Calendar Week of Wednesday, December 20, 2023-Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Tamara de Lempicka Through May 26, 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 …
22 Mar Sat / 2025
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The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur)
7 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Yves Montand stars as one of four men hired to transport a nitroglycerine shipment over a treacherous South American mountain route. As they carry their explosive cargo, each bump tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever made.
23 Mar 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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Family Art-Making Studio 2025
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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The Blond Boy from the Casbah (Le petit blond de la casbah)
3 p.m.—5 p.m.Growing up in war-torn 1960s Algiers, Antoine Lisner discovers a profound fascination with cinema. Revisiting the place as an adult, now a filmmaker, he remembers emotional moments of his youth, spent between school, friends, and his Jewish family.
24 Mar Mon / 2025
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Voices in Contemporary Art (VoCA) artist interview workshop at Fundación Cortés, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 2024. Photograph by Javier del Valle Beltrán
VoCA Spanish Workshop
9 a.m.—3 p.m.VoCA hosts an in-person Artist Interview workshop in Spanish at the Museum.
25 Mar Tue / 2025
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Voices in Contemporary Art (VoCA) artist interview workshop at Fundación Cortés, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 2024. Photograph by Javier del Valle Beltrán
VoCA Spanish Workshop
9 a.m.—3 p.m.VoCA hosts an in-person Artist Interview workshop in Spanish at the Museum.
26 Mar Wed / 2025
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Voices in Contemporary Art (VoCA) artist interview workshop at Fundación Cortés, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 2024. Photograph by Javier del Valle Beltrán
VoCA Spanish Workshop
9 a.m.—3 p.m.VoCA hosts an in-person Artist Interview workshop in Spanish at the Museum.
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Toshiko Takaezu, Purple Moon, c. 1998, stoneware, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, gift of Leatrice and Melvin Eagle. © Family of Toshiko Takaezu
Drop-in Tour | “Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour highlights the exhibition Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within, which presents more than 100 works of art in stunning installations often inspired by those Takaezu created during her lifetime. Rarely seen paintings and masterful weavings are also on view.
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10 Min. of Water
Core Program Film Series | The Middle of Somewhere
6 p.m.—8 p.m.Core Program critic-in-residence Max Tolleson hosts a film series curated to accompany his his 2025 Core Exhibition yearbook essay, “Marfa Myths.”
