Upcoming Events

Fall Arts Preview 2015: Visual Arts

Improvisational Ideas, illuminated Intersections and a very Rothko retrospective

09/01/2015 By Nick Esquer

Cheap Date

Happy Hour of the Week: MFAH

A plan that Ferris Bueller himself would approve of (if he were of drinking age).

08/27/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Dance

Shadow Play

A one-night-only dance homage to the renowned Shadow Monsters exhibit

08/25/2015 By Jenn Nguyen

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug 21-23

The Third Man Screening at MFAH, FrenetiCore's Integration, kids activities at The Health Museum, comedian Wyatt Cenac and a pop-up poetry slam at OKRA

08/19/2015 By Nick Esquer

Q&A

The Art of Shopping, MFAH-Style

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's new retail GM Chris Goins talks about putting an emphasis on design and giving visitors a satisfying shopping experience.

07/28/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

QFest

The 19th Annual Houston QFest Kicks Off This Week

The yearly LGBTQ movie festival returns with an eclectic lineup.

07/21/2015 With Joe Leydon

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: July 10-12

Lawndale's The Big Show, a student-led performing arts premiere, Interstellar at MFAH, a dollar concert at Houston Symphony and Habsburg Splendor Show & Tell

07/08/2015 Edited by Nick Esquer

Art Openings

A Many Splendor Thing

The MFAH brings on the opulence with selections from the Habsburg dynasty collection.

06/19/2015 By Trey Strange

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: June 19-21

A burlesque show, a museum party, Darius Rucker in concert, an art event and an all-day yoga fest

06/17/2015 Edited by Nick Esquer

Fashion Fusion

Austrian Elegance Hits the Runway in Houston

HCC's emerging designers take on Habsburg opulence in a royal-worthy fashion show.

06/16/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Museums

Escape the Heat with Houston’s Summer Museum Exhibits

Be cool at these hot shows.

06/08/2015 By Jenae Sitzes

Museum Exhibits

Finding the Kid (and Monster) In All of Us

A cool interactive installation hits the MFAH.

06/01/2015 By Trey Strange

flower power

MFAH Is in Bloom with Renowned Florescence Floral Competition

Trust: you have never seen flowers like this before.

04/28/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

book signing

New Book on Texas Abstraction Draws Artists From Across State to MFAH

Texas Abstract surveys the rise of non-representational art from the 1930s to the present.

03/27/2015 By Michael Hardy

visual art

Requiem for the Avant-Garde

Major new MFAH exhibition examines experimental Japanese art and photography from the 1960s and '70s.

03/20/2015 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: March 6–8

Yes, it's rodeo season. But there's so much else to do this weekend as well, including the Azalea Trail, the Steve Miller Band, and the Buffalo Bayou Regatta.

03/04/2015 By Michael Hardy