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Splendors of Courtesans and Miseries of Working-Class Boys

By artstudioDecember 2, 2013issue-archivesMFAH

Museum of Fine Arts Houston hosts ‘Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona’ “Art is a response to life. To be an artist is to undertake a risky way to live, to adopt one of the greatest forms of liberty, to make no compromise.” — Antonio Berni Images of Antonio Berni (1905-1981), one of the greatest

Human Pets at the Royal Court

By artstudioJanuary 25, 20132 commentsissue-archivesHouston, Houston Museums, MFAH, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Portrait of Spain, TX

Images of ‘Buffoons’ in the exhibition ‘Portrait of Spain’ at MFAH “And the Infanta frowned, and her dainty rose-leaf lips curled in pretty disdain. ‘For the future let those who come to play with me have no hearts,’ she cried, and she ran out into the garden.” – Oscar Wilde, The Birthday of the