Conversations with the Director
(left to right) Gary Tinterow and Raqib Shaw
MFAH Director Gary Tinterow
Photograph by F. Carter Smith
Artist Raqib Shaw
Raqib Shaw, Ode to the Country Without a Post Office, 2019–20, acrylic liner and enamel on birchwood, private collection. © Raqib Shaw / Photo © White Cube (Ollie Hammick), courtesy of the artist and White Cube
June 5, 2024
In the ongoing “Conversations with the Director” series, Gary Tinterow, Director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, engages an eclectic roster of guests in conversations about the arts.
The Museum is honored to welcome artist Raqib Shaw to Houston in conjunction with the upcoming exhibition Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West. The artist blends Eastern and Western influences to create mesmerizing works of art that merge fable, history, and autobiography.
This conversation offers an insider’s look at Shaw’s influences, from his childhood in the Valley of Kashmir, India, to his engagement with Western art history and Asian aesthetics and traditions.
Tickets
- $10 per person
- $5 for MFAH members
No late seating. Any empty seats are released five minutes before start time to a standby line. Holding seats is not allowed.
Plan Your Visit
- Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map
- This program takes place in Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building.The theater doors open at 5:30 p.m. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. The Museum closes at 5 p.m., so you may enter either through the Kinder Building (5500 Main Street) or Glassell School Garage (5101 Montrose Boulevard) and take the pedestrian tunnel to the Lynn Wyatt Theater.
- The exhibition Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West is on view from June 9 to September 2.
“Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West” is organized by the Frist Art Museum, Nashville, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
In Houston, generous support is provided by:
contemporary@mfah
Pace Gallery
White Cube