The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has reopened to the public on May 23 after a two-month interruption. Currently on view: Francis Bacon: Late Paintings, an exhibition from the Centre Pompidou in Paris, featuring some 40 canvases from the British artist.

Check out the MFAH's new security measures for visitors.

May 16 marked the conclusion of the Moody's spring exhibition, Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present.

Discover or relive the exhibition through this video focusing on the Moody's spring program, take a behind-the-scene tour with Executive Director Alison Weaver, and hear from featured artist Pascale Marthine Tayou as he talks about the inspiration behind his three works “Le Code Noir”, “Jpegafrica/Africagift”, and “Plastic Tree”.

The exhibition was part of the 2020 French Cultures Festival.

Last August the DMA unveiled the newly refreshed European Art Galleries, a major undertaking that involved the total reinstallation of nearly 150 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative art objects. Explore the galleries through a virtual tour and hear curators Nicole R. Myers and Julien Domercq talk about their significant reinstallation, from displaying recent art acquisitions, to bringing objects out of storage, and more.

In addition, see how conservation improved the “aesthetic legibility” of French sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse’s sculpture L’Alsace after it had spent over 10 years in storage.

Support your local theaters by watching French movies currently available through their virtual screening rooms: Someone Somewhere (Deux moi) by Cédric Klapisch ▪ Papicha by Mounia Meddour ▪ Deerskin (Le daim) by Quentin Dupieux ▪ On a Magical Night (Chambre 212) by Christophe Honoré ▪ Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Le Capital au 21e siècle) by Thomas Piketty ▪ Joan of Arc (Jeanne) by Bruno Dumont

Literally Short Film Festival in Houston, TX is excited to announce its 7th edition held online during the dates of June 3-17, 2020. Representing 16 countries from around the world, the 2020 official selection features five French short films: Fairyocious (Féeroce) by Fabien Ara, La Hague by Mathieu Naert, Tomatic by Christophe Saber, Déjeuner Sur L'Herbe by J. Charles, J. Bourgès, N. Harbonn-Viaud and P. Rougemont, and Cell 346 by Mathilde Babo and Zoé Rossion.

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy partner with Telescope to present French Streams, a weekly selection of the best of French cinema available online.

Every week, French Streams rounds up five of the greatest French Films, carefully curated around a theme, and Telescope offers different options to watch them online.

French-American electronic musician Marc Rebillet's Drive-In Tour will come to Tulsa on June 20, Fort Worth on June 26-27 and Houston on June 28. A unique socially-distanced live experience benefitting the globalcitizen coronavirus relief fund.

Ars Lyrica presents Musical Moments: Tour de France, an invitation to escape to a time of opulent beauty and refined expression in both music and dance of the 18th century.

The Harry Ransom Center, the University of Texas at Austin's archive, library and museum, dedicates four pages of its Spring 2020 issue to Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and inventor of the word surrealism (pages 18-21 of the magazine / 20-23 of the online viewer).

Apply now for postdoctoral research funding of up to 50,000€ for 12 months to continue your environmental and climate research in France. Applications open until July 5 for research in the upcoming academic year. The Make Our Planet Great Again initiative is open for postdoctoral research focusing on earth systems, climate change and sustainability, the energy transition, and societal challenges of environmental issues.

The Consulate General of France in Houston is committed to support the French community in the framework of the COVID-19 crisis.

Stay informed by regularly checking out the French Consulate in Houston's page dedicated to COVID-19 information.