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Members Morning | “Frida: The Making of an Icon”

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Tickets for the March 14 event are available. Tickets for the April/May events available soon. Tickets Exclusive to MFAH Members Free Admission Plan Your Visit This event takes place on Level 2 of the Law Building.

Rachel in Real Life | A Painter’s Muse in Revolutionary America

Plan Your Visit Admission is free. The lecture takes place in the Kilroy Visitor and Education Center at Bayou Bend. Watch the lecture via Zoom. Biggs Chair in American Art at the University of Delaware, where she also serves as associate dean for the humanities. Though she sat for multiple portraits and became one of the most frequently painted women of her era, Rachel remains largely invisible in the art historical record.

With Peter Bradley

—Charles Burnett, filmmaker and MacArthur Fellow Tickets $9 general admission, $2 discount for MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+) Plan Your Visit This screening takes place in Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building Community partner: Houston Cinema Arts Society Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation. Post-film Q&A with filmmaker Alex Rappoport and moderator Rebecca Rabinow For his debut documentary, director Alex Rappoport profiles his neighbor in upstate New York: abstract artist Peter Bradley (born 1940).

60 Years of Gemini G.E.L. (Graphic Editions Limited) in Los Angeles

reputation for never dismissing artists’ ideas as impossible. Plan Your Visit These installations are located on Level 2 of the Kinder Building. Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map 60 Years of Gemini G.E.L. Two related installations from the MFAH collection of prints and drawings spotlight important works from a legacy press known for its forward-thinking approach.   60 Years of Gemini G.E.L.

Clarissa

Get Tickets on the Houston Cinema Arts Festival Website Plan Your Visit This screening takes place in Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building. Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map

Discussion | “Facts and Fantasy: Illustrations of the Natural World”

Plan Your Visit Admission is free. This event takes place in the Hirsch Library Reading Room, located on the lower level of the Beck Building. Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map

Meet the Books | “Bea Nettles: Myth Maker, Storyteller”

Plan Your Visit Admission is free. This event takes place in the Hirsch Library Reading Room, located on the lower level of the Beck Building. Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map

An Exhibition You Won’t Want to Miss: “Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography”

Jun 6, 2020 - Get your general admission tickets in advance, and plan your visit online!

International Tour of “The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute” Opens at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 22, 2013

Jul 31, 2013 - After the exceptional welcome we experienced in Fort Worth, we look forward to having the opportunity to share our collection with the people of Houston where we know that these great works will find a receptive and appreciative In 1950, the Clarks decided to create a permanent, public home for their collection.  Since its inception, the Institute has pursued a dual mission as both a museum and a center for research and higher education in the visual arts.

Photography and Film Intersections: Laura Israel Presents Robert Frank

Mar 23, 2016 - Houston film and photography aficionados have something exciting to look forward to: the visit of Laura Israel on April 8 and 9. Join Laura Israel for “Don’t Blink - Robert Frank” on April 8 and for “Life-Raft Earth” on April 9. The go-to editor for New York’s film and music-video producers for years, Israel has maintained an active, parallel career working closely with Robert Frank, the legendary photographer and filmmaker.