Calendar Week of Thursday, January 27, 2022-Wednesday, February 2, 2022

The Sugar Shack Through December 31, 2022
The iconic painting The Sugar Shack, by American artist Ernie Barnes, is on loan to the MFAH and on view in the Kinder Building, the Museum’s home for modern and contemporary art.
10 Jul Sun / 2022
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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.