Calendar Week of Thursday, March 28, 2024-Wednesday, April 3, 2024
![Nayeli Perez, Watching Over, 2023, inkjet print](https://static.mfah.com/images/nayeli-perez-watching-over.13173522216094814418.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography Through Autumn 2024
The annual Eye on Houston exhibition documents and celebrates Houston’s diverse neighborhoods through a collaboration between the MFAH and Houston Independent School District.
16 May Thu / 2024
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Poetry Performance | Iconoclast Artists “They Say”
7 p.m.—8 p.m.Student poets perform some of their most inspiring pieces from the new editions of two publications: They Say and Ellos Dicen.
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Drop-in Tour | “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence”
7:01 p.m.—8 p.m.Take a guided tour of the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
17 May Fri / 2024
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MFA Shop Trunk Show | Raw Mango
11 a.m.—6 p.m.The MFA Shop presents an exclusive trunk show featuring saris, textiles, and garments from Indian design house Raw Mango.
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Gego, Esfera No. 8, 1977, steel wire with metal leader sleeves, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the Fundación Gego.
Tour | Artwork of the Month “Esfera”
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about the artwork Esfera No. 8.
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The (Ex)perience of Love (Le syndrome des amours passées)
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Rémy (Lazare Gousseau) and Sandra (Lucie Debay) are unable to conceive a child because they suffer from “Past Love Syndrome,” according to their doctor. In order to be cured, they must sleep once again with each of their former lovers.
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Our Tiny Little Wedding (Notre tout petit petit mariage)
9:15 p.m.—10:45 p.m.Happy couple Lou and Max badly want to adopt a baby. Family, friends, and even the adoption agent show up to take part in an explosion of utterly incredible zaniness.
18 May Sat / 2024
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Sanjay Garg
Lecture | Sanjay Garg Presents Raw Mango
10 a.m.—11 a.m.Sanjay Garg, founder of Indian design house Raw Mango, discusses his creative practice and his cultural influences from around the world.
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MFA Shop Trunk Show | Raw Mango
11 a.m.—6 p.m.The MFA Shop presents an exclusive trunk show featuring saris, textiles, and garments from Indian design house Raw Mango.
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Saturday Members Tour | “Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism”
11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited to join a docent for a closer look at the wildly colorful canvases of Henri Matisse and André Derain in the exhibition Vertigo of Color.
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Jacolby Satterwhite, A Metta Prayer, 2023, site-specific, 4-channel multimedia installation: sound, theatrical lighting, high-definition color video, and 3D animation in Autodesk Maya and Unreal Engine, courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York. © Jacolby Satterwhite
A Performance by Artist Jacolby Satterwhite
6 p.m.—8 p.m.Jacolby Satterwhite performs in celebration of his exhibition Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer.