Calendar Week of Tuesday, February 11, 2025-Monday, February 17, 2025
Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography Through August 3, 2025
Showcasing 100 examples of contemporary Cuban photography, this exhibition traces the evolution of the medium’s role in Cuba over nearly five decades.
15 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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Dahomey
7 p.m.—8:15 p.m.Mati Diop’s hypnotic documentary explores the journey of 26 historical artifacts being returned from French museums to present-day Benin (formerly the West African Kingdom of Dahomey), from where they were plundered during colonial times.
16 Feb Sun / 2025
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Monthly Meditation Sessions by the Black Man Project + Black Woman Project
10 a.m.—11 a.m.The Black Man Project and Black Woman Project present monthly meditation sessions at the Museum.
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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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Loading Dock Sale at the MFA Shop
12:30 p.m.—6 p.m.The MFA Shop invites you to this special annual sale!
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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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Love & Basketball
2 p.m.—4:15 p.m.All is fair in Love & Basketball. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, this romance and sports genre film serves as a landmark for Black women filmmaking for its authentic representation of female athletes, Black love, and female independence.
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Daughters of the Dust
5 p.m.—7 p.m.Julie Dash’s rapturous vision of Black womanhood and vanishing ways of life in the turn-of-the-century South was the first film directed by an African American woman to receive a wide release. Set in 1902, it follows a multigenerational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands near South Carolina as they struggle to maintain their heritage.
