Calendar Week of Monday, August 31, 2015-Sunday, September 6, 2015
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 …
09 May Thu / 2024
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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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Artists in Dialogue | Featuring “Multiplicity” Artists Kaima Marie Akarue, Brittney Boyd Bullock & Kahlil Robert Irving
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.This Artists in Dialogue session features artists Kaima Marie Akarue, Brittney Boyd Bullock, and Kahlil Robert Irving discussing their work from the exhibition Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage.
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Lecture | Tiffany’s Glass Visions of the Natural World: An Extraordinary Landscape Window
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Get a behind-the-scenes preview of a magnificent leaded-glass window to be unveiled this fall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Collage & Cabernet
6:30 p.m.—8 p.m.Create your own collage narrative in this mixed-media workshop with artist Tay Butler, whose work is featured in Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage.
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Art Bites | The Grand Manner Portrait in European Painting
7 p.m.—7:30 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Drop-in Tour | “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence”
7 p.m.—8 p.m.Take a guided tour of the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
10 May Fri / 2024
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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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Drop-in Tour | “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Take a guided tour of the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
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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.
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Food, Inc. 2: Back for Seconds
7 p.m.—8:45 p.m.In the sequel to the Oscar-nominated 2008 documentary Food, Inc., the filmmakers reunite with investigative authors Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser to take a fresh look at the efficient yet vulnerable food system.