Category: MFAH

News from the MFAH Photography Department from Curator Malcolm Daniel May, 2023

Posted on Jun 6, 2023

May 31, 2023   Dear Friends of the MFAH Photography Department, It’s summer! It’s not the summer solstice yet, but with Memorial Day come and  gone, it’s time to wear white again, walk the dog at 7:00 a.m. before the  temperature gets above 90°, and turn…

Nan Goldin vs. the Sackler Family: The story of All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Posted on Dec 8, 2022

From the Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston Film Department: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras is a compelling documentary about renowned artist/activist Nan Goldin and her mission to hold the Sackler family responsible for the opioid crisis. The…

News from the MFAH Photography Department from Curator Malcolm Daniel November, 2022

Posted on Nov 29, 2022

Dear Friends of the MFAH Photography Department, With Thanksgiving at hand, my colleagues in the Department and I have much to be thankful for, and you’re a big part of it. It’s a privilege to help shepherd one of the world’s great photography collections…

MFAH Fellowship Opportunity: The Cherryhurst House Fellowship

Posted on Feb 9, 2021

Catherine Couturier Gallery is proud to share the following fellowship opportunity from the MFAH Photography Department.

Roman Vishniac at MFAH and HMH

Posted on Sep 29, 2015

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the Holocaust Museum Houston are both showing retrospective works by photographer Roman Vishniac. More than any other photographer, Roman Vishniac profoundly influenced contemporary impressions of Jewish life in EasternEurope.…

MFAH "Made for Magazines" Social Media Contest

Posted on Feb 19, 2014

Concurrent to the run of their Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs (now through May 4), the Museum of Fine Arts Houston is holding a social media competition for photographers of any skill level.  George Zimbel: Marilyn and Billy Wilder, 1954   Show…

WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Posted on Nov 11, 2012

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is opening its  WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath exhibition this afternoon, Sunday, November 11.  A decade in the making, this highly anticipated collection features nearly five hundred pieces spanning…