Art Exhibits
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
First Thursday Sketching
On the first Thursday of select months, sketch works of art in the galleries during this free, informal program. An MFAH teaching artist is on ...
Contemporary Art at the MFAH
Contemporary artists often strive to communicate thought-provoking ideas by means of alternative media and forms. Join up with this gallery talk to explore a variety ...
Happy Hour Thursdays
Bring your friends to enjoy a museum-style happy hour! General admission to the MFAH is free on Thursdays, so take advantage of the opportunity to ...
The Life & Legacy of Audrey Jones Beck
Speaker: Steven Fenberg, author of Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good When Audrey Jones Beck passed away in August 2003, a report ...
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 ...
The Life & Legacy of Audrey Jones Beck
Speaker: Steven Fenberg, author of Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good When Audrey Jones Beck passed away in August 2003, a report ...
Paris Blues
Introduced by guest curator Peter Lucas Director Martin Ritt’s Paris Blues stars Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier as American jazz musicians living in Paris. The ...
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