![The MFAH's Grand Gala 1960](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118072039im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mfa-1960h-gala-150x150.jpg)
MFAH Grand Gala 2012, Re-Chaired by Cornelia Long, Raises Either $1.4 or $1.5 Million,
Philanthropists in beaded gowns filled the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s art deco themed halls for the 2012 Grand Gala Ball, chaired once again by Cornelia Long, chairman of the MFAH’s Board of Trustees, who last chaired the event fifty years ago in 1962. The Houston Chronicle’s Molly Glentzer reports on the gowns, the scenery, [...]
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Blue Trees for Houston?
Houston Arts Alliance is fixing to hire globe-trotting Australian public artist Konstantin Dimopoulos to install a version of his popular “Blue Trees” in Houston. The current proposal is to plant saplings painted with harmless, wahsable dye in memorial for trees lost in last years drought. Culturemap’s Shelby Hodge reported on a reception in Dimopoulos’ honor [...]
![MFAH’s Benevolent Ancestors Gift $1.2 Million in Art at One Great Night Event](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118072039im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/one-great-night-in-november1-150x150.png)
MFAH’s Benevolent Ancestors Gift $1.2 Million in Art at One Great Night Event
Given the lack of couture to comment on, Culturemap society reporter Shelby Hodge details the bentleys, cigars, and the art purchased at the MFAH’s all-male “One Great Night in November” fundraiser, which took place Saturday night. Though unflattering in flash-lit photography, all those tuxedos had deep pockets: the guests reached in and went on a [...]