Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Events Week of Friday, May 31, 2024-Thursday, June 6, 2024


Paul Gauguin, Trois tahitiens (Three Tahitians), 1899, oil on canvas
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.

07 Nov Thu / 2024

08 Nov Fri / 2024

09 Nov Sat / 2024

  • 2024 Rienzi Symposium

    William Hogarth, Industry and Idleness, Plate I: The Fellow ‘Prentices at Their Looms, October 1747, etching and engraving, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston.

    Rienzi Symposium | Skillful Hands
    11:15 a.m.—3:45 p.m.

    Rienzi presents a symposium on Skillful Hands: Apprentices and Networks of Learning 1650–1950 where selected participants present their research.

  • Basquiat Film Poster
    Basquiat in B/W
    7:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m.

    Houston Cinema Arts Festival

    From visual artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel comes an evocative personal rendering of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, told in a series of vignettes tracing his turn from street kid graffiti artist to one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.