Calendar Week of Tuesday, December 7, 2021-Monday, December 13, 2021
Incomparable Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Through March 27, 2022
The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this rare loan exhibition of the renowned Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Tickets include general admission.
08 Dec Wed / 2021
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Drop-in Tour | Highlights of the Beck Building
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Explore the treasures on view in the galleries of the Beck Building.
09 Dec Thu / 2021
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Preview Shopping Event | Studio School Student Art Sale
6 p.m.—8 p.m.SOLD OUT The Student Art Sale is back! Attend the ticketed preview event for first choice of the original works of art created by students at the Glassell Studio School.
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Installation view, from the MFAH collections (right to left): Jason Salavon, Little Infinity (v.MFAH), 2020, photographic mural, inkjet on vinyl, Museum commission funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund © 2020 Jason Salavon / Alberto Giacometti, Grande femme debout I (Large Standing Woman I), 1960, bronze, Museum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund / © Alberto Giacometti Estate/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY/ADAGP, Paris
Conversations with Artists | “Data-Driven Art”
6:30 p.m.—8 p.m.Jason Salavon and Norwood Viviano discuss their work in context of the theme “Data-Driven Art.”
10 Dec Fri / 2021
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Studio School Student Art Sale
Noon—8 p.m.Just in time for the holidays, shop original works of art created by students at the Glassell Studio School. Browse jewelry, ceramics, paintings, sculpture, prints, and more.
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Installation view of the galleries for American art.
Drop-in Tour | American Painting and Sculpture
1 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Learn about the work on view in the reimagined, expanded, and newly reinstalled galleries for American art.
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Installation view of Incomparable Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Members Exclusive Access: Evening at the Museum
6:30 p.m.—8 p.m.SOLD OUT MFAH members have special access to Calder-Picasso and Incomparable Impressionism when the Museum is closed to the public.
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Minari
7 p.m.—9 p.m.In the 1980s, a Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream.
11 Dec Sat / 2021
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Studio Saturday at Rienzi
10 a.m.—NoonSOLD OUT Enjoy Rienzi’s gardens while you learn art fundamentals.
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Studio School Student Art Sale
10 a.m.—6 p.m.Just in time for the holidays, shop original works of art created by students at the Glassell Studio School. Browse jewelry, ceramics, paintings, sculpture, prints, and more.
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India, Sarpech (Turban Jewel), early 18th century, gold, silver, diamonds, and enamel, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund.
Virtual Conversation | The Houston Sarpech
11 a.m.—NoonMFAH curators speak with special guests about the Museum’s acquisition of a resplendent sarpech (turban ornament).
