Saturday Members Tour | “Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism” Saturday, May 4, 2024 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.


May 2024
MFAH members are invited to explore the Museum on special Saturday tours. Topics change monthly.

► Advance tickets are sold out, with a limited number available on-site prior to the tour.
In May, join a docent for a closer look at the wildly colorful canvases of Henri Matisse and André Derain in Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism. The exhibition traces the beginnings of the major Modernist movement of Fauvism and the relationship that changed the course of French painting.

Plan Your Visit

Questions? Call the members hotline at 713.639.7550, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or email membership@mfah.org at any time.

► If you are not yet an MFAH member, join now to get free tickets along with other great benefits!


“Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism” was organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from:

Lead Corporate Underwriter:

This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Additional generous support is provided by:
Cherie and Jim Flores
Linnet F. Deily
Nancy Pollok Guinee
Carla Knobloch
Rand Group
Polly and Murry Bowden
Bettie Cartwright
Vivian L. Smith Foundation
Rosanette S. Cullen
Samuel F. Gorman