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“Circa 1900: Decorative Arts at the Turn of the Century”

MFAH Screens Film About Iranian Rock Underground Tonight

It's a hot weekend for musical movie lovers. Tomorrow evening is the Aurora Picture Show's Soul Nite, featuring live performance reels from a bouquet of 1960s soul musicians, and tonight the Museum of Fine Arts is screening an award-winning film about the struggle of two Iranian teens trying to for ... More >>

6 Days of Giftmas: Culture Vultures

Photo by toastforbrekkie The Corn Poppy, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston​Sick of corporate Christmas? Try shopping local. Hair Balls presents a 12-part series highlighting ideas for holiday gifts made and sold in Texas. Don't listen to those Yankees who say Texas has no culture. Houston ... More >>

“Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection”

The museum throws open its vault

Over the Weekend: Mixed Media Music Series at MFAH, Astros at Minute Maid

The museum throws open its vault

Great Head

The museum throws open its vault

Heimat Sweet Heimat

Postwar German films attempt to either understand or ignore the holocaust

Bee Gee's

An MFAH exhibit captures quilting heritage and quality that is sew fine

Best Underground Movie Theater

Rice Cinema

The Scavengers

Scott Calhoun and Jeanne Lorenz are making art from what's around them: porn and tchotchkes

Really Italian

Through film and photo, the MFA is showing a different side of Italian life

What's Wrong with This Picture?

MFA director Peter C. Marzio gets a bonus of $1.7 million while front-line museum employees say they have trouble paying their rent

Bi-Curious?

Gay and lesbian films seek a mainstream audience on their own terms

Best Florist

In Bloom

Unmasked!

MFA exhibit uncovers the secrets behind our facial disguises

A Room of Its Own

With the added gallery space, the MFA can dust off and display much of its extensive permanent collection

Aimin' High

Shooting Gallery series wants to bring art films to the masses

The Pan-Cultural Film Festival Schedule

February 10-13

Shades of Gay

February 10-13

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February 10-13

Around the World in 21 Films

February 10-13

Made in Houston

February 10-13

French Originals

A new film festival displays the latest in Gallic cinema

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A new film festival displays the latest in Gallic cinema

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A new film festival displays the latest in Gallic cinema

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A new film festival displays the latest in Gallic cinema

Fastest Filmmaker in the Fatherland

A new film festival displays the latest in Gallic cinema

Gay Old Time

A new film festival displays the latest in Gallic cinema

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A new film festival displays the latest in Gallic cinema

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A new film festival displays the latest in Gallic cinema

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A new film festival displays the latest in Gallic cinema

Dealer of the Art

In his 14 years as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Peter Marzio has increased the MFA's endowment tenfold, tripled MFA Membership and gotten it started on a huge new home. He hasn't done badly for himself, either.

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In his 14 years as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Peter Marzio has increased the MFA's endowment tenfold, tripled MFA Membership and gotten it started on a huge new home. He hasn't done badly for himself, either.

Frank-ly Speaking

The MFA's focus on Frank Freed tells us a lot about the art world, but not much about art

Art with Heart

Director Krzysztof Kieslowski made highbrow films with feeling

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Director Krzysztof Kieslowski made highbrow films with feeling

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Director Krzysztof Kieslowski made highbrow films with feeling

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Director Krzysztof Kieslowski made highbrow films with feeling

Moving History

Director Krzysztof Kieslowski made highbrow films with feeling

The Art of Community

Director Krzysztof Kieslowski made highbrow films with feeling

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Director Krzysztof Kieslowski made highbrow films with feeling

A Cultural Question

Jewish Worlds is back after two years. It should have waited a third.

Cooperate -- or Die?

Houston's major art museums map a road to partnership, and worry about survival

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Houston's major art museums map a road to partnership, and worry about survival

Moon Shots

At the MFA, lunar imagery blurs the line between science and art

Singin' on the Screen

At the MFA, lunar imagery blurs the line between science and art

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At the MFA, lunar imagery blurs the line between science and art

Gallic Glories

At the MFA, lunar imagery blurs the line between science and art

More Than Just A Pretty Face

An MFA show reveals that Degas' love wasn't limited to ballerinas