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  1. My Stolen Planet (Sayyareye dozdide shodeye man)

    Using the essayistic style of a diary, director Farahnaz Sharifi traces how the Islamic Revolution changed life for women in Iran.

  2. “Bestowing Beauty” Comes to Life

    May 5, 2020 - Aimée Froom, curator of art of the Islamic worlds, shares a look inside her book Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces from Persian Lands—Selections from the Hossein Afshar Collection.

  3. MFAH Establishes a Gallery for Judaica, Opening December 3, 2023

    Nov 2, 2023 - The project team is being led by Aimée Froom, MFAH Curator, Art of the Islamic Worlds, and Caroline Goeser, W.T. and Louise J. Moran Chair of Learning and Interpretation. “The galleries adjacent to the Herzstein Gallery are devoted to the arts of Korea, Japan, India, China and the Islamic worlds. Latin American and Latino art.

  4. Spring Nights at the MFAH

    See installations from a curator’s point of view with Cindi Strauss on 150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection and Aimée Froom on works in the Hossein Afshar Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds. Enjoy a signature cocktail, hear from curators, listen to live music, and spend time up close with your favorite works of art. Hear insights from curators James Anno in Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries and Bradley Brooks on objects from the Bayou Bend Collection in the galleries for American art before 1920.

  5. Celebrating Community: Women’s Empowerment Group Visits the MFAH

    May 13, 2020 - We first heard from curator Aimée Froom, and then we toured the Art of the Islamic Worlds galleries in the Law Building. It’s astounding how much art is in one place and just how big it is!” Mary Cassatt, Susan Comforting the Baby Art plays an important role in trauma recovery, and the connection with the MFAH is a positive presence in the lives of our refugee community. What were some highlights of the visit?

  6. Four Daughters (Les filles d’Olfa)

    Unpacking a complex family history through interviews and reenactments, the film examines how the mother’s two eldest were radicalized by Islamic extremists.

  7. Lecture | The Luminous Word: Beauty and Brilliance in the “Blue Qur’an”

    A folio on loan from the Aga Khan Museum for the exhibition Sea of Ink, Forest of Pens in the Hossein Afshar Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds offers a rare opportunity to explore the enduring mysteries that surround this Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art

  8. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, announces major cornerstone acquisitions for a new gallery of Medieval art

    Oct 8, 2018 - “These three remarkable objects, in tandem with our significant and growing holdings of art from Asia and the Islamic worlds, will enhance the Museum’s ability to tell the story of pre-modern art and culture across cultures and art  HOUSTON—September 20, 2018—The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced three significant acquisitions of Medieval art, now on view in the European Art Galleries of the Museum’s Audrey Jones Beck Building. Hebrew Codex from the Rhineland; a silver-gilt and enamel Spanish processional cross, circa 1400; and a 1516 design for Rouen cathedral tower now on view  The three masterworks join a growing collection of early European and Islamic

  9. From Spain to Houston: Q&A with Curator James Anno

    Apr 5, 2020 - Glory of Spain has so much to offer: jewelry from antiquity; a medieval Hebrew Bible; Islamic textiles; Christian devotional paintings; maps and paintings from Mexico; sculpture from Ecuador; silverwork from Peru; and much more MC: There are so many magnificent works of art on view. Which one most impressed you? JA: I am very impressed by the Diego Velázquez portrait Camillo Astalli, Known as Cardinal Pamphili. Bilingual Houston lifestyle blogger Mariana Cano (Yo Mariana) “virtually” sits down with James Anno, associate curator of European art, to talk about “Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library.”

  10. Workshop | Tazhib: Ornamenting in Gold

    It accompanies the special installation Sea of Ink, Forest of Pens: The Art of the Qur'an in the Hossein Afshar Collection, on view in the Hossein Afshar Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds through June 21, 2026.   The workshop is open to art enthusiasts of ages 15+. Materials are provided. No prior experience is required. Tickets | SOLD OUT $10 per person* | Capacity is limited. Tazhib, the art of illumination, has been used in the Muslim world for over a millenium to enhance the beauty of the calligraphic and painted page with intricate naturalistic and geometric patterns.