Calendar Year of Tuesday, November 1, 2022-Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Tamara de Lempicka Through July 6, 2025
Capturing the glamour and vitality of 1920s postwar Paris and the cosmopolitan sheen of Hollywood celebrity, Tamara de Lempicka infused her paintings with a brilliant sense of fashion, design, and the …
21 Jun Sat / 2025
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The Pawnbroker
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Director Sidney Lumet’s groundbreaking 1964 drama stars Rod Steiger as a German-Jewish immigrant who lives a bitter, lonely existence running a pawn shop in Harlem. Quincy Jones’s first Hollywood film score features musicians Dave Grusin, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, and Oliver Nelson.
22 Jun Sun / 2025
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MFAH on the Move | Bilingual Yoga
11 a.m.—NoonMeet up at the Museum for free yoga on Sunday morning with FitMix Communities.
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Family Art-Making Studio
1 p.m.—2:30 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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Rosemary Crill
Opening Day Lecture | “From India to the World: Textiles from the Parpia Collection”
2 p.m.—3 p.m.An inside look at the exhibition of one of the most significant private collections of Indian textiles outside of India.
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Killer of Sheep
5 p.m.—6:30 p.m.Killer of Sheep examines life in Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan (Houston native Henry G. Sanders), a sensitive dreamer who is growing detached from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse.
25 Jun Wed / 2025
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Educators Event | “Learning Through Art” Summer Institute
10 a.m.—4 p.m.Educators: Empower your teaching through this three-day event for teachers that focuses on promoting growth mindsets in all subject areas.
26 Jun Thu / 2025
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Educators Event | “Learning Through Art” Summer Institute
10 a.m.—4 a.m.Educators: Empower your teaching through this three-day event for teachers that focuses on promoting growth mindsets in all subject areas.
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Summer Break at the MFAH
11 a.m.—2 p.m.When school’s out, families are invited to enjoy gallery activities with teaching artists and experiment with a variety of materials to create art.
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Drop-in Tour | “Scenes of Summer”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Learn how artists depict the warm sunshine of June—in the comfort of air conditioning—from the gardens of France to the vistas of the American West.
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Concert | “Floating World: A.A.Murakami”
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.The MFAH and the DACAMERA Young Artists present a concert inspired by the exhibition Floating World: A.A.Murakami.
