Art Exhibition “Honky-tonk Belles” by Yuliya Lanina

Opening Reception and meeting with the artist: May 31, 2013, 7:30p.m.Wine will be served. Yuliya Lanina is a Russian-born American multimedia artist who splits her ...

• May 31, 2013 7:30 p.m.

Art Exhibition “Honky-tonk Belles” by Yuliya Lanina

Opening Reception and meeting with the artist: May 31, 2013, 7:30p.m. Wine will be served. Yuliya Lanina is a Russian-born American multimedia artist who splits ...

• May 31, 2013 7:30 p.m.

Art Exhibition “Honky-tonk Belles” by Yuliya Lanina

Opening Reception and meeting with the artist: May 31, 2013, 7:30p.m.Wine will be served. Yuliya Lanina is a Russian-born American multimedia artist who splits her ...

• May 31, 2013 7:30 p.m.

Divine Recreation

Musical settings of texts from the Song of Solomon by Claudio Monteverdi, Dietrich Buxtehude, and Part I of Handel’s oratorio Solomon. With soprano Melissa Givens, ...

• May 31, 2013 7:30 p.m.

Kids First Saturday

Activities include moonwalks, face painting, a caricature artist, and crafts, along with community groups and entertainment geared specifically toward kids. Ages: 2 to 8 free

• June 1, 2013 10 a.m.

Members Daytime Preview “Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop”

Daytime Preview for MFAH Members See the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop before it opens to the public. Drop in anytime between 10 ...

• June 1, 2013 10 a.m.

Bayou Bend Detective Days

• June 1, 2013 10 a.m.

Members Tour “Faking It”

From its earliest days, photography was a scientific process used for documentation and artistry. Though capable of capturing precise details with great accuracy, photographers devised ...

• June 1, 2013 11 a.m.

The Artist’s Eye: Portraits

How do artists portray others in art? Sometimes realistically, but often by taking artistic liberties. Learn more about the artists’ intentions for select portraits during ...

• June 1, 2013 noon

Three Contemporaries

Among notable masterworks by contemporary artists on view at the MFAH are Odyssey by Cai Guo-Qiang, Untitled by Subodh Gupta, and The Light Inside by ...

• June 1, 2013 2 p.m.

Neighboring Sounds

A palpable sense of unease hangs over a single city block in the coastal town of Recife, Brazil. Home to prosperous families and the servants ...

• June 1, 2013 7 p.m.

Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop

In the first major exhibition devoted to the history of manipulated photographs before the digital age, some 200 works demonstrate that today's digitally altered photographs ...

• June 2, 2013 midnight

Lunch & Look "The Artist’s Eye: Portraits"

How do artists portray others in art? Sometimes realistically, but often by taking artistic liberties. Learn more about the artists’ intentions for select portraits during ...

• June 2, 2013 1 p.m.

Art Improv

Art Improv is held on select first Sundays throughout the year. Families choose a work of art anywhere in the museum and make friends with ...

• June 2, 2013 1 p.m.

Family Art Workshop “Alice and a Mad Hatter Tea Party”

Down the rabbit hole we go! Create your own “mad hat” and enjoy “eat me” cake at this Wonderland-themed children’s tea party. Following the party, ...

• June 2, 2013 2 p.m.

Ancient Persepolis in Blue: New Research on Colors, Gilding, Painters & Monuments in the Achaemenid

Speaker: Alexander Nagel, assistant curator, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Cyrus Cylinder and ...

• June 2, 2013 2 p.m.

Neighboring Sounds

A palpable sense of unease hangs over a single city block in the coastal town of Recife, Brazil. Home to prosperous families and the servants ...

• June 2, 2013 5 p.m.

“Conversations with the Director” Dr. Ruth Westheimer Talks with MFAH Director Gary Tinterow

• June 4, 2013 6:30 p.m.

Storytime Tours at Rienzi

Storytime Tours introduce children to the magic of art and literature in an intimate, house-museum setting. Rienzi's Storytime Tour is a fun and interactive activity ...

• June 5, 2013 10 a.m.

MFAH Summer Art Detectives: Gallery Investigations + Studio

Bring your most excellent detective skills to the Museum and investigate new works of art every Thursday at the MFAH Summer Art Detectives program.Gallery Investigations ...

• June 6, 2013 11 a.m.