Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Tuesday, February 1, 2022-Monday, February 7, 2022
Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence Through May 27, 2024
The MFAH is the first stop on the tour of the monumental exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
01 Dec Fri / 2023
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Installation view of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica.
Members Preview | Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica
11 a.m.—5 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy a first look at the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica.
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Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern, Perfume sprinkler (qumqum), Syrian, 13th century, Glass; blown, marvered, applied, tooled, and worked on the pontil, Museum PurchaseTour | Artwork of the Month “Perfume Sprinkler”
3:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m.Engage in slow looking and study of select artwork.
02 Dec Sat / 2023
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Installation view of the Art of the Islamic Worlds galleries.
Drop-in Tour | Get to Know the Art of the Islamic Worlds
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Take a guided tour of the gallery space dedicated to art from the Islamic worlds, showcasing nearly 1,000 years of history and culture.
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Tove
5 p.m.—7 p.m.In this captivating drama, Alma Pöysti stars as iconic Finnish artist Tove Jansson, who defied the bourgeois norms of postwar Europe to live a life of artistic and sexual freedom.
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Aurora
7:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Twentysomething Aurora, a commitment-phobic party animal, finds herself at loose ends. When she meets Darian, an Iranian who needs to marry a Finnish woman to gain asylum, she introduces him to numerous women.
03 Dec Sun / 2023
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Sunday Family Studio
1 p.m.—3 p.m.Create and learn in this workshop for families. Explore a work of art in the galleries, then make your own masterpiece in the studio.
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Georg Zeiller, Torah Shield, 1825, silver‐gilt, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Susie and David Askanase, Alexander Dell, and Carol and David Neuberger families.
Opening a New Door: The Judaica Collection
2 p.m.—3 p.m.On opening day of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica, this lecture explores Jewish ritual objects that form the beginning of an important new collection area for the MFAH.
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Extreme Job (Geukhanjikeob)
5 p.m.—7 p.m.Narcotics detectives work undercover in a chicken joint to bust a gang of organized criminals. Things take an unexpected turn when a new recipe transforms the rundown restaurant into the hottest eatery in town.
06 Dec Wed / 2023
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Vincent van Gogh, Hospital at Saint-Rémy, 1889, oil on canvas, the Armand Hammer Collection, gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
Drop-in Tour | “Rembrandt to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the Armand Hammer Collection”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.Take a guided tour of Rembrandt to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the Armand Hammer Collection. The exhibition features major works by artists including Cezanne, Degas, Monet, and Titian as well as Rembrandt and Van Gogh.
07 Dec Thu / 2023
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Mary Cassatt, Under the Horse-Chestnut Tree, 1896–97, drypoint and aquatint on laid paper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc.
Lecture | Mary Cassatt at Work in Print
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.See how Mary Cassatt’s innovative methods in print connect to both her subject matter and her own carefully constructed identity as a working professional.
