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Buddha | Nature: Five Dialogues on Our Shared World

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. Five remarkable works from the Xuzhou Collection, on long-term loan to the Museum since 2021, anchor the exhibition and appear for the first time in a fully contemporary setting at the MFAH.  

Virtual Cinema | “Coded Bias” Examines Inherent Biases in Artificial Intelligence

Nov 17, 2020 - “You think all black men look alike?” A Fake Account Was Using a Real Man’s Image | CNN | October 15, 2020One of the suspended accounts belonged to a user named Gary Ray. Come for the consciousness-raising, but stay for the Joy (Buolamwini). Facial recognition software (FRS)—a technology that increasingly permeates our lives, from smartphone access to international travel—is a prime example. Because FRS is so pervasive, it can have terrible consequences.

A Royally Inspired Q&A with Tilda Swinton

Oct 23, 2018 - The whole phenomenon of the public posed image was central to our definition of the changing stages of the life of this nobleman turned noblewoman, from the 16th to the 20th century. Shakespeare said “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” As a player yourself, how do you view the demanding role of monarch? Must a successful monarch be an actor, first? I think, in many ways, there cannot be a more different path for a monarch than that of an actor, where it is essential that the individual interprets and makes real, in their own image, some narrative set down outside of their

Lecture | “Printy” Bouquets: The Legacy of Furber’s Flowers

Plan Your Visit Admission is free. For more information, or to reserve a seat for the lecture, email [email protected] or call 713.639.7762. To attend the lecture online, register via Zoom. In October 2024, she opened the exhibit Celebrity in Print at the Art Museums at Colonial Williamsburg which explores how the 18th century English market for portrait prints played a role in the genesis of our modern concept of Libbey Oliver is the former manager of floral and Christmas decorations for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

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Happy Anniversary! ICAA’s Documents Project Website Celebrates Four Years

Jan 11, 2016 - It’s hard to believe that four years have passed since we initially made 2,500 documents from Argentina, Mexico, and the American Midwest available online. Every one of the 7,000 (and counting) primary texts now available on our site reflects a fundamental spirit of camaraderie and a commitment to a team-based approach that, together, define the core values of the ICAA’s Documents The portal has had a transformational impact on the field of Latin American and Latino visual culture, becoming the principal source for research materials from this emergent field.

Virtual Art Encounters “Seeing and Creating Lines”

Nov 18, 2020 - Our inspiration for “Seeing and Creating Lines” comes from one of the thematic installations in the new Kinder Building: Line into Space, which showcases sculpture, printmaking, painting, and drawing. To participate in person, visit Lawndale’s sculpture garden—more on that in a minute. Both experiences are appropriate for all ages and skill sets. How does this program connect with the MFAH art collections? About the ProgramLed by artists and inspired by art, Virtual Art Encounters brings the Museum’s popular studio-style art project online. Art Encounters receives generous support from Learning Ninjas. 

The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival

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. A century later, this fascinating documentary tells the story of her life, tracing Lempicka’s flight from persecution, her affairs with men and women, and her hidden Jewish heritage. Renowned for her sleek Art Deco paintings, artist Tamara de Lempicka took Paris, Milan, Berlin, and New York by storm in the 1920s.

Light up Your Life with “Electrifying Design”

Apr 28, 2021 - Each section—Typologies, The Bulb, and Quality of Light—has moments of pure, alchemic wonder as well as works that frame our understanding of the field.” Light up Your HomeShop designer lights in the MFA Shop online, where you’ll also find the illustrated exhibition catalogue and specially curated, art-inspired gift items. Shop the Show Make Your Own Works of ArtTry your hand at these light-inspired art-making activities for the whole family with step-by-step activity guides and how-to videos.

Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms”

Dec 16, 2019 - This war, we’re going to use fine arts men, real artists.” Freedom from Want also explores the question of whom we welcome at our table and into our lives—messages that anticipate Rockwell’s later works, such as Golden Rule in 1961, which take pro–civil rights stances.  See “Norman Rockwell Rockwell, a well-established illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post at the time, was eager to lend his talents to the ongoing war efforts.