Calendar Week of Saturday, January 28, 2023-Friday, February 3, 2023
Portrait of Courage: Gentileschi, Wiley, and the Story of Judith Through April 16, 2023
Created 400 years apart, two paintings of the same subject by Artemisia Gentileschi and Kehinde Wiley raise contemporary issues through a historical lens, revealing shared narratives and ideas across …
04 Feb Sat / 2023
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Saturday Members Tour | Highlights of the Sarofim Collection
11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at highlights of American art from the renowned Sarofim Collection.
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Drop-in Tour | Highlights of the Law Building
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, discover the vast array of art from around the world on view in the Caroline Wiess Law Building.
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Drop-in Tour | Highlights of the Beck Building
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, explore the treasures on view in the galleries of the Audrey Jones Beck Building.
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Drop-in Tour | Highlights of the Kinder Building
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, see the modern and contemporary art on view in the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building.
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The African Desperate
3 p.m.—5 p.m.Chaos reigns in the riotously funny debut feature from visual artist Martine Syms. This fantastical day-in-the-life of a Black artist is a rollicking satire of art-world pretensions and a rowdy portrayal of sex and drugs in the Internet age.
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Concert | ROCO Connections “A House of My Own” at Rienzi
5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.A modern twist on a Schubertiade salon concert features works by Schubert and Debussy, and the world premiere of song based on the writings of Sandra Cisneros.
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The Watermelon Woman
6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.An investigation into film history that doubles as a romantic comedy, The Watermelon Woman is a dazzlingly inventive landmark of the New Queer Cinema.
05 Feb Sun / 2023
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Compensation
5 p.m.—7 p.m.This unique drama presents parallel African American love stories about a deaf woman and a hearing man who live in Chicago, decades apart.
09 Feb Thu / 2023
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Drop-in Tour | Get to Know the Kinder Building
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, visit favorite works of art and discover new commissions in the Kinder Building, designed to house the MFAH collection of modern and contemporary art from around the world.
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Drop-in Tour | Highlights of the Beck Building
3:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m.On this guided tour, explore the treasures on view in the galleries of the Audrey Jones Beck Building.