Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Saturday, October 12, 2024-Friday, October 18, 2024


Lissette Solórzano, from the series Malecón, 2004, inkjet print
Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography Through August 3, 2025

Showcasing 100 examples of contemporary Cuban photography, this exhibition traces the evolution of the medium’s role in Cuba over nearly five decades.

01 Nov Fri / 2024

  • Black Gospel Film Poster
    Black Gospel
    7 p.m.—9 p.m.

    Post-film Q&A with actor Yang Dong-geun. Actors and real-life friends Yang Dong Geun, Jung Joon, and Kim Yoo Mi join members of Heritage, a musical ensemble whose members co-founded the Heritage Mass Choir on a trip to Harlem in New York City.

02 Nov Sat / 2024

  • Paul Gauguin, Femmes de Tahiti (Tahitian Women)

    Paul Gauguin, Femmes de Tahiti (Tahitian Women), 1891, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Photo © TMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY

    Members Lecture | “Gauguin in the World”
    4 p.m.—5 p.m.

    SOLD OUT | MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture about the exhibition Gauguin in the World.

  • Handsome Guys Film Poster
    Handsome Guys (Haenseomgaijeu)
    7 p.m.—8:45 p.m.

    Misunderstood friends Jae-pil and Sang-gu appear to be tough guys, but are more often clueless. When they achieve their dream of buying a fixer-upper and living in the country, they come to the aid of a drowning girl yet are mistaken for kidnappers. The town is searching for the girl, police get involved, and a dark, ancient spirit is awakened in the men’s basement!

03 Nov Sun / 2024

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.