Calendar Week of Thursday, October 27, 2022-Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 Through January 7, 2024
For the first time, the 1955 U.S. survey projects of photographers Robert Frank and Todd Webb come together, capturing a singular vision of “America.”
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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MFAH Playdate
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.Children 4 and younger, and their adult caregivers, are invited to enjoy a multi-sensory experience in the galleries with songs, stories, games, and activities.
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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.
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Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji)
7 p.m.—10 p.m.Spanning 50 years from the early 20th century to the Cultural Revolution, this genre-bending love story captures the vast historical scope of a changing country and features performances showcasing the remarkable tradition of the Peking Opera.
02 Dec Sat / 2023
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Saturday Members Tour | “Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955”
11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955.
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Saturday Members Tour | “Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955”
12:30 p.m.—1:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955.
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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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Holiday Brews on the Bend
2 p.m.—6 p.m.Enjoy beer tastings and live jazz on the grounds of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens.
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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.
