Behind-the-Scenes Experience for Benefactor & Leadership Circle Members
Mari Carmen Ramírez, curator
Carlos Mérida, Mujeres de Metepec (Women of Metepec), 1922, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Alfred Glassell III in honor of Rusty Wortham and his twenty years of service in the Latin American Art Sub-committee.
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Chromosaturation MFAH, 1965/2017, installed 2020, light installation, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum commission funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Carlos Cruz-Diez / Bridgeman Images 2022
![Lygia Clark, Bicho (Máquina) [Critter (Machine)], 1962, gilded metal with hinges, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Associação Cultural Lygia Clark](https://static.mfah.com/images/lygia-clark-bicho.10111148247866070008.jpg?width=1350){kind=link}
Lygia Clark, Bicho (Máquina) [Critter (Machine)], 1962, gilded metal with hinges, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Associação Cultural Lygia Clark
Gyula Kosice, La ciudad hidroespacial (The Hydrospatial City), 1946–72, acrylic, Plexiglas, paint, and light, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Gyula Kosice
May 11, 2024
“At the Vanguard of Collecting and Curating”
MFAH members at the Benefactor level, and members of the Leadership Circle, are invited to this exclusive look at the Museum’s ongoing work to collect and curate works of Latin American art. Mari Carmen Ramírez speaks about her leadership role in the dynamic expansion of the collection over the last two decades as well as exciting recent acquisitions. Ramírez is the Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and director of the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA). (Rescheduled from January)
Plan Your Visit
- Benefactor-level members or Leadership Circle donors may RSVP for this event by emailing memberevents@mfah.org or calling 713.353.1559.
- This event takes place in the American General Conference Room on the mezzanine level of the Beck Building.
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