Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Sunday, November 11, 2012-Saturday, November 17, 2012
Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway February 11–May 5, 2024
Remarkable objects from three prestigious collections of art, craft, and design come to the United States for the first time, on exclusive loan. Spanning the 16th to early 20th century, this …
08 May Wed / 2024
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Drop-in Tour | “Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.Take a guided tour of the exhibition Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism.
09 May Thu / 2024
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Lecture | Tiffany’s Glass Visions of the Natural World: An Extraordinary Landscape Window
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Get a behind-the-scenes preview of a magnificent leaded-glass window to be unveiled this fall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
10 May Fri / 2024
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Food, Inc. 2: Back for Seconds
7 p.m.—8:45 p.m.In the sequel to the Oscar-nominated 2008 documentary Food, Inc., the filmmakers reunite with investigative authors Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser to take a fresh look at the efficient yet vulnerable food system.
11 May Sat / 2024
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Saturday Members Tour | “Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism”
11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited to join a docent for a closer look at the wildly colorful canvases of Henri Matisse and André Derain in the exhibition Vertigo of Color.