MFAH partner of Louis Vuitton on a series of lectures

  American sculptor Jeff Koons drew an overflow crowd Brown Auditorium recently for the launch of the Museum of Fine Arts, "talks with the director of" Houston under the direction of Gary Tinterow series.

Koons was a natural choice. His work inspired the consumer culture has become so iconic that it's almost ironic, after 30 years. It is one of the many artists whose work is displayed in shops Louis Vuitton series presenter. It is deeply rooted in the history of art, and to see several paintings from his personal collection were in the "black and white Picasso" exhibition, including painting at the end of the beautiful time "The Kiss".

But how to explain the next guest on the calendar? Dr. Ruth Westheimer joined Tinterow for an interview on 4th June. Yes, this is Dr. Ruth - little powerhouse sexologists and media star. It is in the museum on his 85th Birthday are displayed.

"I sent invitations to all kinds of people, and we are planning when we can," Tinterow said. Of art that have contributed contemporary culture and something interesting to say at the hearing of the museum's almost all major world, he added.

And how is Dr. Ruth a remarkable world of art?

Tinterow had a quick answer. One of his books, published 20 years ago, "The Art of excitement: A Celebration of Erotic Art throughout history" (Abbeville Press, 180 pages, $ 23.50).

The book examines 100 major works of art from antiquity to the present. "You will not speak as an art historian, but as a sociologist," Tinterow said. "This is someone who brings new perspectives to art."

Tinterow, contributed images in his former curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "art speak" for the book. "I know for at least 25 years. If you live in New York, it's hard not to know Dr. Ruth," he added.

Expect to see what other surprises Tinterow is based on the extensive network, he threw during his many years with the Met "I like to mix things up and to advise the people," he said.

The partnership with the Museum Louis Vuitton thrives when traders based in Paris, has its Houston store expanded last year, but Tinterow relationship with the company began at the Met, where he befriends Valerie Chapoulaud-Floquet, president and CEO of Louis Vuitton North America. "I see it in August," he said. "It was just a confluence of coincidence."

The mix is ​​an issue with all events around Steps Museum Tinterow said. "What we do is not very different from what our colleagues do in other museums."

All museums want to attract new audiences. This is why food trucks now appear daily in the parking lot of the museum. And the parties "Mixed Media" that add to the seductions of music and drinks, attracts hordes 1500-2000 different people.

"We have a loyal following of 200 to 300 for our Saturday Lectures by art historians, but we wanted to say," Tinterow said. "It is exciting to see. People want a good thing, but they also want the art in their lives."