Calendar Week starting Tuesday, September 27, 2016
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Highlights of the Audrey Jones Beck Building–Beck BuildingTake this tour to see a sample of the art treasures on display throughout the Beck Building, designed by Rafael Moneo.
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PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
Sketching in the Gardens of Bayou Bend–Bayou Bend Collection and GardensVisit Bayou Bend during open-sketching hours, when guests are invited to draw from Bayou Bend’s natural woodlands and formal gardens. Paper, clipboards, and pencils are provided.
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
ArtSpeak 101–Beck BuildingEver wonder what art-world terms like “Classical,” “modeling,” “genre,” “gestural,” and “sublime” mean? Take this tour and pretty soon you, too, will know how to speak like an art expert!
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FILMS
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From Here to Eternity–Introduced by Richard D. Kinder, executive chairman, Kinder Morgan; chairman, MFAH Board of Trustees This powerful story of American military men and women in Hawaii during the months before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor stars Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra.
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Highlights of the Caroline Wiess Law Building–Law BuildingDiscover architectural and artistic treasures on this tour of the Law Building, designed by William Ward Watkin with additions by Kenneth Franzheim and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
ArtSpeak 101–Beck BuildingEver wonder what art-world terms like “Classical,” “modeling,” “genre,” “gestural,” and “sublime” mean? Take this tour and pretty soon you, too, will know how to speak like an art expert!
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Highlights of the MFAH–Beck BuildingWith so many exhibitions and galleries to explore at the Museum, it’s almost impossible to see everything on one visit. So join up with this tour that samples the diverse array of art on view at the MFAH today.
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
ArtSpeak 101–Beck BuildingEver wonder what art-world terms like “Classical,” “modeling,” “genre,” “gestural,” and “sublime” mean? Take this tour and pretty soon you, too, will know how to speak like an art expert!
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Photography and Its Influence on the Visual Arts–Beck BuildingExplore some of the ways photography has influenced paintings—and vice versa—through examples on display in the Museum’s galleries.
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PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
Happy Hour Thursdays–Beck BuildingBring your friends to a museum-style happy hour on Thursday, when general admission is free and the MFAH is open late! Enjoy drinks at the cash bar, beats by a local DJ, and bites at the evening’s food truck.