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  1. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Continues Collection Series with “Statements: African American Art from the Museum’s Collection”

    Jan 20, 2016 - Other more subjective examples in this section reflect both urban and rural experience, including works by Roy DeCarava, Earlie Hudnall, Jean Lacy, Thornton Dial, Sr., and Lonnie Holley among others. Statements presents three interwoven themes and segments, starting with the generation of artists who came of age between the 1930s and 1960s, including William Edmondson, John Biggers, Carroll Harris Simms, Art Smith, Roy DeCarava

  2. Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

    Among the many other artists featured are Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Roy DeCarava, David Hammons, Lorraine O’Grady, and Faith Ringgold.

  3. The MFAH is the final venue for the acclaimed “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power”

    Feb 10, 2020 - Building, designed by Rafael Moneo and opened in 2000; the Caroline Wiess Law Building, originally designed by William Ward Watkin, with extensions by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe completed in 1958 and 1974; the Lillie and Hugh Roy Black LightRoy DeCarava was one of the first Black photographers to establish a successful career as an independent artist rather than as a photojournalist or studio portraitist. DeCarava photographed leaders associated with the Civil Rights movement, but he was equally drawn to jazz musicians and everyday people in New York City’s traditionally Black neighborhoods of Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant.

  4. “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” to Open at MFAH with New Section on Houston Artists and Roster of Online Programs

    Jun 24, 2020 - Building, designed by Rafael Moneo and opened in 2000; the Caroline Wiess Law Building, originally designed by William Ward Watkin, with extensions by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe completed in 1958 and 1974; the Lillie and Hugh Roy   • Black LightRoy DeCarava was one of the first Black photographers to establish a successful career as an independent artist rather than as a photojournalist or studio portraitist. DeCarava photographed leaders associated with the Civil Rights movement, but he was equally drawn to jazz musicians and everyday people in New York City’s traditionally Black neighborhoods of Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant.

  5. New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection

    New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection presents works of art hidden from the public during the Cold War. Shedding light on a little-known chapter of 20th-century art, the exhibition features more than 150 Czech avant-garde works collected by Houston philanthropists Roy and Mary Cullen.

  6. Music for Art! Spotify Playlists for the MFAH

    Steven Holl, principal, Steven Holl ArchitectsLocation: The PNC Roof GardenSong: “Ooby Dooby” | Roy Orbison“Ooby Dooby” is a song meant for dancing on the roof. Plaza; the PNC Roof Garden; and the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden. Each song is inspired by a specific area or work of art in these public spaces, which are free to visit. Plaza and the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture GardenSong: “Sound and Color” | Alabama ShakesThe first line of this song, “A new world hangs outside the window,” compares one’s environment to an artwork.

  7. “Dawoud Bey: An American Project” Travels to the MFAH in March 2022

    Dec 17, 2021 - Shot by day but printed as if they were taken at night, in deep shades of black and gray, they explore blackness as color—inspired in part by the photographs of Roy DeCarava—and as race. Building, designed by Rafael Moneo and opened in 2000; the Caroline Wiess Law Building, originally designed by William Ward Watkin, with extensions by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe completed in 1958 and 1974; the Lillie and Hugh Roy

  8. Challenge the Monotony! See This Film

    Aug 4, 2015 - Roy Andersson • Venice Winner Andersson (born 1943) has directed more than 400 commercials, but he has made only five feature films in the last five decades. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence • Vienna Connection The title of the latest release by Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson is adapted from Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 16th-century painting Hunters in the Snow,

  9. Cullen Sculpture Garden

    A tranquil oasis of art and nature, the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden showcases masterworks of 20th- and 21st-century sculpture by artists including Louise Bourgeois, Pietro Consagra, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Auguste

  10. Roadie

    Filmed in Austin, Roadie features legendary musicians including Alice Cooper, Deborah Harry and Blondie, Roy Orbison, and Hank Williams, Jr.