Calendar Week of Tuesday, December 12, 2023-Monday, December 18, 2023
Skillful Hands: The Apprentice in Europe Through July 13, 2025
ON VIEW AT RIENZI | Until the late 19th century, apprenticeship was the primary way people were trained in craft trades in Europe and the Americas.
23 Jan Thu / 2025
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John Robert Cozens, View of Vietri and Raito, Italy, c. 1783, watercolor over graphite on cream laid paper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Dena M. Woodall.
Drop-in Tour | “Picturing Nature”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour highlights the exhibition Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond, which explores how the genre of landscape evolved during an era of immense transformation in Britain.
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Concert | “Gauguin in the World”
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.CANCELED | The concert is canceled. The Museum apologizes for any inconvenience.
24 Jan Fri / 2025
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The Stranger and the Fog (Gharibeh Va Meh)
7 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Iranian New Wave director Bahram Beyzaie's visually ravishing masterwork—banned for decades after the Iranian revolution—is set around the northern coast of Iran, where a boat drifts onto the shore of a small village.
25 Jan Sat / 2025
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Studio Saturday at Rienzi
10 a.m.—NoonSOLD OUT | Unleash your creativity and drawing skills at Rienzi.
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Behind-the-Scenes Experience for Benefactor & Leadership Circle Members
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.MFAH members at the Benefactor level, and members of the Leadership Circle, are invited to this presentation about Museum's photography collection by curator Lisa Volpe.
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Saturday Members Tour | “Gauguin in the World”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.SOLD OUT | MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Gauguin in the World.
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Danaye anjir-e moabad)
7 p.m.—10 p.m.Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison for creating films that criticized the government, before his narrow escape to exile in Europe. Shot entirely in secret, Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller centers on a family thrust into the public eye when one of them is appointed as an investigating judge in Tehran.
26 Jan Sun / 2025
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Monthly Meditation Sessions by the Black Man Project + Black Woman Project
10 a.m.—11 a.m.The Black Man Project and Black Woman Project present monthly meditation sessions at the Museum.
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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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Children’s Texas Art and Makers Festival at Bayou Bend
1 p.m.—5 p.m.Families are invited to an afternoon celebrating art—created by and for children—that helps forge a connection to Texas and American heritage.
