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Glassell Lecture | Roberto Lugo

Plan Your Visit Admission is free. This event takes place on Level 1 of the Glassell School of Art. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

“Anicka Yi: Karmic Debt” Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in June, the Latest in the Museum’s Long-Running Summer Immersive Series

May 21, 2025 - “We will be creating our own.”  “Anicka Yi shows us that it is possible to use AI systems to express our most human concerns, as she invites viewers to consider our place in ever-evolving cycles of creation and change,” noted Gary Tinterow, director and Margaret Their fossil record offers insight into prehistoric climates—what poet Alexis Pauline Gumbs calls the “preconditions for our breathing.” 

On View This Fall at the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building: Simone Leigh’s Iconic “Satellite,” Newly Completed for the MFAH; New Modern and Contemporary Exhibitions

Aug 9, 2023 - With just over one million visits to our campuses this past fiscal year, our community appears to agree. The installation of Satellite, and this next series of installations in the Kinder Building, will highlight for our public the strength of our modern and contemporary holdings, the fastest-growing segment of our collection.” Sarofim campus during the pandemic but for allowing us to showcase for our public, for the first time, the incredible depth of our modern and contemporary collections.

The Kodak Snapshot: A Conversation with MFAH Curator Anne Tucker (part 2 of 3)

Apr 3, 2012 - Stay tuned for part three of our conversation with Anne Tucker as she gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the exhibition Snail Mail, on view through May 20. In part two of our conversation, Tucker explains how the Kodak snapshot changed the way artists and historians viewed the world around them: "Aesthetically, artists and photographers very quickly found a charm in the fact "When I first came into photography, the first time I saw work by Robert Frank, who is a major artist in our collection, I was stunned to see he had photographed a man I knew in my childhood: an elderly black man positioned by

Gallery Talk at Rienzi

Related EventGallery Talk at RienziThursday, October 19, 1 p.m.

“Be Natural” Sheds Light on Women in Film

Apr 1, 2019 - We aim not just to look back at Alice’s past, but to stand next to her and look into her future—our present. “Now is the time to step forward and bring Alice’s story to light, given the current conversation about women’s rights and how our stories are pushed to the shadows throughout history.”

The Visual Arts Meet the Literary Arts at the MFAH

Mar 5, 2019 - Among the highlights are the Art + Lit series, held in collaboration with local literary group Tintero Projects; and our drop-in writing sessions. For example, our Paradise in Poetry session highlighted the flora and fauna in the exhibition Garden Paradise: The Magnificent Safavid Carpet from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow.

Jazz on Film Returns

May 31, 2017 - This June, we celebrate the fifth year of Jazz on Film, one of our most popular annual series! Guest curator Peter Lucas selects new and classic films that explore jazz music through documentaries and features. Here’s a preview of the seven selections—a mix of old, new, and rediscovered—that come to our big screen this month: Jazz on Film Begins! Jazz on Film kicks off with the 1958 docudrama I Want to Live!

Art-Inspired Outfits for Your Next Virtual Happy Hour

May 16, 2020 - 1) Dress to impress when you step out—or into your living room—for happy hour.