Calendar Week of Wednesday, January 19, 2022-Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Virtual Realities: The Art of M.C. Escher from the Michael S. Sachs Collection Through September 5, 2022
The largest and most comprehensive exhibition of works by M.C. Escher ever presented features more than 300 works on paper and more than 100 of the artist’s carved wood blocks, constructed objects, …
10 Jul Sun / 2022
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MFAH on the Move | Bilingual Zumba
11 a.m.—NoonMeet up at the Museum for free Zumba on Sunday morning with FitMix Communities.
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Bastille Day at Rienzi
1 p.m.—5 p.m.Rienzi commemorates Bastille Day with a celebration for families. Take a tour, make your own art, and learn about French objects in the Rienzi Collection.
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Menorah, 1867–72, silver: cast, engraved, and traced, the Jewish Museum, New York, gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman in memory of Adele Friedman. Photograph © The Jewish Museum, New York, Richard Goodbody, Inc.
Beauty, Ritual, and a Journey through Jewish Ceremonial Art
2 p.m.—3 p.m.On the opening day of Beauty and Ritual: Judaica from the Jewish Museum, New York, learn about the exhibition from the curators.
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A New Leaf
5 p.m.—6:45 p.m.Black comedy about a self-absorbed man (Walter Matthau) who squanders his inheritance and targets an awkward heiress (Elaine May).
12 Jul Tue / 2022
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Worcester Porcelain Manufactory, Thomas Baxter, Cabinet Cup and Stand, c. 1814–16, porcelain, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Rienzi Accessions Endowment, and Gary and Marion Glober / Photograph: Bonham, 2021
Virtual Gallery Talk | New Acquisition at Rienzi
1 p.m.—1:30 p.m.This virtual talk explores the 19th-century Worcester porcelain Cabinet Cup and Stand newly acquired by Rienzi.
