Calendar Week of Saturday, April 6, 2024-Friday, April 12, 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 …
27 Apr Sat / 2024
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Saturday Members Tour | 100 Years of Architecture 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. Architecture throughout the campus reflects the profound leaps in style over a century.
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The Echo (El eco)
1 p.m.—2:45 p.m.Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the Berlin, Chicago, and Morelia film festivals, the latest work by Mexican-Salvadoran Tatiana Huezo is an epic, intimate, and lyrical portrayal of life set in a small rural mountain village.
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Speaker Edward Cooke; Dutch, Dish, c. 1630
Global Objects and the Need for Material Literacy
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Join Bayou Bend for an intriguing lecture on material literacy with global objects.
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Puan
3:30 p.m.—5:30 p.m.In this witty and incisive comedy starring Marcelo Subiotto and Leonardo Sbaraglia, a professor finds himself on the cusp of being named head of the philosophy department at the Public University of Buenos Aires, following the death of his esteemed mentor.
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The Last Ones (Los últimos)
6 p.m.—7:30 p.m.North American Premiere! Filmmaker Sebastián Peña Escobar in Attendance | The assured debut feature by Sebastián Peña Escobar is an unexpected buddy comedy and road movie presented in the form of a documentary. The Last Ones follows three skeptical ecologists on their journey to Paraguay’s last virgin forests, engaging in passionate debates about the future of our species.
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The Settlers (Los colonos)
8:15 p.m.—10 p.m.Tierra del Fuego, Chile, 1901. Three horsemen embark on an expedition, tasked with securing a wealthy landowner’s vast property. Accompanying a British lieutenant and an American mercenary is a mestizo marksman, who comes to realize the true mission is to violently “remove” the Indigenous population.
28 Apr Sun / 2024
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Monthly Meditation Sessions by the Black Man Project + Black Woman Project
10 a.m.—11 a.m.The Black Man Project and Black Woman Project present monthly meditation sessions at the Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
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MFAH on the Move | Bilingual Yoga
11 a.m.—NoonMeet up at the Museum for free yoga on Sunday morning with FitMix Communities.
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Tótem
1:30 p.m.—3:15 p.m.One of the best-reviewed Mexican films in recent times, the Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards–nominated Tótem centers on seven-year-old Sol, who is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for her father’s birthday party, organized by her mother, aunts, and other relatives.
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Corey Ackelmire
Discussion: Silversmithing with Corey Ackelmire “Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway”
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Metalsmith Corey Ackelmire discusses tools, samples, and processes related to works in the exhibition Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway.