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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. Renowned for her sleek Art Deco paintings, artist Tamara de Lempicka took Paris, Milan, Berlin, and New York by storm in the 1920s. Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms.

Emilia Pérez

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. Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation. It is shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards on March 2. From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations.

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

"– Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (UK) Tickets $9 general admission; $7 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+) Plan Your Visit This screening takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater on the lower level of the Law Building Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation. A must for Hitch fans! "As ever, there is real evangelism in Cousins’ work and in ‘My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock’ there is so much to learn and enjoy. You come away from it with your senses fine-tuned.

Lecture | Artist Talk with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

This lecture is part of the Armando Garza-Sada Sr. and Sylvia Sada Endowment for the Arts Lecture Series. Plan Your Visit Included with Museum admission The program takes place in Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston welcomes artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer for a lecture discussing his career trajectory, influences on his work, and current projects like the installation at Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.    His large-scale participatory installations have been commissioned for events such as the Millennium Celebrations in Mexico City, the UN World Summit in Lyon, and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Family Art-Making Studio

Admission is free for MFAH members and ages 12 & younger. Get advance Museum tickets. Plan Your Visit This event starts in the Farish Education Room on the Lower Level of the Beck Building. --

This event is sold out for June 28. Tickets are still available for July 26 and August 23.

Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong denglong gaogao gua)

Tickets | Available Soon $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. She soon discovers that behind the palatial life of luxury in the master’s house, she and her fellow concubines are pitted against each other in a struggle for his affections. Generous funding is provided by the Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Lois Chiles; Franci Neely; Joanie Patrick and Stephen Bettencourt; Ellen A. Yarrell; and ILEX Foundation.

Painting on Stone Surfaces in 16th-Century Europe: The How and the Why

Plan Your Visit This program is included with general admission. Seating is first come, first served in Lynn Wyatt Theater, located in the Kinder Building on the MFAH main campus. Originally appreciated for its durability, stone became prized for its varied pictorial qualities, including the dark surface of slate that enhances night scenes and the alabaster whorls that emulate effects of heavenly apparitions Explore More The Nativity, by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, is from the collection at Rienzi, the MFAH house museum for European decorative arts.

Art Crowd | “Art and Life in Imperial Rome”

Join the MFAH now and add on an Art Crowd membership to enjoy free access to Art Crowd events for a full year. Plan Your Visit This event takes place in the Beck Building. Tickets $35 per adult (21+) Free for MFAH members with an Art Crowd add-on membership About Art CrowdThe Art Crowd add-on membership is designed for MFAH members in their 20s and 30s. The nearest Museum parking for this event is in the Beck Garage. Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map Questions?

Beloved Tropic (Querido Trópico)

As they navigate the challenges of caregiving and the need for human connection, they learn to care for one another amid their personal struggles. Tickets $10 festival admission; $8 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+) Plan Your Visit This screening takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater in the Law Building. Ana María (Jenny Navarrete, The Other Son), a Colombian immigrant working as a home caregiver while harboring a secret, crosses paths with Mercedes (played by acclaimed Chilean actress Paulina García, known for her role in Gloria

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents “Norman Rockwell: American Freedom” in December 2019

Oct 25, 2019 - Roosevelt during World War II, and how they impact our lives today. The MFAH is also home to the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA), a leading research institute for 20th-century Latin American and Latino art. mfah.org  Organization & Funding for Norman Rockwell: American Organization & Funding for The Four Freedoms Reimagined Support for this exhibition is provided by the Margaret Cooke Skidmore Exhibition Endowment.