Calendar Week of Saturday, June 1, 2024-Friday, June 7, 2024
Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence Through May 27, 2024
The MFAH is the first stop on the tour of the monumental exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
01 Jun Sat / 2024
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Saturday Members Tour | 100 Years of Art at the MFAH
Gallery Talk/Tour Audrey Jones Beck Building Caroline Wiess Law Building Nancy and Rich Kinder Building11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited on this tour marking the centennial anniversary of the Museum’s opening. Works of art throughout the campus reflect the incredible growth of the MFAH collections over the past century.
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Saturday Members Tour | 100 Years of Art at the MFAH
Gallery Talk/Tour Audrey Jones Beck Building Caroline Wiess Law Building Nancy and Rich Kinder Building12:30 p.m.—1:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited on this tour marking the centennial anniversary of the Museum’s opening. Works of art throughout the campus reflect the incredible growth of the MFAH collections over the past century.
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Taking Venice
7 p.m.—8:45 p.m.During the Cold War, the U.S. government is determined to fight Communism with culture. In 1964, Alice Denney, Washington insider and friend of the Kennedys, recommends the ambitious curator Alan Solomon to organize the U.S. entry for the Venice Biennale.
02 Jun Sun / 2024
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Family Zone
1 p.m.—4 p.m.Visit the MFAH Family Zone for engaging gallery activities with coloring sheets, colored pencils, books, and more.
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Installation view of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica.
Drop-in Tour | Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour explores the collection of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica.
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Dial M for Murder
5 p.m.—7 p.m.An ex-tennis pro wants to have his wealthy wife murdered so he can get her inheritance. When he learns she is having an affair, he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her.
06 Jun Thu / 2024
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Summer Break at the MFAH
11 a.m.—2 p.m.When school’s out, families are invited to enjoy gallery activities with teaching artists and experiment with a variety of materials to create art.
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Gustave Courbet, Seascape, c. 1865, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack I. Poses.
Drop-in Tour | Seascapes from European Painting
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, investigate the ways European artists have depicted human interactions with water, from the shore to the eye of the storm.
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Joshua H. Shaw, “Virginia Landscape,” c. 1835, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by American Art and Wine, the Long Endowment for American Art, the Lora Jean Kilroy Accessions Endowment Fund, the Ann Gordon Trammell American Art Endowment Fund, and the Pam and David Ott American Art Endowment Fund, with additional gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fossler, Bettie Cartwright and Colin Kennedy, and Michael Clark and Sallie Morian.
Art Bites | American Landscapes
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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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”
6 p.m.—6:30 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
