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Trip the Light Fantastic with MFAH's New Cosmic Journey Through Time and Space

Last year's Yayoi Kusama exhibit was the epitome of cool. The Instagrammer's dream had us clamoring for those highly coveted and timed spots inside the polka-dotted and mirrored stalactice/stalagmite cave of Love Is Calling and the incandescent, but fleeting, fireflies of Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity. So how does the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, top last summer's blockbuster? It's another light show for sure, but the comparisons end there. "With Kusama, it was instant. That is what Kusama wanted you to have," says Alison de Lima Greene, the Isabel Brown Wilson Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the MFAH and...

This Death-Themed Museum In Houston Is Not For The Faint Of Heart

You would never expect an attraction that’s so utterly bizarre to be hiding in a quiet corner of Houston. The National Museum of Funeral History is a collection of artifacts and memorabilia relating to the history of death and dying. It chronicles how people from across the world have dealt with the fact of death and the logistics of corpses over thousands of years. This museum is filled with everything from historical hearses to morbid mementos. Yelp/Teresa F. It seeks to educate the public on the history, science of art of funerals across the globe. Yelp/Scott L. Visitors can wander...

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