Calendar Week of Thursday, May 16, 2024-Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography Through Autumn 2024
The annual Eye on Houston exhibition documents and celebrates Houston’s diverse neighborhoods through a collaboration between the MFAH and Houston Independent School District.
17 May Fri / 2024
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MFA Shop Trunk Show | Raw Mango
11 a.m.—6 p.m.The MFA Shop presents an exclusive trunk show featuring saris, textiles, and garments from Indian design house Raw Mango.
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Gego, Esfera No. 8, 1977, steel wire with metal leader sleeves, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the Fundación Gego.
Tour | Artwork of the Month “Esfera”
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about the artwork Esfera No. 8.
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The (Ex)perience of Love (Le syndrome des amours passées)
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Rémy (Lazare Gousseau) and Sandra (Lucie Debay) are unable to conceive a child because they suffer from “Past Love Syndrome,” according to their doctor. In order to be cured, they must sleep once again with each of their former lovers.
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Our Tiny Little Wedding (Notre tout petit petit mariage)
9:15 p.m.—10:45 p.m.Happy couple Lou and Max badly want to adopt a baby. Family, friends, and even the adoption agent show up to take part in an explosion of utterly incredible zaniness.
18 May Sat / 2024
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Sanjay Garg
Lecture | Sanjay Garg Presents Raw Mango
10 a.m.—11 a.m.Sanjay Garg, founder of Indian design house Raw Mango, discusses his creative practice and his cultural influences from around the world.
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MFA Shop Trunk Show | Raw Mango
11 a.m.—6 p.m.The MFA Shop presents an exclusive trunk show featuring saris, textiles, and garments from Indian design house Raw Mango.
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Saturday Members Tour | “Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism”
11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited to join a docent for a closer look at the wildly colorful canvases of Henri Matisse and André Derain in the exhibition Vertigo of Color.
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Jacolby Satterwhite, A Metta Prayer, 2023, site-specific, 4-channel multimedia installation: sound, theatrical lighting, high-definition color video, and 3D animation in Autodesk Maya and Unreal Engine, courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York. © Jacolby Satterwhite
A Performance by Artist Jacolby Satterwhite
6 p.m.—8 p.m.Jacolby Satterwhite performs in celebration of his exhibition Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer.
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Mr. Putifar’s Wacky Plan (Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard)
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.As a middle-school teacher, Robert Putifar was teased by students during his entire career. After 37 years of torment, a bitter Putifar finally retires in the home he still shares with his mother. Deep in his secret man cave, the former teacher plots revenge on the first kids who made his life miserable 20 years ago.
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The Madness Express (Veuillez nous excuser pour la gêne occasionnée)
9:15 p.m.—10:45 p.m.Railroad ticket controller Sébastien gets promoted and plans to move with his pregnant fiancée. Sébastien must pass a performance evaluation on his last day on the job, but he learns the inspector is the one known as “crazy.”
