Calendar Week of Wednesday, October 30, 2024-Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer Through October 13, 2024
In the expansive multimedia installation A Metta Prayer, Jacolby Satterwhite fuses choreography, video, animation, lighting, and music to reimagine a kaleidoscopic, computer-generated world.
30 Oct Wed / 2024
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Marfa Study Trip | Info Session
12:30 p.m.—1:15 p.m.The Glassell Studio School hosts a spring 2025 study trip course in Marfa. Learn about the trip at this information session.
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MFAH Director Gary Tinterow
Photograph by F. Carter SmithConversations with the Director
6 p.m.—7 p.m.SOLD OUT | This conversation is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Gauguin in the World.
31 Oct Thu / 2024
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Drop-in Tour | Boxes, Containers, and Chests
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour explores the Museum’s vast array of boxes, containers, jars, chests, and coffers.
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Art Bites | British Paintings from the Blaffer Foundation
6 p.m.—6:30 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Punch Party at Rienzi
6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Kick off Halloween weekend at Rienzi’s Punch Party.
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Exhuma (Pamyo)
7 p.m.—9:15 p.m.A wealthy family hires a renowned shaman and her protégé to investigate the disturbing supernatural illness affecting only the firstborn of each generation. They soon trace the affliction to a long-hidden family grave on sacred ground. This K-horror film is perfect for Halloween!
01 Nov Fri / 2024
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Paul Gauguin, Femmes de Tahiti (Tahitian Women), 1891, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Photo © TMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
Members Preview | “Gauguin in the World”
11 a.m.—8 p.m.MFAH members are invited to preview Gauguin in the World before the exhibition opens to the public.
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František Kupka, The Yellow Scale, c. 1907, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, Museum purchase funded by Audrey Jones Beck. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
Tour | Artwork of the Month “The Yellow Scale”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about The Yellow Scale.
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Happy Hour Friday
5 p.m.—8 p.m.Happy Hour Friday is the place to be! Meet your friends at the MFAH for the best night of the week.
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Tango Night
5 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Tango Night returns at Late Fridays Happy Hour.
