Calendar Week of Friday, January 31, 2025-Thursday, February 6, 2025
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.
31 Jan Fri / 2025
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My Stolen Planet (Sayyareye dozdide shodeye man)
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Using the essayistic style of a diary, director Farahnaz Sharifi traces how the Islamic Revolution changed life for women in Iran. Born in 1979, shortly after the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty, Sharifi draws on home movies and found 8mm recordings of strangers’ lives to show moments of private joy and public defiance under the regimented oppression in Tehran.
01 Feb Sat / 2025
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Saturday Members Tour | “Picturing Nature”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Picturing Nature.
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Henry Fletcher, after Pieter Casteels, published by Robert Furber, English, c. 1674-1756, February, from the series The Twelve Months of Flowers, 1730, Engraving with etching and hand coloring on laid paper, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg.
Lecture | “Printy” Bouquets: The Legacy of Furber’s Flowers
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Curator Katie McKinney explores the impact of Robert Furber’s series of prints The Twelve Months of Flowers in conjunction with Libbey Oliver’s live re-creation of historical displays based on the works of art and inspired by Louise Fisher’s iconic 20th-century floral arrangements.
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iFest | Joe Sample Soundstage “Harmony at the Crossroads”
4 p.m.—6 p.m.The Joe Sample Soundstage, a program under iFest USA in partnership with UNESCO, is committed to the preservation, perpetuation, and global expansion of jazz as an art form.
02 Feb Sun / 2025
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Family Zone
1 p.m.—4 p.m.Visit the MFAH Family Zone for engaging gallery activities with coloring sheets, colored pencils, books, and more.
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Sugarcane
2 p.m.—4 p.m.A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, Sugarcane is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
05 Feb Wed / 2025
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Greece Study Abroad Trip | Info Session
12:30 p.m.—1 p.m.The Glassell Studio School spring 2025 study-abroad course to Greece. Learn about the cultural trip at this information session.
06 Feb 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.
