Members Curatorial Lecture | “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” Saturday, July 13, 2024 4 p.m.-5 p.m.
Mitsutani Kunishirō, Flowers, c. 1910, oil on canvas, private collection.
Japanese, Vase with Open Work, Blossoming Cherry, Carp, and Stream, early 20th century, Hirado Mikawachi ware: porcelain with underglaze blue and iron, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman. © Museum Associates/LACMA
Yukihiro for the Kinshodo Studio, Wave Crest Supporting the Tide-Ruling Jewel, c. 1890, rock crystal sphere supported by a silver, bronze, and gold wave crest, private collection, New York City. Photograph © Noel Allum
Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan
July 13, 2024
MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture with the co-curators of the new exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan. Bradley Bailey, the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Curator of Asian Art at the MFAH, speaks with Chelsea Foxwell, associate professor of art history at the University of Chicago.
Tickets
- Exclusive to MFAH Members
- Free Admission
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- This lecture takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater on the lower level of the Law Building, and the exhibition is on the upper level.
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“Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” is organized by the Japanese Art Society of America (JASA), with funds provided by JASA members, to celebrate its 50th Anniversary, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
In Houston, major support is provided by:
Bobbie Nau
Additional generous support is provided by:
Kathy and Glen Gondo
Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Anne and Albert Chao
Milton D. Rosenau, Jr. and Dr. Ellen R. Gritz
Dr. Ritsuko Komaki
The exhibition catalogue is made possible with funds provided by The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and The Mary Griggs Burke Center for Japanese Art, Columbia University.