SunForceOceanLife Exhibit suspending you into mid-air at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
The Museumโs summer series of grand-scale, immersive exhibitions continues with SunForceOceanLife which is a major commission by renowned Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto transforms Cullinan Hall into a suspended walkway.
Here is how you can participate in a free bilingual yoga class at the MFAH tomorrow
HOUSTON โ The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is hosting a virtual bilingual yoga class on Sunday for anyone who wants to kick off their day with a little Zen. According to the MFAH website, the class is part of their โMFAH on the Moveโ wellness program. It is a free class that will be taught by yoga instructor Yuri Amor Perez via Facebook Live at 11 a.m. Sunday. Participants will get the chance to center themselves and โenjoy art-focused positivity breaks to explore sculptures by Louise Bourgeois and Ruth Asawa.โVisit the MFAH website for more information.
โHockney โ Van Gogh: The Joy of Natureโ on display at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
HOUSTON โ Thereโs a beautiful new David Hockney-Vincent Van Gogh exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston that shows off their shared fascination with the natural world through the power of color. โHockney โ Van Gogh: The Joy of Natureโ now on display at MFAH, marks the first time the two artists have been paired in an American museum exhibition. โThe Joy of Natureโ brings together nearly 50 of Hockneyโs vibrant worksโranging from intimate sketchbook studies to monumental paintings, as well as his experimental videos and iPad drawingsโwith 10 carefully chosen original paintings and drawings by Van Gogh. Check out the colorful exhibit now through June 20th at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Watch as Lauren Kelly chats with the exhibitโs curator, Ann Dumas.
2 break into Houston museum, lead police on boat chase and escape through storm drain
HOUSTON โ Houston police are investigating a break-in and getaway that sounds like something out of a movie. Police are searching for two introducers who broke into an art museum and used a motorboat to escape. The incident occurred at the Bayou Bend Museum on Memorial Drive around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday night. โIโve seen alligators in this creek and snakes and stuff thatโs risking it right there,โ resident Matthew McElroy said. The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, which runs the Bayou Bend Museum, said no one was harmed and no works of art were damaged.
2 new restaurants led by Michelin-starred chefs opening at MFAHโs Kinder Building this spring
Cafรฉ Leonelli and Le Jardinier will open in the MFAHโs new Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. Both will be helmed by Michelin-starred chefs -- Jonathan Benno will lead Cafรฉ Leonelli, and Alain Verzeroli will lead Le Jardinier. Bastionโs second concept opening in the MFAH -- Le Jardinier, the French word for โgardenerโ-- is led by Michelin Star Chef Alain Verzeroli. The Kinder Building opened in late November 2020. Designed by Steven Holl Architects, the Kinder Building boasts more than 100,000 square feet of exhibition space circling a three-level atrium.