folk, who, in their devotions, subject themselves to snake bites that would kill or disable anyone else.

Top 12 Wintry Works of Art, Selected by MFAH Curatorial Staff

Dec 13, 2018 - This scene by the Dutch master recalls the three wise men from the East following the star of Bethlehem and bearing gifts for the Christ child. —Dena Woodall, associate curator, prints and drawings When the ice was finally deemed strong enough in the winter, we would tie on our skates—just like the man on the far right of the painting—and roam the frozen waters, stopping only for hot chocolate with whipped cream. Many of them still sit on our bookshelves and dressers.

Spring Break

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Broker

Broker Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda(South Korea, 2022, digital, in Korean with English subtitles) Two men occasionally steal babies from a church’s baby box and sell the children for adoption on the black market. Accessibility The MFAH strives to provide a welcoming and accessible experience for all guests by offering a range of accommodations—learn more here. When a young mother has a change of heart and returns to the church, she invites herself to join the men on a road trip to interview her baby’s potential parents.

Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy

Visit the Museum's Hirsch Library for books on Satyajit Ray, and to read film programmer James Quandt's article about Ray in May's issue of Artforum. Learn more about the films and the restoration. Ray’s close observations of one Bengali family are presented with an authenticity and attention to the details of daily life that has a universal appeal.

Spring Break at Rienzi

Visit Monday through Friday from 10 am—5 pm. With hands-on art activities, the MFAH house museum for European decorative arts is the perfect place for families and kids of all ages. Explore Rienzi with special extended hours this week. Activities | Daily Highlights Wednesday | Art Activity: MasksDecorate your own mask to take home using a variety of materials. (10 am—Noon) Thursday | Art Activity: WatercolorCreate your own work of art while learning about watercolors

Glassell Core Program

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Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

The Kinder Building, named for MFAH patrons Nancy and Rich Kinder, is devoted to the display of the Museum’s international collections of modern and contemporary art.