Audrey Jones Beck Building Events Week of Saturday, April 6, 2024-Friday, April 12, 2024
![Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure, 1905, oil on canvas](https://static.mfah.com/images/henri-matisse-open-window-collioure.6814092024211180766.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism Through May 27, 2024
A creative partnership between Henri Matisse and André Derain in 1905 changed the course of French painting. This exhibition showcases the legacy of that collaboration through paintings, drawings, and …
10 May Fri / 2024
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Drop-in Tour | “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.The drop-in tour for May 9 is cancelled. Take a guided tour of the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
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Bach Society Houston
Gallery Concert “Baroque Music in the Americas”
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Enjoy an intimate performance by members of the Bach Society Houston Choir.
11 May Sat / 2024
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Mari Carmen Ramírez, curator
Behind-the-Scenes Experience for Benefactor & Leadership Circle Members
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.“At the Vanguard of Collecting and Curating” MFAH members at the Benefactor level, and members of the Leadership Circle, are invited to this presentation about Latin American art by curator Mari Carmen Ramírez.
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Youth Workshop Sessions by the Black Man Project + Black Woman Project
2 p.m.—4 p.m.The Black Man Project and Black Woman Project present youth workshop sessions at the Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
16 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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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 | “Vertigo of Color”
6:15 p.m.—7:15 p.m.Join fellow art enthusiasts for a private group tour through Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism.
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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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Vincent Valdez, offset lithographic plate from Slaughterhouse-Five, edition 69/210, 2023, Arion Press, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Hirsch Library Collection.
The Artist and the Book | Vincent Valdez in Conversation with Morris Berman
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Artist Vincent Valdez and historian Morris Berman discuss how books, research, and libraries are central protagonists in the art world today.