Calendar Week of Saturday, June 21, 2025-Friday, June 27, 2025
Floating World: A.A.Murakami Through September 21, 2025
An immersive fusion of the technical and the natural by artist duo A.A.Murakami, Floating World transports you to an ethereal world of amorphous bubbles, futuristic sculptures, swirling fog rings, …
21 Jun Sat / 2025
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Saturday Members Tour | “Contemporary Cuban Photography”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography.
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Floating World: A.A.Murakami featuring A.A.Murakami’s Beyond the Horizon, commissioned by and exhibited at M+, Hong Kong, 2024, interactive installation. © A.A.Murakami
Art Crowd x Silent Disco | “Floating World: A.A.Murakami”
6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Members of Art Crowd and ticketed guests have exclusive, after-hours access to Floating World: A.A.Murakami—and this time, we’re turning up the vibes with a silent disco inside the exhibition.
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The Pawnbroker
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Director Sidney Lumet’s groundbreaking 1964 drama stars Rod Steiger as a German-Jewish immigrant who lives a bitter, lonely existence running a pawn shop in Harlem. Quincy Jones’s first Hollywood film score features musicians Dave Grusin, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, and Oliver Nelson.
22 Jun Sun / 2025
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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
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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Rosemary Crill
Opening Day Lecture | “From India to the World: Textiles from the Parpia Collection”
2 p.m.—3 p.m.An inside look at the exhibition of one of the most significant private collections of Indian textiles outside of India.
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Killer of Sheep
5 p.m.—6:30 p.m.Killer of Sheep examines life in Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan (Houston native Henry G. Sanders), a sensitive dreamer who is growing detached from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse.
25 Jun Wed / 2025
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Educators Event | “Learning Through Art” Summer Institute
10 a.m.—4 p.m.Educators: Empower your teaching through this three-day event for teachers that focuses on promoting growth mindsets in all subject areas.
26 Jun Thu / 2025
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Educators Event | “Learning Through Art” Summer Institute
10 a.m.—4 a.m.Educators: Empower your teaching through this three-day event for teachers that focuses on promoting growth mindsets in all subject areas.
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Summer Break at the MFAH
11 a.m.—2 p.m.When school’s out, families are invited to enjoy gallery activities with teaching artists and experiment with a variety of materials to create art.
