Calendar Week starting Saturday, November 24, 2012
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PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
Members Double Discount Days–Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, MFA ShopFind the perfect gifts for the holiday season at a discount! During Members Double Discount Days, MFAH members receive 20% off purchases in the MFA Shop. That's twice the usual 10% member discount.
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EVENTS
Members Tour: Art and Conflict–Beck BuildingHow do art and conflict intersect? This month's Members tour explores works of art that examine ideas of art and conflict, as seen through the minds and eyes of artists. Space is limited, and spots fill[…]
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Spotlight Gallery Talk “Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery”–Law BuildingWhen it comes to the work of British artist Ewan Gibbs, there is definitely more than originally meets the eye. Join this 20-minute gallery talk to explore his painstaking process of making drawings look like[…]
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Gallery Talk “Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit”–Beck BuildingWorking in an expatriate community in turn-of-the-century Paris, African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937) infused his religious paintings with the modernist sensibility of the times. Explore the retrospective Modern Spirit on this 45-minute gallery talk.[…]
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Gallery Talk: Highlights of the MFAH–Law BuildingExplore some of the best-known and best-loved works of art in the MFAH collections on this 45-minute gallery talk.
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Spotlight Gallery Talk “The Doctor Is In”–Beck BuildingJoin this 20-minute gallery talk to explore the work of two men who made some of the most powerful photographs in the history of journalism. W. Eugene Smith and James Nachtwey were born 30 years apart, but[…]
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FILMS
The Well-Digger's Daughter–Law BuildingTwenty-five years after rising to international acclaim in Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring, actor Daniel Auteuil makes his directorial debut in this celebrated remake of a 1940s classic based on the novel[…]
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PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
Members Double Discount Days–Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, MFA ShopFind the perfect gifts for the holiday season at a discount! During Members Double Discount Days, MFAH members receive 20% off purchases in the MFA Shop. That's twice the usual 10% member discount.
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
“Visions of Fancy” Exhibition Tour–RienziDiscover the works of George Romney, one of the leading artists of late-18th-century England, on a docent-led exhibition tour of Visions of Fancy: George Romney, 18th-Century Paintings and Drawings. Rienzi, the MFAH house museum for European[…]
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PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
Sunday Family Zone & Studio “A Bird Imagined: Exploring a Sculpture by Joan Miró”–Beck Building, Cullen Sculpture GardenEvery Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH. On November 11, 18, and 25, visit Cullen Sculpture Garden and explore a sculpture of a bird by Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist Joan Miró. Spend some time with[…]