Calendar Week of Saturday, July 9, 2022-Friday, July 15, 2022
Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage Through May 12, 2024
The first major museum exhibition on this subject, Multiplicity explores the breadth and complexity of Black identity and experiences in the United States through collage and collage-informed works.
18 Apr Thu / 2024
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German, The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor, c. 1310–20, illuminated manuscript on parchment; codex of 299 leaves, each ruled in ink, pricked, and written in black and red ink in Ashkenazi script, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund. Restoration supported with generous contributions from the TEFAF Museum Restoration fund; Joan Morgenstern; and Helaine and David Lane and Family.
Panel Discussion | Life of the Book: “The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor”
6:30 p.m.—8 p.m.Art experts and faith leaders discuss the illuminated 14th-century communal prayer book on view in the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica.
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An aerial view of the completed sculpture garden.
Art Bites | Henri Matisse’s “Backs” in the Sculpture Garden
7 p.m.—7:30 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the MFAH for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Drop-in Tour | “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence”
7 p.m.—8 p.m.Take a guided tour of the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
19 Apr Fri / 2024
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College Week
11 a.m.—6 p.m.The MFAH celebrates college students with four days of admission perks, April 17–20.
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James Henry Beard, The Young Itinerant, 1846, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Frank J. Hevrdejs.
Tour | Artwork of the Month “The Young Itinerant”
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about The Young Itinerant.
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Caravaggio
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Derek Jarman’s most profound reflection on art, sexuality, and identity recounts the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
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Gallery Concert “Instrumental Delights”
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Enjoy an intimate performance by members of the Bach Society Houston Orchestra.
20 Apr Sat / 2024
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College Week
11 a.m.—6 p.m.The MFAH celebrates college students with four days of admission perks, April 17–20.
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Saturday Members Tour | 100 Years of Architecture at the MFAH
Gallery Talk/Tour Audrey Jones Beck Building Caroline Wiess Law Building Nancy and Rich Kinder Building11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited on this tour marking the centennial anniversary of the Museum’s opening. Architecture throughout the campus reflects the profound leaps in style over a century.
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Lanecia A. Rouse
“Multiplicity” In-Gallery Experience | Featuring Lanecia A. Rouse
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Artist Lanecia A. Rouse discusses her work in Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage and related topics regarding the landscape of contemporary Black collage.
