Calendar Week of Thursday, May 19, 2022-Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities Through June 5, 2022

Paintings, drawings, and video animations show how Shahzia Sikander explores contemporary issues by transforming and subverting South and Central Asian illustrated manuscript painting.

22 May Sun / 2022

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  Family Zone on the Go

  Activity Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

  1 p.m.—4 p.m.

  Enjoy hands-on activities at the Family Art Cart in the galleries, with staff members on hand to answer questions.

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  Memoria

  Film Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

  2 p.m.—4:20 p.m.

  In Colombia, a woman (Tilda Swinton) plagued by insomnia after hearing a mysterious loud bang finds herself on a journey across mountains and the jungle.

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  Gallery Concert “Bach Concerti for Oboe and Strings”

  Performance Audrey Jones Beck Building

  7 p.m.—8 p.m.

  Musicians from Bach Society Houston perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s virtuosic concertos for oboe and strings.