Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The MFAH’s Glassell School of Art is again looking for a new crop of CORE Fellows for its ever-more-prestigious residency program. Residents receive a stipend, health insurance, and private studio/office…

Gary Tinterow, former Met curator and new director of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, is going to be awarded the insignia of Officer of the Order of Arts and…

It’s currently under construction on Friday, January 20 the MFAH’s much touted International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA) digital archive goes online at www.icaadocs.mfah.org. After 10 years…

The museum of Fine arts Houston has announced that Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Gary Tinterow will be the museum’s new director, filling the large vacancy left by the death…

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston has opened its new Kinder Foundation Education Center in the lower tunnels outside the Brown Auditorium Theater. With futuristic chairs that libraries love, free…

I want to call attention to one film in the Cinema Arts Fest that, while nestled quietly and rather buzzless in the schedule between exciting premieres, audiovisual performances, and parties,…

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston has begun its switch to energy-saving LED lamps, installing 150 Toshiba A19’s in its  Pre-Columbian Gallery and the exterior and lobby of its Caroline…

Phillip K. Dick meets Jean-Luc Godard in the fever dream of a vintage collector! OK, that was my quick attempt at a simple and catchy, hyperbolic hook for Rainer Werner…

I generally try to be objective and somewhat professional when writing an art review. I probably don’t do a very good job of it, but I try. I decided to…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has announced the next ten Brown Foundation Fellows who will take up residence at the Dora Maar House during the Fall 2011 term (July…

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston has announced plans to digitally archive 10,000 pieces of primary source material on Latin American art and make it available online. The ten year,…

So you may have heard, Houston is getting an art fair. Um, actually two art fairs. There has been a ridiculous amount of controversy surrounding these fairs, a classic tempest…

Jeremy Musson, British author and historian and former Architectural Editor of Country Life will speak on the intricate hierarchy of servants that grew up to maintain English Country Houses in…

I come from a young family. I’ve been lucky enough to grow up with my mother’s parents playing a significant role in my life. When I was very young my…