Rainey Knudson and Brandon Zech on a blockbuster summer show, how to charm an audience with noise, and the mythical birthplace of Kim Jong-il.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
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Houston Public Media’s Jen Rice put out a radio news spot yesterday, interviewing Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) Director Gary Tinterow, Contemporary Arts Museum (CAMH) Director Bill Arning, and…
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Drive By
All of the Pipilotti Rist ‘Pixel Forest’ GIFs you could ever want
by Glasstireby GlasstireThis Sunday, June 11, 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is opening Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish, an exhibition of two works the museum recently acquired from the Swiss…
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It seems like the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) has been celebrating its campus redevelopment project for ages. Last year, it held a huge block party for the groundbreaking…
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Yesterday, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston kicked off its fifth annual Jazz on Film series. In case you’re unfamiliar, the MFAH’s film department consistently presents some of the best programs in…
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Today, May 31, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston broke ground on the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. The building, which is to be located where the museum’s main parking lot used…
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Earlier this week, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opened a new underground parking lot, reports the Houston Chronicle. Located under the museum’s still-in-progress Glassell School of Art building, the garage, which offers…
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In June, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will open Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest and Worry Will Vanish, an exhibition of two works by Rist that have been recently acquired by the…
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Navigating a historical exhibition like 'Adiós Utopia' can be difficult. The MFAH does a nice job of providing a broad outline, but it's best to find a personal position from which to steer your experience.
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Sometimes museums use billboards to advertise art, and sometimes billboards are the art:
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on what to see over Spring Break, whether there are any bands left at SXSW, and naked people at the museum.
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These sculptures act like still frames in a larger story that stars, finally, all of the people milling about them in the museum.
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The MFAH screens early films by father of African cinema, Ousmane Sembène.
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has announced the dates and schedule for the 13th annual Houston Jewish Film Festival, in which it participates. The primary venue for the festival…
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There are better and worse ways to stage a revolution. Somehow this all feels so… familiar.
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News
Dessert Before Dinner: Houston Couple Pledges Entire Show to MFAH
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonTwo Centuries of American Still-Life Painting: The Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs Collection opened this weekend at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and a couple of evenings before, the…
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Brandon Zech and Rainey Knudson on a certain show you can't miss, an unpredictable biennial, and three blockbuster dead guys.
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Rex Koontz, the University of Houston (UH) School of Art director, is set to oversee a $102,000 project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), reports the Houston…
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is one of five big American museums to designate undergraduates for the Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Program, and the two new fellows for…
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Victoria Ramirez has announced that she will be leaving the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin to be the new director of the El Paso Museum of Art, reports…