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Paris Frills (Falbalas)

Generous funding is provided by the Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Lois Chiles; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; and ILEX Foundation. Complement your visit to the exhibition Louvre Couture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston with this 1945 film about a womanizing dress designer (Raymond Rouleau) who falls in love with his best friend’s fiancée.     —Jean Paul Gaultier, fashion designer   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.

Gingerbread Workshop at Bayou Bend

Afterward, enjoy everything Christmas Village has to offer and visit GingerBread Lane, a town of over 500 baked buildings that chef Lovitch created especially for Bayou Bend. Tickets $50 per person $45 for MFAH members Includes the workshop, parking, and a ticket to experience all of Christmas Village. Plan Your Visit Workshop takes place in the Bailey Room of the Kilroy Visitor Center.

Vishniac

Visit the Houston Jewish Film Festival website for the full schedule and more information. Community partner: Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center Houston  Schneider, consulting curator, Judaica Roman Vishniac was a groundbreaking 20th-century photographer best known for his iconic images of Jewish life in Eastern Europe from 1935 to 1938. Tickets $10 festival admission; $8 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+) Plan Your Visit This screening takes place in the Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building.

Live Collage Event | Portraits by James Gallagher

Spring Nights at the MFAH

Pricing

• Purchase a live portrait collage: $150 for individuals; $200 for couples; $250 for 3+

• Florescence | “Splendor”

  Visit flohouston.org for updates and additional details. For more information, contact [email protected] or 713.639.7581. Grand Corporate Underwriter: Frost Bank For groups of 10 or more, please contact Group Sales at 713.639.7878 or [email protected] for more information. If you are ready to make your group reservation, complete the group visit request form. The Kinder Building is partially open for this event. The open area includes the lower-level Arrival Hall and street-level atrium. The Law Building is closed.

• MFAH Director Gary Tinterow will be joined by artists Mike and Doug Starn for “Conversations with the Director” on Thursday, June 7

  May 29, 2018 - Where The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium Theater / The Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street  Admission Tickets are $15 for students, $25 for MFAH members, and $35 for the general public. About Mike and Doug Starn Speaker Mike and Doug Starn, brothers and collaborators, first received critical acclaim in the mid-1980s for their conceptual and physical approach to photography. Among their most recent commissions are a monumental glass and metal sculpture on the plaza of the Princeton University Art Museum and a 90-foot-long glass wall façade for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

• The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the Final Venue for the Most Comprehensive Survey of Modern Mexican Art in 70 Years

  May 9, 2017 - We are grateful to our colleagues at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes for making this exhibition possible, and we are thrilled to offer visitors the opportunity to examine firsthand the This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.   Mellon Fund for Scholarly Publications at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and by Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund.

• Margo Handwerker Appointed Dean of the Glassell School of Art Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

  May 22, 2024 - Her dedication to partnership promises to infuse innovation and inclusivity into every facet of our mission.” From 2016 to 2024, Dr. Handwerker will provide leadership for several signature initiatives of the acclaimed Core Residency for artists and writers, including the residency program itself, the visiting artists program for the Glassell School, and annual exhibition programming for the school’s three gallery spaces.

• Rienzi Reels | “8 Women (8 femmes)”

  Visit the Villa Albertine website for more information. Plan Your Visit This screening takes place on the lawn at Rienzi. Limited parking on-site. Please consider rideshare or carpooling. SOLD OUT | Enjoy a captivating night of French cinema at Rienzi, the MFAH house museum for European decorative arts. Bring your own blanket for this free event on the lawn at sunset.

• Book Launch | “Building on Tradition”

  “Texas-based architects Curtis & Windham are known for their work across the Lone Star State. In Building on Tradition, readers get a glimpse into midcentury Houston estates and neo-Georgian mansions.” Plan Your Visit Admission is free. The MFA Shop is located on Level 1 of the Beck Building. Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map   November 13, 2025 Architects William Curtis and Russell Windham visit the MFA Shop to talk about their new book, Building on Tradition: The Work of Curtis & Windham Architects.