Calendar Week of Friday, December 26, 2014-Thursday, January 1, 2015
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 …
19 Apr Fri / 2024
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College Week
11 a.m.—6 p.m.The MFAH celebrates college students with four days of admission perks, April 17–20.
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Gallery Concert “Instrumental Delights”
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Enjoy an intimate performance by members of the Bach Society Houston Orchestra.
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Caravaggio
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Derek Jarman’s most profound reflection on art, sexuality, and identity recounts the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
20 Apr Sat / 2024
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College Week
11 a.m.—6 p.m.The MFAH celebrates college students with four days of admission perks, April 17–20.
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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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Book Launch | “Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld”
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Author William Middleton discusses his new biography of fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld—Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld.
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“Multiplicity” In-Gallery Experience | Featuring Lanecia A. Rouse
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Artist Lanecia A. Rouse discusses her work in Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage and related topics regarding the landscape of contemporary Black collage.
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Gallery Concert “Boleros: Songs from Latin America”
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte joins the Mercury Chamber Orchestra for a performance of boleros in the Beck Building galleries.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
8 p.m.—9:45 p.m.RESCHEDULED | NEW DATE: MAY 11 | The April 20 screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail is rescheduled for May 11 at 9 p.m. because of the forecast for inclement weather.
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Gallery Concert “Boleros: Songs from Latin America”
8:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte joins the Mercury Chamber Orchestra for a performance of boleros in the Beck Building galleries.