Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Saturday, September 28, 2024-Friday, October 4, 2024


Paul Gauguin, Trois tahitiens (Three Tahitians), 1899, oil on canvas
Gauguin in the World Through February 16, 2025

The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this ambitious exhibition showcasing the work of French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin.

06 Nov Wed / 2024

07 Nov Thu / 2024

  • Zoroastrian Afargan Altar

    Zoroastrian Afargan Altar, 20th century, silver, Zoroastrian Temple, Houston.

    Divine Fire: Zoroastrianism and Ritual Purity
    6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

    This gallery conversation, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples, is led by Vehishta Kaikobad, Zoroastrian Association of Houston and an MFAH docent.

  • Tendaberry Film Image
    Tendaberry
    7:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m.

    Houston Cinema Arts Festival

    The opening-night selection is a kinetic portrait of Dakota (Kota Johan), a twentysomething New York City transplant adrift in post-pandemic Brooklyn. When her boyfriend (Yuri Pleskun) is called back to his native Ukraine to care for his ailing father, Dakota is forced to navigate the city and its hardships alone and pregnant.

08 Nov Fri / 2024