Sign in with Facebook | Login | Create Account

Organization

Home > Organization Directory > Organization Detail

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Comment on Facebook

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the largest art museum in America south of Chicago, west of Washington, D.C., and east of Los Angeles.

There are two major museum buildings, the Caroline Wiess Law Building and the Audrey Jones Beck Building; two facilities for the Glassell School of Art, the Studio School for Adults and the Glassell Junior School; two house museums that exhibit decorative arts, Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens and Rienzi; the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden; and 18 acres of public gardens.

A total of 300,000 square feet of space is dedicated to the display of art.

The Hirsch Library is one of the largest art libraries in the Southwest.

More than 2.5 million people visit the MFAH each year.

Community outreach programs touch the lives of more than 670,000 peopleeach year.

The collection contains more than 51,000 artworks, which date from antiquity to the present. The major civilizations of Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Africa are represented.

Italian Renaissance paintings, French Impressionist works, photographs, American

and European decorative arts, African and Pre-Columbian gold, American art, and European and American paintings and sculpture from post-1945 are particularlystrong holdings.

The museum and the Glassell School of Art present more than thirty changing
exhibitions each year.

The MFAH has published more than forty scholarly books in the last decade.

At-a-
Glance

Contact Info

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

1001 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005

Phone: 713-639-7300 | Email | Official Website

Current Events

02/03/12- 02/11/12	MFAH Film Premieres: El Bulli: Cooking in Progress Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Premieres: El Bulli: Cooking in Progress Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 3-February 11, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *MFAH Film Premieres.* Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! *El Bulli: Cooking in Progress* Directed by Gereon Wetzel 2011, in Catalan and French with English subtitles Germany 108 minutes February 3 screening introduced...
02/03/12- 02/04/12	MFAH Film Revivals: The Mummy Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Revivals: The Mummy Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 3-February 4, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Revivals. Enjoy these classics from world cinema on the big screen in Brown Auditorium Theater! The Mummy* Directed by Karl Freund 1932 USA B/W 78 minutes A 1921 British field expedition to Egypt uncovers the mummy of Prince Imhotep, who was condemned and buried alive 3,700 years ago, along with the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to...
02/03/12- 02/04/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Creative Collaborations: Gauguin in Pont Aven Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Creative Collaborations: Gauguin in Pont Aven Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 3-February 4, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Creative Collaborations: Gauguin in Pont Aven, Friday, February 3, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, February 4, 4 pm). Presented by Dr. Gloria Groom,* (pictured) David and Mary Winton Green Curator, 19th Century European Painting and Sculpture, The Art Institute of Chicago. Lectures are open to the public and free with general...
02/01/12- 05/06/12	Snail Mail Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building Snail Mail Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 1-May 6, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Snail Mail, on view February 1, 2012-May 6, 2012 in the Caroline Wiess Law Building. Snail Mail,* a focused installation of photo correspondence from the MFAH collection, features objects that were, until recently, a common phenomenon in the photographic community. Before widespread use of e-mail, photographers would write letters on the backs of misprints or even fine-art quality...
12/23/11- 03/18/12	Visions of Saints Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Visions of Saints Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building December 23, 2011-March 18, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Visions of Saints, on view December 23, 2011-March 18, 2012, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building. This in-focus selection of nine prints and drawings highlights images of saints from the late 16th through 18th centuries and celebrates the museum’s recent acquisition of Guido Reni’s* beautiful chalk drawing The Head of a Young Woman Looking Upward. Jusepe de...
12/23/11- 02/20/12	Highlights of the Peter Blum Edition Archive Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Highlights of the Peter Blum Edition Archive Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building December 23, 2011-February 20, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Highlights of the Peter Blum Edition Archive*, on view December 23, 2011-February 20, 2012, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building. The Peter Blum Edition Archive, a landmark MFAH acquisition, is the inspiration for this exhibition. The 1996 acquisition was spearheaded by MFAH curator Barry Walker, who retired in August 2011. Walker oversaw the museum’s purchase of all the prints and books that...
11/13/11- 02/12/12	Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building November 13, 2011-February 12, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), presents *Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection,* on view in the Beck Building Nov 13, 2011 - Feb 12, 2012. Part of Life, Luxury & the Avant-Garde, a journey across continents and through centuries of art in four stunning shows this season. One of the world's most spectacular private collections of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings—including masterworks...
11/06/11- 03/11/12	New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building November 6, 2011-March 11, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), presents *New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection* (on view November 6, 2011–~~February 5, 2012~~ March 11, 2012), shedding light on a still under-known chapter of 20th-century art. The exhibition features more than 150 Czech avant-garde works amassed by Houston philanthropists Roy and Mary Cullen, including outstanding examples from the flowering of...
10/16/11- 04/15/12	Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building October 16, 2011-April 15, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will host *Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs*, an acclaimed exhibition featuring more than 100 artifacts, most of which had never been shown in the U.S. prior to this tour. The exhibition opens October 16, 2011, and will be on view through April 15, 2012. Visitors will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the spectacular treasures, more than half of which come from...
08/20/11- 02/20/12	The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building August 20, 2011-February 20, 2012 *The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston* will be on view August 20, 2011-~~January 29, 2012~~, February 20, 2012 displaying the newly acquired collection of 73 paintings, watercolors, drawings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the collection of the late native Houstonian and energy entrepreneur, John R. Eckel, Jr. (1951-2009). The founder of Copano Energy, a midstream natural gas company and a...
09/29/06- Ongoing	Visit The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden Visit The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden September 29, 2006 - Ongoing The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a remarkable work of art itself. Spanning slightly more than one acre, the graceful site embodies "a geometry of playfulness," as trees, walls, lawns, and pavers come together to form a brilliant frame for outdoor sculpture. New seasons and different times of day make the Cullen Sculpture Garden an ever changing gallery for art and a welcoming destination for visitors. Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988), architect of the...
01/01/06- Ongoing	Visit Bayou Bend Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens Visit Bayou Bend Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Bayou Bend, the beautiful house with the romantic name, was designed as a private residence for Miss Hogg and her brothers, Will and Mike. Although the house was not built until 1928, the room settings faithfully re-create interiors from previous eras. Miss Hogg donated Bayou Bend to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 1957, with the understanding that it would be converted into a house museum. Over the next decade, rooms that once served Miss Hogg's personal needs were...

Upcoming Events

02/05/12	MFAH Family Day: Ancient Treasures from Greece Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Family Day: Ancient Treasures from Greece Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 5, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *MFAH Family Day: Ancient Treasures from Greece, Sunday, February 5, 2012, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Immerse your family in Ancient Treasures from Greece, Rome and Egypt at the next MFAH Family Day*. Create your own pot using air dry clay inspired by amazing works of art on view from ancient Greece, imagine everyday life in ancient Rome at an interactive, family-friendly presentation, explore Egyptian art at a hands-on...
02/05/12	MFAH Reel Kids: Night at the Museum Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Reel Kids: Night at the Museum Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 5, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *MFAH Reel Kids. Offered on Family Days and select occasions throughout the year, Reel Kids* films bring your family unique viewing experiences—children’s film festival selections, classic cinema, and more. Adults will love these films, too, so everybody can enjoy together! *Night at the Museum* Directed by Shawn Levy 2006 USA 108 minutes The new...
02/05/12- 05/28/12	Eye on Third Ward 2012: Jack Yates High School Photography Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Eye on Third Ward 2012: Jack Yates High School Photography Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building February 5-May 28, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Eye on Third Ward 2012: Jack Yates High School Photography, on view February 5, 2012-May 28, 2012 in the Audrey Jones Beck Building. Eye on Third Ward* showcases photographs by students in the Magnet School of Communications at Jack Yates High School. Since 1995, photography classes at Yates have focused on Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood, and select...
02/05/12- 02/12/12	CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R) (Sundays) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R) (Sundays) Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 5-February 12, 2012 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R),* 2010 (82 minutes). Directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson, participating artist in The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES...
02/10/12- 02/11/12	MFAH Film Special Presentation: 2011 Oscar Nominees: Best Documentary (Short Subject) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Special Presentation: 2011 Oscar Nominees: Best Documentary (Short Subject) Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 10-February 11, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Special Presentation: *2011 Oscar Nominees: Best Documentary (Short Subject). Get a jump on your Oscar pool! Attend this screening for an opportunity to see some of the 2011 nominees for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in advance of the February 26 Academy Awards ceremony. Incident in New Baghdad* Directed by James Spione (USA, 2011, 22 min.)
02/10/12- 02/11/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Creative Collaborations: Gauguin in Pont Aven Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Creative Collaborations: Gauguin in Pont Aven Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 10-February 11, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Spirit in Art: A Buddhist Vision, Friday, February 10, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, February 11, 4 pm). Presented by Dr. Anne C. Klein*, professor of religious studies, Rice University, and founding director, Dawn Mountain Tibetan Buddhist Temple and Dawn Mountain Community Center & Research Institute. Lectures are open to the public...
02/12/12- 02/26/12	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Vessel of Imagination: Exploring Greek Vases Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Vessel of Imagination: Exploring Greek Vases Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building February 12-February 26, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Sunday Family Zone & Studio: Vessel of Imagination: Exploring Greek Vases. Sundays, February 12-26, in both the Beck and Law Buildings. Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On February 12, 19, and 26, look for signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone* is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators—sit on a pillow and read, sketch a work...
02/12/12	MFAH/Arts Lyrica Gallery Concert: Music from the Dutch Golden Age Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building MFAH/Arts Lyrica Gallery Concert: Music from the Dutch Golden Age Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Ars Lyrica Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building February 12, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Ars Lyrica Houston presents *Gallery Concerts: Music from the Dutch Golden Age,* Sunday, February 12, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building, on the second floor. One of the world´s most spectacular private collections of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings—including masterworks by Rembrandt,...
02/12/12- 05/06/12	Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 12-May 6, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski* on view February 12 through May 6, 2012, in the Caroline Wiess Law Building Mezzanine. Widely regarded as one of America’s last classic modern painters, Jules Olitski (1922–2007) created brilliant color harmonies and chromatic shifts that became one of the hallmarks of *Color Field Painting*. Olitski enjoyed enormous acclaim in...
02/16/12	February Artful Thursday: Echoes of Ancient Egyptian Music Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February Artful Thursday: Echoes of Ancient Egyptian Music Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 16, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents their *February* *Artful Thursday: Echoes of Ancient Egyptian Music,* Thursday, February 16 at 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, in the Caroline Wiess Law Building. Presented by A. J. Racy, professor of ethnomusicology at the University...
02/17/12- 02/18/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Emotion in Egyptian and Near Eastern Music Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Emotion in Egyptian and Near Eastern Music Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 17-February 18, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Emotion in Egyptian and Near Eastern Music, Friday, February 17, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, February 18, 4 pm). Presented by A. J. Racy,* (pictured) Professor of ethnomusicology at UCLA, Performer, composer, and author. Born in Lebanon, A. J. Racy comes from a well-known family of artists, scholars, and academicians....
02/17/12	MFAH Film/Texas Independent Film Network Screening: Slacker 2011 Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film/Texas Independent Film Network Screening: Slacker 2011 Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 17, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a MFAH Film/Texas Independent Film Network Screening: *Slacker 2011. Co-presented by Texas Independent Film Network, MFAH and Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP). Richard Linklater’s Slacker* inspired a generation of American filmmakers by exploring the subculture of Austin, Texas, in a loose narrative with a tapestry of quirky characters. Celebrating the twentieth...
02/18/12- 02/19/12	MFAH Film Premieres: Le Havre Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Premieres: Le Havre Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 18-February 19, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *MFAH Film Premieres.* Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! *Le Havre* Directed by Aki Kaurismäki 2011, in French with English subtitles Finland/France/Germany 103 minutes MFAH film faithful will remember seeing prior films by iconoclastic Finn Aki...
02/19/12	MFAH Opening Day Lecture/Demonstration: Buddhist Art and Courtly Elegance Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Opening Day Lecture/Demonstration: Buddhist Art and Courtly Elegance Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 19, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents an *Opening Day Lecture/Demonstration: Buddhist Art and Courtly Elegance, Sunday, February 19, 2012, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, in the Caroline Wiess Law Building. Presented by Shimatani Hiroyuki, vice executive director, Tokyo National Museum; with live translation by Kito Satomi*, senior manager, international relations, Tokyo National Museum. The masterworks of art from the Tokyo National...
02/19/12- 04/08/12	Elegant Perfection: Masterpieces of Courtly and Religious Art from the Tokyo National Museum Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building Elegant Perfection: Masterpieces of Courtly and Religious Art from the Tokyo National Museum Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 19-April 8, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Elegant Perfection: Masterpieces of Courtly and Religious Art from the Tokyo National Museum*, on view February 19–April 8, 2012, in the new Arts of Japan Gallery. The new, permanent Arts of Japan Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will be the final installation in a suite of permanent Arts of Asia galleries surrounding Cullinan Hall in the Caroline Wiess Law Building, culminating an effort begun...
02/20/12	Tour of the 2012 Preview Exhibition with Anne Tucker and Clint Willour Houston Center for Photography Tour of the 2012 Preview Exhibition with Anne Tucker and Clint Willour Presented by Houston Center for Photography (HCP) and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Houston Center for Photography February 20, 2012 Each year, HCP (Houston Center for Photography) holds an annual *Print Auction* where artists, galleries, and collectors from all over the world contribute high caliber photographic art that is auctioned for the benefit of the HCP’s operating fund. One-hundred percent of the sale proceeds will go directly to producing exhibitions, educational initiatives, outreach programs, and the...
02/20/12	MFAH Film Movies Houstonians Love: Live and Become (Va, vis et deveins) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Movies Houstonians Love: Live and Become (Va, vis et deveins) Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 20, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Movies Houstonians Love The seventh season of Movies Houstonians Love invites notable local celebrities to share a favorite film in Brown Auditorium Theater. Live and Become Va, vis et deveins Directed by Radu Mihaileanu 2005, in Hebrew, French, and Amharic with English subtitles France/Belgium/Israel/Italy
02/23/12	MFAH Special Lecture: Terrible Reality: The Civil War as a Living-Room War Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Special Lecture: Terrible Reality: The Civil War as a Living-Room War Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 23, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *Special Lecture: Terrible Reality: The Civil War as a Living-Room War, Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, in the Caroline Wiess Law Building. FREE. Presented by Dr. John W. Stauffer, (pictured*) Chair of the History of American Civilization Program and professor of English and African and African American Studies, Harvard...
02/24/12- 02/25/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Fauvism: The Color Explosion Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Fauvism: The Color Explosion Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 24-February 25, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Fauvism: The Color Explosion, Friday, February 24, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, February 25, 4 pm). Presented by David E. Brauer*, senior lecturer, Glassell School of Art, MFAH. Lectures are open to the public and free with general museum admission. MFAH Members always receive free admission. Seating is limited. A reception to meet the...
02/24/12- 02/25/12	MFAH Film Premieres: Mysteries of Lisbon (Mistérios de Lisboa) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Premieres: Mysteries of Lisbon (Mistérios de Lisboa) Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 24-February 25, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *MFAH Film Premieres.* Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! Mysteries of Lisbon Mistérios de Lisboa Directed by Raoul Ruiz 2010 in Portuguese and French with English subtitles Portugal/France 267 minutes Part I: Friday, February 24, 7:00 p.m....
03/01/12	MFAH/HADA Lecture: Through the Looking Glass: Framed Elegance in Britain, 1660–1820 Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH/HADA Lecture: Through the Looking Glass: Framed Elegance in Britain, 1660–1820 Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Houston Antiques Dealers Association (HADA) at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium March 1, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Houston Antiques Dealers Assocation (HADA) present the The 30th Annual Houston Antiques Dealers Association Lecture: Through the Looking Glass: Framed Elegance in Britain, 1660–1820. Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. and repeated at 6:30 p.m. Presented by Dr. Tessa Murdoch, acting keeper, department of sculpture, metalwork, ceramics and glass, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The introduction of...
03/02/12- 03/04/12	MFAH Film Revivals: Come Back, Africa (Restored 35mm print) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Revivals: Come Back, Africa (Restored 35mm print) Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium March 2-March 4, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Revivals. Enjoy these classics from world cinema on the big screen in Brown Auditorium Theater! Come Back, Africa* Directed by Lionel Rogosin 1959 South Africa B/W 85 minutes Restored 35mm print. Lionel Rogosin’s (whose On the Bowery screened at the MFAH last year) Come Back, Africa is a...
03/04/12	ART IMPROV at MFAH! Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building ART IMPROV at MFAH! Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building March 4, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another *ART IMPROV at MFAH!! Art Improv* takes place from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 2012. At this program, families choose a work of art from anywhere in the museum and make friends with it—using an activity guide to sketch it, write about it, and talk about it together. Then, they visit the studio where there will be an assortment of materials to create a work of art inspired by their new...
03/04/12- 06/03/12	Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building March 4-June 3, 2012 Beginning in the 1960s, collectors Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio assembled over five decades an unparalleled collection of modern and contemporary ceramics, focusing on objects that individually and collectively challenge traditional expectations of the medium. In 2007 the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, acquired this landmark collection, giving the museum one of the most important collections of post-World War II ceramics in the world. From March 4 to June 3, 2012, the MFAH will present...
03/09/12- 03/10/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Religion of Tutanhkamun’s Boyhood: The World’s First Monotheistic Religion? Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Religion of Tutanhkamun’s Boyhood: The World’s First Monotheistic Religion? Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building March 9-March 10, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Religion of Tutanhkamun’s Boyhood: The World’s First Monotheistic Religion?, Friday, March 9, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, March 10, 4 pm). Presented by Kara Cooney*, assistant professor of ancient Egyptian art and architecture; core faculty, the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA; host of the Discovery Channel series Out of...
03/11/12- 03/25/12	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Color Harmonies: Exploring the Abstract Paintings of Jules Olitski Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Color Harmonies: Exploring the Abstract Paintings of Jules Olitski Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building March 11-March 25, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Sunday Family Zone & Studio: Color Harmonies: Exploring the Abstract Paintings of Jules Olitski. Sundays, March 11-25, in both the Beck and Law Buildings. Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On March, 11, 18, and 25, look for signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone* is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators—sit on a pillow and...
03/11/12- 05/28/12	Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building March 11-May 28, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst* on view March 11, 2012 - May 28, 2012, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building. This unprecedented exhibition of 25 paintings opens at the MFAH, and travels to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Seventeenth-century Dutch artist Willem van Aelst painted still lifes that are remarkable for their fine finish,...
03/11/12- 06/10/12	Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building March 11-June 10, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibitiion *Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage, on view in the Audrey Jones Beck Building March 11 through June 10, 2012. Utopia/Dystopia* explores artists’ use of photography to project a political, social, or cultural state of utopia or dystopia. Ranging in date from the late 19th century to the present, these photos, photocollages, photomontages, and moving...
03/16/12- 03/17/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Curse of the Pharaohs Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Curse of the Pharaohs Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building March 16-March 17, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Curse of the Pharaohs, Friday, March 16, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, March 17, 4 pm). Presented by David Silverman, national curator for the exhibition Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs*; curator-in-charge of the Egyptian collection, University of Pennsylvania Museum; and the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr. Professor of...
03/23/12- 03/24/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Royal Symbols: Crowns, Scepters, and Thrones Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Royal Symbols: Crowns, Scepters, and Thrones Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building March 23-March 24, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Royal Symbols: Crowns, Scepters, and Thrones, Friday, March 23, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, March 24, 4 pm). Presented by Dr. Michael Barry*, lecturer in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University. Lectures are open to the public and free with general museum admission. MFAH Members always receive free admission. Seating is limited. A...
03/25/12	Archaeological Institute/MFAH Lecture: Sound of Empire - Music and Power in Zhou Dynasty China Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium Archaeological Institute/MFAH Lecture: Sound of Empire - Music and Power in Zhou Dynasty China Presented by Archaeological Institute of America, Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium March 25, 2012 The Archaeological Institute of American, Houston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston present a Lecture: *Sound of Empire - Music and Power in Zhou Dynasty China, 2:00pm, Sunday, March 25, 2012, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Brown Theater, 1001 Bissonnet. Presented by Dr. Haicheng Wang*, Assistant Professor, University of Washington. The amazing discovery of ritual bells from the Bronze Age that can...
03/26/12	Menil/MFAH Film Screening: Los Niños Abandonados Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium Menil/MFAH Film Screening: Los Niños Abandonados Presented by Menil Collection and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium March 26, 2012 The Menil Collection presents a *Film Screening: Los Niños Abandonados, (1975). A film by Danny Lyon* (running time: 63 minutes) Brown Auditorium, MFAH, 1001 Bissonnet. Monday, March 26, 2012, 6:30 p.m. Co-presented with MFAH Films. In conjunction with the Menil exhibition This World is Not My Home: Danny...
04/08/12- 04/29/12	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Exquisite Elegance: Exploring Still Life Paintings by Willem van Aelst Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Exquisite Elegance: Exploring Still Life Paintings by Willem van Aelst Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building April 8-April 29, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Sunday Family Zone & Studio: Exquisite Elegance: Exploring Still Life Paintings by Willem van Aelst. Sundays, April 8-29, in both the Beck and Law Buildings. Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On April 8, 15, 22, and 29, look for signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone* is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators—sit on a pillow...
04/18/12	The Bystander’s Dilemma: Bullying and the Perpetuation of Violence Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium The Bystander’s Dilemma: Bullying and the Perpetuation of Violence Presented by Holocaust Museum Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium April 18, 2012 Holocaust Museum Houston presents The Bystander’s Dilemma: Bullying and the Perpetuation of Violence, Wednesday, April 18, 6:30pm-8:00pm, in the Brown Auditorium, MFAH. Best-selling author Barbara Coloroso (pictured) will discuss how both parents and teachers can respond to bullying, an aspect of school that she feels "is a life-and-death issue that we ignore at our children's...
05/06/12	ART IMPROV at MFAH! Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building ART IMPROV at MFAH! Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building May 6, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another *ART IMPROV at MFAH!! Art Improv* takes place from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 6, 2012. At this program, families choose a work of art from anywhere in the museum and make friends with it—using an activity guide to sketch it, write about it, and talk about it together. Then, they visit the studio where there will be an assortment of materials to create a work of art inspired by their new...
05/13/12- 05/27/12	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Latin American Art Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Latin American Art Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building May 13-May 27, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Sunday Family Zone & Studio: Latin American Art. Sundays, May 13-27, in both the Beck and Law Buildings. Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On May 13, 20, 27, look for signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone* is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators—sit on a pillow and read, sketch a work of art, and get involved in an...
05/17/12	Archaeological Institute/MFAH Lecture: The Golden Age of Empire - Mansa Musa, Timbuktu and an Islamic African Empire Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium Archaeological Institute/MFAH Lecture: The Golden Age of Empire - Mansa Musa, Timbuktu and an Islamic African Empire Presented by Archaeological Institute of America, Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium May 17, 2012 The Archaeological Institute of American, Houston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston present a Lecture: *The Golden Age of Empire - Mansa Musa, Timbuktu and an Islamic African Empire, 6:30pm, Thursday, May 17, 2012, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Brown Theater, 1001 Bissonnet. The Aramco Services Company Lecture. Presented by Dr. Tim Insoll*, University of Manchester. Fabulous wealth from the Saharan...
06/03/12- 09/03/12	Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building June 3-September 3, 2012 On June 3, 2012, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will debut the exhibition *Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London*, whose three-venue national tour was announced by the American Federation of Arts in New York. An exhibition of forty-eight masterpieces, this will be the first tour of this important group of works from the Iveagh Bequest and will provide a unique opportunity to see these superb paintings outside the United Kingdom....
06/24/12- 09/09/12	Duncan Phyfe, Master Cabinetmaker in New York Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Duncan Phyfe, Master Cabinetmaker in New York Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building June 24-September 9, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Duncan Phyfe, Master Cabinetmaker in New York* on view June 24, 2012-September 9, 2012, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building. Renowned in his lifetime for his elegant designs and superior craftsmanship, Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854) remains to this day America’s most famous cabinetmaker. In the early 1800s, furniture from his New York City workshop was in such demand that he was dubbed the...

Current &
Upcoming Events

Current Events

02/03/12- 02/11/12	MFAH Film Premieres: El Bulli: Cooking in Progress Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Premieres: El Bulli: Cooking in Progress Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 3-February 11, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *MFAH Film Premieres.* Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! *El Bulli: Cooking in Progress* Directed by Gereon Wetzel 2011, in Catalan and French with English subtitles Germany 108 minutes February 3 screening introduced...
02/03/12- 02/04/12	MFAH Film Revivals: The Mummy Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Revivals: The Mummy Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 3-February 4, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Revivals. Enjoy these classics from world cinema on the big screen in Brown Auditorium Theater! The Mummy* Directed by Karl Freund 1932 USA B/W 78 minutes A 1921 British field expedition to Egypt uncovers the mummy of Prince Imhotep, who was condemned and buried alive 3,700 years ago, along with the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to...
02/03/12- 02/04/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Creative Collaborations: Gauguin in Pont Aven Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Creative Collaborations: Gauguin in Pont Aven Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 3-February 4, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Creative Collaborations: Gauguin in Pont Aven, Friday, February 3, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, February 4, 4 pm). Presented by Dr. Gloria Groom,* (pictured) David and Mary Winton Green Curator, 19th Century European Painting and Sculpture, The Art Institute of Chicago. Lectures are open to the public and free with general...
02/01/12- 05/06/12	Snail Mail Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building Snail Mail Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 1-May 6, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Snail Mail, on view February 1, 2012-May 6, 2012 in the Caroline Wiess Law Building. Snail Mail,* a focused installation of photo correspondence from the MFAH collection, features objects that were, until recently, a common phenomenon in the photographic community. Before widespread use of e-mail, photographers would write letters on the backs of misprints or even fine-art quality...
12/23/11- 03/18/12	Visions of Saints Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Visions of Saints Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building December 23, 2011-March 18, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Visions of Saints, on view December 23, 2011-March 18, 2012, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building. This in-focus selection of nine prints and drawings highlights images of saints from the late 16th through 18th centuries and celebrates the museum’s recent acquisition of Guido Reni’s* beautiful chalk drawing The Head of a Young Woman Looking Upward. Jusepe de...
12/23/11- 02/20/12	Highlights of the Peter Blum Edition Archive Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Highlights of the Peter Blum Edition Archive Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building December 23, 2011-February 20, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Highlights of the Peter Blum Edition Archive*, on view December 23, 2011-February 20, 2012, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building. The Peter Blum Edition Archive, a landmark MFAH acquisition, is the inspiration for this exhibition. The 1996 acquisition was spearheaded by MFAH curator Barry Walker, who retired in August 2011. Walker oversaw the museum’s purchase of all the prints and books that...
11/13/11- 02/12/12	Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building November 13, 2011-February 12, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), presents *Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection,* on view in the Beck Building Nov 13, 2011 - Feb 12, 2012. Part of Life, Luxury & the Avant-Garde, a journey across continents and through centuries of art in four stunning shows this season. One of the world's most spectacular private collections of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings—including masterworks...
11/06/11- 03/11/12	New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building November 6, 2011-March 11, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), presents *New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection* (on view November 6, 2011–~~February 5, 2012~~ March 11, 2012), shedding light on a still under-known chapter of 20th-century art. The exhibition features more than 150 Czech avant-garde works amassed by Houston philanthropists Roy and Mary Cullen, including outstanding examples from the flowering of...
10/16/11- 04/15/12	Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building October 16, 2011-April 15, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will host *Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs*, an acclaimed exhibition featuring more than 100 artifacts, most of which had never been shown in the U.S. prior to this tour. The exhibition opens October 16, 2011, and will be on view through April 15, 2012. Visitors will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the spectacular treasures, more than half of which come from...
08/20/11- 02/20/12	The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building August 20, 2011-February 20, 2012 *The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston* will be on view August 20, 2011-~~January 29, 2012~~, February 20, 2012 displaying the newly acquired collection of 73 paintings, watercolors, drawings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the collection of the late native Houstonian and energy entrepreneur, John R. Eckel, Jr. (1951-2009). The founder of Copano Energy, a midstream natural gas company and a...
09/29/06- Ongoing	Visit The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden Visit The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden September 29, 2006 - Ongoing The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a remarkable work of art itself. Spanning slightly more than one acre, the graceful site embodies "a geometry of playfulness," as trees, walls, lawns, and pavers come together to form a brilliant frame for outdoor sculpture. New seasons and different times of day make the Cullen Sculpture Garden an ever changing gallery for art and a welcoming destination for visitors. Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988), architect of the...
01/01/06- Ongoing	Visit Bayou Bend Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens Visit Bayou Bend Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Bayou Bend, the beautiful house with the romantic name, was designed as a private residence for Miss Hogg and her brothers, Will and Mike. Although the house was not built until 1928, the room settings faithfully re-create interiors from previous eras. Miss Hogg donated Bayou Bend to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 1957, with the understanding that it would be converted into a house museum. Over the next decade, rooms that once served Miss Hogg's personal needs were...

Upcoming Events

02/05/12	MFAH Family Day: Ancient Treasures from Greece Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Family Day: Ancient Treasures from Greece Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 5, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *MFAH Family Day: Ancient Treasures from Greece, Sunday, February 5, 2012, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Immerse your family in Ancient Treasures from Greece, Rome and Egypt at the next MFAH Family Day*. Create your own pot using air dry clay inspired by amazing works of art on view from ancient Greece, imagine everyday life in ancient Rome at an interactive, family-friendly presentation, explore Egyptian art at a hands-on...
02/05/12	MFAH Reel Kids: Night at the Museum Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Reel Kids: Night at the Museum Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 5, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *MFAH Reel Kids. Offered on Family Days and select occasions throughout the year, Reel Kids* films bring your family unique viewing experiences—children’s film festival selections, classic cinema, and more. Adults will love these films, too, so everybody can enjoy together! *Night at the Museum* Directed by Shawn Levy 2006 USA 108 minutes The new...
02/05/12- 05/28/12	Eye on Third Ward 2012: Jack Yates High School Photography Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Eye on Third Ward 2012: Jack Yates High School Photography Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building February 5-May 28, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Eye on Third Ward 2012: Jack Yates High School Photography, on view February 5, 2012-May 28, 2012 in the Audrey Jones Beck Building. Eye on Third Ward* showcases photographs by students in the Magnet School of Communications at Jack Yates High School. Since 1995, photography classes at Yates have focused on Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood, and select...
02/05/12- 02/12/12	CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R) (Sundays) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R) (Sundays) Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 5-February 12, 2012 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R),* 2010 (82 minutes). Directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson, participating artist in The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES...
02/10/12- 02/11/12	MFAH Film Special Presentation: 2011 Oscar Nominees: Best Documentary (Short Subject) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Special Presentation: 2011 Oscar Nominees: Best Documentary (Short Subject) Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 10-February 11, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Special Presentation: *2011 Oscar Nominees: Best Documentary (Short Subject). Get a jump on your Oscar pool! Attend this screening for an opportunity to see some of the 2011 nominees for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in advance of the February 26 Academy Awards ceremony. Incident in New Baghdad* Directed by James Spione (USA, 2011, 22 min.)
02/10/12- 02/11/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Creative Collaborations: Gauguin in Pont Aven Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Creative Collaborations: Gauguin in Pont Aven Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 10-February 11, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Spirit in Art: A Buddhist Vision, Friday, February 10, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, February 11, 4 pm). Presented by Dr. Anne C. Klein*, professor of religious studies, Rice University, and founding director, Dawn Mountain Tibetan Buddhist Temple and Dawn Mountain Community Center & Research Institute. Lectures are open to the public...
02/12/12- 02/26/12	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Vessel of Imagination: Exploring Greek Vases Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Vessel of Imagination: Exploring Greek Vases Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building February 12-February 26, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Sunday Family Zone & Studio: Vessel of Imagination: Exploring Greek Vases. Sundays, February 12-26, in both the Beck and Law Buildings. Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On February 12, 19, and 26, look for signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone* is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators—sit on a pillow and read, sketch a work...
02/12/12	MFAH/Arts Lyrica Gallery Concert: Music from the Dutch Golden Age Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building MFAH/Arts Lyrica Gallery Concert: Music from the Dutch Golden Age Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Ars Lyrica Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building February 12, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Ars Lyrica Houston presents *Gallery Concerts: Music from the Dutch Golden Age,* Sunday, February 12, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building, on the second floor. One of the world´s most spectacular private collections of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings—including masterworks by Rembrandt,...
02/12/12- 05/06/12	Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 12-May 6, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski* on view February 12 through May 6, 2012, in the Caroline Wiess Law Building Mezzanine. Widely regarded as one of America’s last classic modern painters, Jules Olitski (1922–2007) created brilliant color harmonies and chromatic shifts that became one of the hallmarks of *Color Field Painting*. Olitski enjoyed enormous acclaim in...
02/16/12	February Artful Thursday: Echoes of Ancient Egyptian Music Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February Artful Thursday: Echoes of Ancient Egyptian Music Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 16, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents their *February* *Artful Thursday: Echoes of Ancient Egyptian Music,* Thursday, February 16 at 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, in the Caroline Wiess Law Building. Presented by A. J. Racy, professor of ethnomusicology at the University...
02/17/12- 02/18/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Emotion in Egyptian and Near Eastern Music Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Emotion in Egyptian and Near Eastern Music Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 17-February 18, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Emotion in Egyptian and Near Eastern Music, Friday, February 17, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, February 18, 4 pm). Presented by A. J. Racy,* (pictured) Professor of ethnomusicology at UCLA, Performer, composer, and author. Born in Lebanon, A. J. Racy comes from a well-known family of artists, scholars, and academicians....
02/17/12	MFAH Film/Texas Independent Film Network Screening: Slacker 2011 Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film/Texas Independent Film Network Screening: Slacker 2011 Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 17, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a MFAH Film/Texas Independent Film Network Screening: *Slacker 2011. Co-presented by Texas Independent Film Network, MFAH and Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP). Richard Linklater’s Slacker* inspired a generation of American filmmakers by exploring the subculture of Austin, Texas, in a loose narrative with a tapestry of quirky characters. Celebrating the twentieth...
02/18/12- 02/19/12	MFAH Film Premieres: Le Havre Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Premieres: Le Havre Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 18-February 19, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *MFAH Film Premieres.* Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! *Le Havre* Directed by Aki Kaurismäki 2011, in French with English subtitles Finland/France/Germany 103 minutes MFAH film faithful will remember seeing prior films by iconoclastic Finn Aki...
02/19/12	MFAH Opening Day Lecture/Demonstration: Buddhist Art and Courtly Elegance Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Opening Day Lecture/Demonstration: Buddhist Art and Courtly Elegance Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 19, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents an *Opening Day Lecture/Demonstration: Buddhist Art and Courtly Elegance, Sunday, February 19, 2012, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, in the Caroline Wiess Law Building. Presented by Shimatani Hiroyuki, vice executive director, Tokyo National Museum; with live translation by Kito Satomi*, senior manager, international relations, Tokyo National Museum. The masterworks of art from the Tokyo National...
02/19/12- 04/08/12	Elegant Perfection: Masterpieces of Courtly and Religious Art from the Tokyo National Museum Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building Elegant Perfection: Masterpieces of Courtly and Religious Art from the Tokyo National Museum Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 19-April 8, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Elegant Perfection: Masterpieces of Courtly and Religious Art from the Tokyo National Museum*, on view February 19–April 8, 2012, in the new Arts of Japan Gallery. The new, permanent Arts of Japan Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will be the final installation in a suite of permanent Arts of Asia galleries surrounding Cullinan Hall in the Caroline Wiess Law Building, culminating an effort begun...
02/20/12	Tour of the 2012 Preview Exhibition with Anne Tucker and Clint Willour Houston Center for Photography Tour of the 2012 Preview Exhibition with Anne Tucker and Clint Willour Presented by Houston Center for Photography (HCP) and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Houston Center for Photography February 20, 2012 Each year, HCP (Houston Center for Photography) holds an annual *Print Auction* where artists, galleries, and collectors from all over the world contribute high caliber photographic art that is auctioned for the benefit of the HCP’s operating fund. One-hundred percent of the sale proceeds will go directly to producing exhibitions, educational initiatives, outreach programs, and the...
02/20/12	MFAH Film Movies Houstonians Love: Live and Become (Va, vis et deveins) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Movies Houstonians Love: Live and Become (Va, vis et deveins) Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 20, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Movies Houstonians Love The seventh season of Movies Houstonians Love invites notable local celebrities to share a favorite film in Brown Auditorium Theater. Live and Become Va, vis et deveins Directed by Radu Mihaileanu 2005, in Hebrew, French, and Amharic with English subtitles France/Belgium/Israel/Italy
02/23/12	MFAH Special Lecture: Terrible Reality: The Civil War as a Living-Room War Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Special Lecture: Terrible Reality: The Civil War as a Living-Room War Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 23, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *Special Lecture: Terrible Reality: The Civil War as a Living-Room War, Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, in the Caroline Wiess Law Building. FREE. Presented by Dr. John W. Stauffer, (pictured*) Chair of the History of American Civilization Program and professor of English and African and African American Studies, Harvard...
02/24/12- 02/25/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Fauvism: The Color Explosion Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Fauvism: The Color Explosion Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building February 24-February 25, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Fauvism: The Color Explosion, Friday, February 24, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, February 25, 4 pm). Presented by David E. Brauer*, senior lecturer, Glassell School of Art, MFAH. Lectures are open to the public and free with general museum admission. MFAH Members always receive free admission. Seating is limited. A reception to meet the...
02/24/12- 02/25/12	MFAH Film Premieres: Mysteries of Lisbon (Mistérios de Lisboa) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Premieres: Mysteries of Lisbon (Mistérios de Lisboa) Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 24-February 25, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *MFAH Film Premieres.* Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! Mysteries of Lisbon Mistérios de Lisboa Directed by Raoul Ruiz 2010 in Portuguese and French with English subtitles Portugal/France 267 minutes Part I: Friday, February 24, 7:00 p.m....
03/01/12	MFAH/HADA Lecture: Through the Looking Glass: Framed Elegance in Britain, 1660–1820 Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH/HADA Lecture: Through the Looking Glass: Framed Elegance in Britain, 1660–1820 Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Houston Antiques Dealers Association (HADA) at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium March 1, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Houston Antiques Dealers Assocation (HADA) present the The 30th Annual Houston Antiques Dealers Association Lecture: Through the Looking Glass: Framed Elegance in Britain, 1660–1820. Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. and repeated at 6:30 p.m. Presented by Dr. Tessa Murdoch, acting keeper, department of sculpture, metalwork, ceramics and glass, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The introduction of...
03/02/12- 03/04/12	MFAH Film Revivals: Come Back, Africa (Restored 35mm print) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium MFAH Film Revivals: Come Back, Africa (Restored 35mm print) Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium March 2-March 4, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Revivals. Enjoy these classics from world cinema on the big screen in Brown Auditorium Theater! Come Back, Africa* Directed by Lionel Rogosin 1959 South Africa B/W 85 minutes Restored 35mm print. Lionel Rogosin’s (whose On the Bowery screened at the MFAH last year) Come Back, Africa is a...
03/04/12	ART IMPROV at MFAH! Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building ART IMPROV at MFAH! Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building March 4, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another *ART IMPROV at MFAH!! Art Improv* takes place from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 2012. At this program, families choose a work of art from anywhere in the museum and make friends with it—using an activity guide to sketch it, write about it, and talk about it together. Then, they visit the studio where there will be an assortment of materials to create a work of art inspired by their new...
03/04/12- 06/03/12	Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building March 4-June 3, 2012 Beginning in the 1960s, collectors Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio assembled over five decades an unparalleled collection of modern and contemporary ceramics, focusing on objects that individually and collectively challenge traditional expectations of the medium. In 2007 the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, acquired this landmark collection, giving the museum one of the most important collections of post-World War II ceramics in the world. From March 4 to June 3, 2012, the MFAH will present...
03/09/12- 03/10/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Religion of Tutanhkamun’s Boyhood: The World’s First Monotheistic Religion? Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Religion of Tutanhkamun’s Boyhood: The World’s First Monotheistic Religion? Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building March 9-March 10, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Religion of Tutanhkamun’s Boyhood: The World’s First Monotheistic Religion?, Friday, March 9, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, March 10, 4 pm). Presented by Kara Cooney*, assistant professor of ancient Egyptian art and architecture; core faculty, the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA; host of the Discovery Channel series Out of...
03/11/12- 03/25/12	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Color Harmonies: Exploring the Abstract Paintings of Jules Olitski Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Color Harmonies: Exploring the Abstract Paintings of Jules Olitski Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building March 11-March 25, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Sunday Family Zone & Studio: Color Harmonies: Exploring the Abstract Paintings of Jules Olitski. Sundays, March 11-25, in both the Beck and Law Buildings. Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On March, 11, 18, and 25, look for signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone* is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators—sit on a pillow and...
03/11/12- 05/28/12	Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building March 11-May 28, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst* on view March 11, 2012 - May 28, 2012, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building. This unprecedented exhibition of 25 paintings opens at the MFAH, and travels to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Seventeenth-century Dutch artist Willem van Aelst painted still lifes that are remarkable for their fine finish,...
03/11/12- 06/10/12	Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building March 11-June 10, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibitiion *Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage, on view in the Audrey Jones Beck Building March 11 through June 10, 2012. Utopia/Dystopia* explores artists’ use of photography to project a political, social, or cultural state of utopia or dystopia. Ranging in date from the late 19th century to the present, these photos, photocollages, photomontages, and moving...
03/16/12- 03/17/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Curse of the Pharaohs Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Curse of the Pharaohs Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building March 16-March 17, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Curse of the Pharaohs, Friday, March 16, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, March 17, 4 pm). Presented by David Silverman, national curator for the exhibition Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs*; curator-in-charge of the Egyptian collection, University of Pennsylvania Museum; and the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr. Professor of...
03/23/12- 03/24/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Royal Symbols: Crowns, Scepters, and Thrones Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Royal Symbols: Crowns, Scepters, and Thrones Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building March 23-March 24, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a *MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Royal Symbols: Crowns, Scepters, and Thrones, Friday, March 23, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, March 24, 4 pm). Presented by Dr. Michael Barry*, lecturer in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University. Lectures are open to the public and free with general museum admission. MFAH Members always receive free admission. Seating is limited. A...
03/25/12	Archaeological Institute/MFAH Lecture: Sound of Empire - Music and Power in Zhou Dynasty China Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium Archaeological Institute/MFAH Lecture: Sound of Empire - Music and Power in Zhou Dynasty China Presented by Archaeological Institute of America, Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium March 25, 2012 The Archaeological Institute of American, Houston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston present a Lecture: *Sound of Empire - Music and Power in Zhou Dynasty China, 2:00pm, Sunday, March 25, 2012, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Brown Theater, 1001 Bissonnet. Presented by Dr. Haicheng Wang*, Assistant Professor, University of Washington. The amazing discovery of ritual bells from the Bronze Age that can...
03/26/12	Menil/MFAH Film Screening: Los Niños Abandonados Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium Menil/MFAH Film Screening: Los Niños Abandonados Presented by Menil Collection and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium March 26, 2012 The Menil Collection presents a *Film Screening: Los Niños Abandonados, (1975). A film by Danny Lyon* (running time: 63 minutes) Brown Auditorium, MFAH, 1001 Bissonnet. Monday, March 26, 2012, 6:30 p.m. Co-presented with MFAH Films. In conjunction with the Menil exhibition This World is Not My Home: Danny...
04/08/12- 04/29/12	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Exquisite Elegance: Exploring Still Life Paintings by Willem van Aelst Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Exquisite Elegance: Exploring Still Life Paintings by Willem van Aelst Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building April 8-April 29, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Sunday Family Zone & Studio: Exquisite Elegance: Exploring Still Life Paintings by Willem van Aelst. Sundays, April 8-29, in both the Beck and Law Buildings. Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On April 8, 15, 22, and 29, look for signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone* is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators—sit on a pillow...
04/18/12	The Bystander’s Dilemma: Bullying and the Perpetuation of Violence Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium The Bystander’s Dilemma: Bullying and the Perpetuation of Violence Presented by Holocaust Museum Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium April 18, 2012 Holocaust Museum Houston presents The Bystander’s Dilemma: Bullying and the Perpetuation of Violence, Wednesday, April 18, 6:30pm-8:00pm, in the Brown Auditorium, MFAH. Best-selling author Barbara Coloroso (pictured) will discuss how both parents and teachers can respond to bullying, an aspect of school that she feels "is a life-and-death issue that we ignore at our children's...
05/06/12	ART IMPROV at MFAH! Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building ART IMPROV at MFAH! Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building May 6, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another *ART IMPROV at MFAH!! Art Improv* takes place from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 6, 2012. At this program, families choose a work of art from anywhere in the museum and make friends with it—using an activity guide to sketch it, write about it, and talk about it together. Then, they visit the studio where there will be an assortment of materials to create a work of art inspired by their new...
05/13/12- 05/27/12	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Latin American Art Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Latin American Art Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building May 13-May 27, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents *Sunday Family Zone & Studio: Latin American Art. Sundays, May 13-27, in both the Beck and Law Buildings. Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On May 13, 20, 27, look for signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone* is located in that day. Spend some time with the friendly family educators—sit on a pillow and read, sketch a work of art, and get involved in an...
05/17/12	Archaeological Institute/MFAH Lecture: The Golden Age of Empire - Mansa Musa, Timbuktu and an Islamic African Empire Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium Archaeological Institute/MFAH Lecture: The Golden Age of Empire - Mansa Musa, Timbuktu and an Islamic African Empire Presented by Archaeological Institute of America, Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium May 17, 2012 The Archaeological Institute of American, Houston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston present a Lecture: *The Golden Age of Empire - Mansa Musa, Timbuktu and an Islamic African Empire, 6:30pm, Thursday, May 17, 2012, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Brown Theater, 1001 Bissonnet. The Aramco Services Company Lecture. Presented by Dr. Tim Insoll*, University of Manchester. Fabulous wealth from the Saharan...
06/03/12- 09/03/12	Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building June 3-September 3, 2012 On June 3, 2012, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will debut the exhibition *Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London*, whose three-venue national tour was announced by the American Federation of Arts in New York. An exhibition of forty-eight masterpieces, this will be the first tour of this important group of works from the Iveagh Bequest and will provide a unique opportunity to see these superb paintings outside the United Kingdom....
06/24/12- 09/09/12	Duncan Phyfe, Master Cabinetmaker in New York Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building Duncan Phyfe, Master Cabinetmaker in New York Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building June 24-September 9, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition *Duncan Phyfe, Master Cabinetmaker in New York* on view June 24, 2012-September 9, 2012, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building. Renowned in his lifetime for his elegant designs and superior craftsmanship, Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854) remains to this day America’s most famous cabinetmaker. In the early 1800s, furniture from his New York City workshop was in such demand that he was dubbed the...

Past
Events

Past Events

01/30/12	MFAH Film Movies Houstonians Love: Aftershock (Tangshan dadizhen) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
01/27/12- 01/28/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Seurat, Gauguin, and the Crisis in Painting at the End of the 19th Century Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
01/20/12- 01/29/12	19th Annual Iranian Film Festival (MFAH) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
01/20/12- 01/21/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Hand of Rodin Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
01/15/12	MFAH Film Special Presentation: Hej Rup! (Heave Ho!) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
01/15/12	MFAH Lecture: Modernism and Contemporary Art in Pakistan Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
01/13/12- 01/14/12	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good + The Audrey Jones Beck Connection Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
01/12/12	January Artful Thursday: The Kaleidoscopic Brain Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
01/08/12- 01/29/12	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Orpheus Charming the Animals: Exploring a Mythical Masterwork Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
01/07/12	MFAH Film Special Presentation: Houston Film Critics Society: Best of 2011 Films Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
01/07/12- 01/14/12	MFAH Film Premieres: The Mill and the Cross Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
01/01/12- 01/06/12	MFAH Film Premieres: 2011 British Arrows Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
01/01/12	Celebrate the New Year with the MFAH at ART IMPROV! Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
12/29/11- 12/30/11	MFAH Lecture - God-Kings in Ancient Egypt Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
12/27/11- 12/31/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
12/27/11- 12/28/11	MFAH Reel Kids: A Little Princess Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
12/27/11- 12/29/11	Holiday Sketching in the Galleries at MFAH! Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
12/18/11	Navidad Latina: An Afternoon of Latin Carol Carols Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
12/15/11	MFAH Authors’ Talk - Van Gogh: The Life Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
12/15/11- 12/18/11	MFAH Film Premiere: Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Gainsbourg: Vie héroïque) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
12/11/11- 12/18/11	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Sumptuous Carpets: Exploring Textiles from the Islamic Courts Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
12/10/11- 12/11/11	MFAH Film Rohmer X 2: Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
12/10/11	MFAH Special Lecture - French Marquetry: Learning by Looking Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
12/10/11	MFAH Special Lecture - The Magnanimity of Mohammad Khan Takallu Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
12/10/11- 12/19/11	A Ceremony of Carols: Cantare Christmas at the MFAH Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
12/09/11- 12/10/11	MFAH Film Rohmer X 2: Le Rayon vert (Summer) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
12/08/11	MFAH Artist’s Talk: Photographer Gay Block on 'About Love' Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
12/08/11	December Artful Thursday: Star Bright - The Annual Ornament-Making Extravaganza Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
12/04/11	MFAH Film Spotlight on World Cinema: Taiwan - The Fourth Portrait (Di si zhang hua) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
12/04/11	MFAH Family Day: Gifts of Beauty Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
12/04/11- 12/05/11	MFAH Special Lecture - Charlemagne’s Elephant Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
12/03/11	MFAH Film Spotlight on World Cinema: Taiwan - Tears (Yan lei) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
12/02/11	MFAH Film Spotlight on World Cinema: Taiwan - Juliets (Zhu li ye) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
11/25/11- 11/27/11	MFAH Film Revivals: The Man Who Fell to Earth Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
11/20/11	Radical Light Book Tour and Screening Series Co-presented with the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
11/18/11- 11/19/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Czech Modernists & the Unknown Avant-Garde Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
11/18/11- 11/19/11	MFAH Film Premieres: One Lucky Elephant Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
11/17/11	MFAH Artist Talk (contemporary@mfah): Sculptor Joel Shapiro Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
11/14/11	MFAH Lecture: Adaptation and Innovation in Modern Czech Glass, 1900–1930 Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
11/13/11- 11/27/11	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Oui! Oui! Oudry! Exploring a Still Life by Jean-Baptiste Oudry Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
11/11/11- 11/12/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Treasured Images from the Golden Age of Dutch Art and Culture Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
11/10/11	2011 Cinema Arts Festival Houston - November Artful Thursday: Dear Diary: A Conversation with Lynn Hershman Leeson Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
11/07/11	MFAH Film Movies Houstonians Love: Wings of Desire (Der himmel über Berlin) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
11/06/11	MFAH Film Spotlight on World Cinema: Korea - Secret Sunshine (Milyang) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
11/06/11	Art Improv Sunday Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
11/05/11	MFAH Film Spotlight on World Cinema: Korea - Finding Mr. Destiny (Kim Jong-ok chatgi) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
11/04/11- 11/05/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Spirit in Art: A Buddhist Vision in Tibet Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
11/04/11	MFAH Film Spotlight on World Cinema: Korea - The Housemaid (Hanyo) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
11/04/11	MFAH Film Spotlight on World Cinema: Korea - The Day He Arrives (Book chon bang hyang) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
11/01/11	When a Priest Marries a Witch Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
10/30/11	Family Fun! Ancient Encounters: Archaeology Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
10/29/11- 10/30/11	MFAH Film Ghostly Apparitions: The Strange Case of Angelica (O Estranho Caso de Angélica) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
10/28/11- 10/29/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Scent of Empire: Perfumes and Alluring Aromas in the Time of King Tut Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
10/28/11- 10/30/11	MFAH Film Ghostly Apparitions: Kuroneko (Yabu no naka no kuroneko) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
10/27/11	Archaeological Institute/MFAH Lecture - Embodiment of Empire: Tutankhamun and the Pharaohs of Egypt Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
10/24/11	MFAH Film Movies Houstonians Love: Bill Cunningham New York Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
10/23/11- 01/16/12	Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
10/23/11	MFAH Lecture: Rewrapping Gifts of the Sultan Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
10/22/11- 10/23/11	MFAH Film Spotlight on World Cinema: Italy - Le Quattro volte Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
10/22/11	MFAH Film Spotlight on World Cinema: Italy - The Salt of Life (Gianni e le donne) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
10/21/11- 10/22/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: What is Islamic Art? Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
10/21/11- 10/23/11	MFAH Film Spotlight on World Cinema: Italy - The Double Hour (La doppia ora) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
10/20/11	October Artful Thursday: Ribbon Wars Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
10/14/11- 10/15/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Edens of Excess: Gardens of Eighteenth-Century Paris Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
10/14/11- 10/16/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Film Socialisme Glassell School of Art
10/09/11- 10/23/11	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
10/07/11- 10/08/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: From the Sun King to the Revolution: The Real vs. the Ideal in 18th-Century French Painting Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
10/07/11- 10/09/11	MFAH Film Premieres: World on a Wire Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
10/06/11	MFAH Special Lecture - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: Patrons of the Arts; Art Collectors; Artists Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
10/02/11	Art Improv Sunday Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
09/30/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Manhattan Short Film Festival Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
09/27/11	MFAH Special Lecture - Collecting for the 21st Century: contemporary@mfah Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
09/25/11	MFAH Special Performance: Water Lilies: A Trilogy Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
09/23/11- 09/24/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Sister Arts: Opera and Painting in Eighteenth-Century Europe Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
09/22/11	14th Annual Virginia and Ira Jackson Lecture: Ready for Liftoff: Robert Rauschenberg’s ‘Stoned Moon Series’ Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
09/18/11- 01/02/12	Life & Luxury: The Art of Living in Eighteenth-Century Paris EXTENDED Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
09/18/11	MFAH Gallery Concerts: 'Life & Luxury' Music for a Paris Salon Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
09/16/11- 09/17/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Painters as Printmakers: David Hockney and Lucian Freud Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
09/15/11	September Artful Thursday: High Notes Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
09/11/11- 11/27/11	Acid on Metal: The Art of Etching and Aquatint Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
09/11/11- 09/25/11	Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
09/10/11	Art + Studio Family Workshop: Second Nature: Contemporary Landscapes from the MFAH Collection Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
09/09/11- 09/30/11	Days of Glory: Italian Neorealist Classics (Friday-Sunday) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
09/09/11- 09/10/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Gold, Death, and Race: Why We Still Care about the Burial of King Tut Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
09/08/11	Pursuing the Priceless: Stolen Art, Investigation and the Law Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
09/04/11	Family Day at MFAH: Work It! Fashion in Art Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
09/02/11- 09/04/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Passione Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
09/01/11- 09/05/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Page One: Inside the New York Times Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
08/28/11	MFAH Lecture: Mountain Path by the River of Knowing Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
08/26/11- 08/28/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Circo Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
08/21/11	Bette Gordon Films from Anthology Film Archives Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
08/18/11	August Artful Thursday: Ordinary Seductions Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
08/12/11- 08/21/11	Blank City and New York's No Wave Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
08/11/11	MFAH Family Programs Summer Finale Performance Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
08/10/11	MFAH Reel Kids: Fantastic Mr. Fox Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
08/06/11	MFAH Reel Kids: Aurora Boot Camps World Premiere (A Popcorn Kids Special Event) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
08/06/11- 08/07/11	Cantare Houston Walking Concerts at the MFAH Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
08/05/11- 08/07/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
08/03/11	MFAH Reel Kids: National Velvet Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
07/28/11- 07/31/11	QFest 2011: the 15th Anniversary GLBTQ International Film Festival (MFAH) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
07/27/11	MFAH Reel Kids: The Secret of the Kells Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
07/20/11	MFAH Reel Kids: Howl’s Moving Castle Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
07/20/11	An Evening with Joan Morgenstern Houston Center for Photography
07/16/11- 07/24/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Meek's Cutoff Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
07/15/11	Hot Night - A Party Celebrating the Fearless Photography of Helmut Newton Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
07/14/11	July Artful Thursday: Cole Porter - Famous and Forgotten Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
07/13/11	MFAH Reel Kids: It Came from Outer Space (in 3D!) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
07/10/11- 09/25/11	Second Nature: Contemporary Landscapes from the MFAH Collection Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
07/08/11- 07/22/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Bill Cunningham New York (Fridays) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
07/07/11- 07/10/11	MFAH Film Revival: Shoah Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
07/06/11	MFAH Reel Kids: My Bodyguard Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
07/03/11- 09/25/11	Helmut Newton: White Women • Sleepless Nights • Big Nudes Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
06/30/11- 07/04/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/29/11	MFAH Reel Kids: E. T. the Extraterrestrial Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/24/11- 06/26/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Poetry Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/22/11	MFAH Reel Kids: Bugsy Malone Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/18/11- 06/19/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Our Beloved Month of August Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/17/11	MFAH Film - Celebrating Satayajit Ray and Rabindranath Tagore: Charulata Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/16/11	June Artful Thursday: Titian’s Mythological Paintings Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
06/15/11	MFAH Reel Kids: The Parent Trap Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/11/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Malayaka House Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/11/11- 06/12/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Best of the 2010 Ottawa International Animation Film Festival Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/10/11	MFAH Film - Celebrating Satayajit Ray and Rabindranath Tagore: Rabindranath Tagore Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/09/11	MFAH Special Lecture - Gandharan Buddhist Art: A Global Style Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/08/11	MFAH Reel Kids: The Kid Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/05/11	MFAH Reel Kids: Ratatouille Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/05/11	Family Day at MFAH: Seehearsmelltouchtaste: The Five Senses in Art Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
06/04/11- 06/05/11	MFAH Film Revival: On the Bowery Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/03/11	MFAH Film Texas Independents: Harmony and Me Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
06/01/11	MFAH Reel Kids: The Karate Kid Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
05/28/11- 05/30/11	MFAH Film Revival: Summer Wars (Samâ wôzu) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
05/27/11- 05/28/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Titian as Draftsman Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
05/26/11	Ninth Annual Eleanor and Frank Freed Lecture - CHARLES LEDRAY: workworkworkworkwork Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
05/24/11- 05/27/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
05/22/11- 08/14/11	Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
05/22/11- 08/21/11	Beauty, Humor and Social Justice: Gifts from Joan Morgenstern Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
05/21/11	MFAH Gallery Concert: Monteverdi & the Venetian Style Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
05/20/11- 05/21/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: How Titian Came to Scotland - A Colorful Journey Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
05/19/11	May Artful Thursday: CORE Performance Company Dance Event - The Situation of Color Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
05/17/11- 09/18/11	Simpson Kalisher: The Alienated Photographer Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
05/16/11- 05/29/11	MFAH Special Screenings of David Schwimmer’s Trust Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
05/14/11- 09/11/11	Charles LeDray: workworkworkworkwork Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
05/13/11- 05/14/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Titian, The First Modern Painter Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
05/12/11	MFAH Film Premieres: 442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
05/06/11- 05/13/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Certified Copy Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
05/06/11- 05/07/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Dangerous Beauty - Titian’s 'Diana' Pictures Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
05/01/11	MFAH Special Lecture - Rivals, Rebels, and Revolutionaries in Jacques-Louis David´s Studio, 1785-1816 Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
04/28/11- 05/01/11	6th Annual Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
04/26/11	Movies Houstonians Love: Ellen Cohen´s Favorite Film - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
04/22/11- 04/24/11	MFAH Film Premieres: Mesrine (parts 1 and 2) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
04/21/11	MFAH Film Revival: Play Time Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
04/20/11	Dance Salad Festival Choreographers' Forum: Conversation Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
04/19/11- 04/20/11	Florescence: Passages Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
04/16/11- 04/17/11	MFAH Film: Zeitgeist Films Trio - Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
04/16/11- 07/04/11	Wistful Beauties: Feminine Portrayals on Paper from the MFAH Collection Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
04/14/11	AIA George Bass Lecture on Underwater Archaeology: Voyage of a Thousand Wonders - A Bronze Age Shipwreck Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
04/13/11	MFAH Special Lecture - Images of Confucius: Teacher, Statesman, Deity Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
04/11/11	MFAH Special Lecture - Preservation of Modern Architecture Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
04/10/11- 07/17/11	Picturing the Senses in European Art Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
04/10/11- 04/15/11	MFAH Film: Zeitgeist Films Trio - Bill Cunningham New York Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
04/10/11	MFAH Special Film Screening: Unmistaken Child Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
04/08/11- 04/09/11	MFAH Film: Zeitgeist Films Trio - Last Train Home Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
04/08/11- 04/09/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Theme and Variation on the Classical Ideal in the 18th Century - Part 3 of 3 The Gothic, Romantic, and Other Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
04/07/11	April Artful Thursday: Opening the Vastness: Buddhist Ways to the Heart Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
04/03/11	Family Day at MFAH: Pleased to Meet You: The Artists of Impressionism Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
04/02/11	MFAH Gallery Concert: The Texas A&M Century Singers at the MFAH Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
04/02/11- 04/09/11	Prison Reform Film Festival 2011 Various locations around Houston
04/02/11	French Fête Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
04/01/11	MFAH Film Revival/Texas Independent Film Network Screening: The Whole Shootin' Match Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
04/01/11- 04/02/11	MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Theme and Variation on the Classical Ideal in the 18th Century - Part 2 of 3 The Three Phases of Neoclassicism in France Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
03/27/11	MFAH Special Lecture - The History of the English Country House Servant Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
03/25/11- 03/27/11	MFAH Film: Five Funny French Films Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
03/24/11	Voyage of the Perfect Goddess - A Queen’s Journey Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
03/20/11	Special Lecture: Splendors of the Fatimid Court Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center
03/20/11- 05/30/11	Antiquity Revived: Neoclassical Art in the Eighteenth Century Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
03/19/11	MFAH Special Lecture - A Mirror of Life in Istanbul in 1582 Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
03/18/11	Movies Houstonians Love: Rick Lowe´s Favorite Film - Nothing But a Man Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
03/18/11- 03/19/11	The 35th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lecture Series: Arcadia: 1900 Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
03/17/11	MFAH Special Lecture - Near Andersonville: Winslow Homer's Civil War Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
03/14/11- 03/20/11	Special Spring Break Fun at the MFAH Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
03/11/11	MFAH Film Texas Independent Film Network: Short Films by Kelly Sears Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
03/11/11- 03/12/11	The 35th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lecture Series: Painting Quickly, Painting Big: Renoir´s Dancer in Context Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
03/10/11	March Artful Thursday: Bach and the Passion Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
03/09/11- 03/20/11	2011 Houston Jewish Film Festival Various locations around Houston
03/06/11- 05/30/11	Heinrich Kuhn Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
03/05/11- 03/06/11	MFAH Film Revival: The Leopard (Il gattopardo) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
03/04/11	MFAH Film Texas Independent Film Network: Eggshells Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
03/04/11- 03/05/11	The 35th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lecture Series: Monet: Series, Pairs, Trios, and Decoration Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
03/01/11	Movies Houstonians Love: Ernie Manouse´s Favorite Film - Mildred Pierce Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
02/26/11- 02/27/11	MFAH Film Revival: Le Amiche (The Girlfriends) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
02/26/11- 07/31/11	Circa 1900: Decorative Arts at the Turn of the Century Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
02/25/11- 02/26/11	The 35th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lecture Series: The Face in the Mirror: van Gogh´s Self-Portraits Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
02/24/11	MFAH/HADA Lecture: Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria: A Mirror to the World Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
02/21/11	MFAH Black History Month Screening: Inside Buffalo Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
02/20/11- 05/22/11	Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
02/18/11- 02/19/11	MFAH Film Revival: Battleship Potemkin Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
02/18/11- 02/19/11	The 35th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lecture Series: Treasures of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
02/17/11	February Artful Thursday: To the Hills—Choral Spirituals Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building
02/13/11	Film Screening: The Sultan's Lost Treasure Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
02/13/11- 05/08/11	Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller in the Bank of America Collection Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building

Media
Reviews
- Media Reviews
  
  There are currently no media reviews for this organization.
Member
Reviews
- Member Reviews
  - Event Name: MFAH Film Premieres: Bill Cunningham New York (Fridays)
    "Back by Popular Demand!"
    Comment posted by: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from Houston, Texas, Jul 08, 2011
    
    July 8 screening of "Bill Cunningham New York" movie at MFAH sold out! Two more screenings: Friday July 15 Friday July 22 Advance tix @ www.mfah.org/films
    
    All reviews/comments and complete event details
    
    July 8 screening of "Bill Cunningham New York" movie at MFAH sold out! Two more screenings: Friday July 15 Friday July 22 Advance tix @ www.mfah.org/films
    
    All reviews/comments and complete event details
  - Event Name: French Fête
    "Badly managed crowds"
    Comment posted by: Sad art fan from Houston,TX, Apr 03, 2011
    
    Sure wish we could even have gotten INTO this event! We got to the 9pm event at 8:40, stood in line outside for more than an hour, and finally left, as we had only gotten about half-way to the door.... Expand
    
    All reviews/comments and complete event details
    
    Sure wish we could even have gotten INTO this event! We got to the 9pm event at 8:40, stood in line outside for more than an hour, and finally left, as we had only gotten about half-way to the door. Hope it was a good event, and bravo to the MFAH for such a clever idea. But maybe next time, they can do better to coordinate the details. VERY disappointing. Collapse
    
    All reviews/comments and complete event details

Featured Sections

Sign Up for ArtsHound E-Minders
A weekly NEWSLETTER of events in HOUSTON

Enter your email address:

Help Support Houston Arts Alliance

News & Reviews
Local arts and culture news highlights

Promote Your Own Event
Submit a listing today
NOTE: Please click here to read brief guidelines before posting your event.

Support HAA!

Partners & Sponsors

ArtsHound is a project of the Houston Arts Alliance and is supported in part by the City of Houston.
Site Credits

Keep up with HAA via Facebook Houston Arts Alliance, and Twitter HAA

Visit the Artshound Facebook page and follow Artshound on Twitter!

Donate to HAA!

© 2005-2010 - Houston Arts Alliance - All Right Reserved.

Contact Us I Privacy Policy/Terms of Service
Artsopolis Network

Organization

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

At-a-Glance

Contact Info

Current Events

Upcoming Events

Current & Upcoming Events

Current Events

Upcoming Events

Past Events

Past Events

Media Reviews

Media Reviews

Member Reviews

Member Reviews

Featured Sections

Partners & Sponsors

Site Credits

Artsopolis Network

At-a-
Glance

Current &
Upcoming Events

Past
Events

Media
Reviews

Member
Reviews