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Plan Your Visit This exhibition is located on the Lower Level of the Beck Building. Buddha / Nature: Five Dialogues on Our Shared World traces a path through Buddhist wisdom using both ancient sculpture and contemporary art to illuminate the ecological and ethical questions of our time. Buddha / Nature: Five Dialogues on Our Shared World / March 1–May 10, 2026 “Buddha / Nature: Five Dialogues on Our Shared World” is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and dedicated to the memory of Mr.
From words scrawled on a Polaroid to comments on social media, captions play an important role in documenting the moments of our lives. Caption This features photographs of everyday people over the past 100 years, revealing a funny and surprising history of handwritten and typed captions.
Feb 5, 2019 - It’s become a popular tradition at the MFAH to screen the Oscar-nominated short films in the weeks leading up to the Academy Awards ceremony, which this year falls on February 24. We are the exclusive local venue for all …
Jul 31, 2026 - Bold and Brilliant will present more than 100 images by 50 photographers about 100 magazines, shown alongside the vintage spreads in which they originally appeared. After identifying more than 300 magazines and 900 photographers, we narrowed our scope to those photographers working for multiple magazines. Presenting more than 100 images by 50 photographers, this groundbreaking exhibition builds on archival recovery efforts to locate forgotten magazines and the photographs they featured HOUSTON—July 30, 2026—Between 1930 and 1970
The Emerging Artists: Early College Program offers teens in high school a supportive, creative environment where young artists can develop their talents, build portfolios for college applications, and engage with like-minded …
Adjoining the Glassell School of Art and Cullen Sculpture Garden is a nearly one-acre public greenspace: The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza, designed by Deborah Nevins & Associates, in collaboration with Nevins & Benito …
Bayou Bend is the MFAH house museum for American decorative arts and paintings. Displayed in the former home of Houston civic leader and philanthropist Ima Hogg (1882–1975), the collection is one of the finest showcases of …
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design December 13 | Christine Gervais, the Fredericka Crain Director of Rienzi and curator of decorative arts; and Kaylin Weber, the Lora Jean Kilroy Curator of American Painting and Sculpture Plan Your Visit fl=ip&fe=ec" target="_blank" rel="noopener">