Audrey Jones Beck Building Events Week of Sunday, April 28, 2024-Saturday, May 4, 2024
![Marius Hammer, Viking Dragon Boat, c. 1900, silver and enamel](https://static.mfah.com/images/marius-hammer-viking-dragon-boat.665174397226099502.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway Through 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 …
02 May Thu / 2024
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Drop-in Tour | The American Gilded Age
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour explores the work of “Gilded Age” artists such as Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.
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Bea Nettles, Observer Series, various objects, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, Photography Book Collection.
Meet the Books | “Bea Nettles: Myth Maker, Storyteller”
3:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m.Learn about the Hirsch Library exhibition Bea Nettles: Myth Maker, Storyteller as Jon Evans, chief of libraries and archives, discusses Nettles’s extensive career as a photobook maker
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Happy Hour Thursday
5 p.m.—8 p.m.Happy Hour Thursday is the place to be! Meet your friends at the MFAH for the best night of the week.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Mrs. Jelf Powis and Her Daughter, 1777, oil on canvas, the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston.
Art Bites | The Grand Manner Portrait in European Painting
6 p.m.—6:30 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Tour & Toast | “Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway”
6:15 p.m.—7:15 p.m.Join fellow art enthusiasts for a private group tour of Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Mrs. Jelf Powis and Her Daughter, 1777, oil on canvas, the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston.
Art Bites | The Grand Manner Portrait in European Painting
6:30 p.m.—7 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Monthly Group Therapy Sessions by the Black Man Project + Black Woman Project
6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.The Black Man Project and Black Woman Project present monthly group therapy sessions in support of Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Mrs. Jelf Powis and Her Daughter, 1777, oil on canvas, the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston.
Art Bites | The Grand Manner Portrait in European Painting
7 p.m.—7:30 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Drop-in Tour | “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence”
7 p.m.—8 p.m.Take a guided tour of the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
03 May Fri / 2024
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Drop-in Tour | “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Take a guided tour of the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.