Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Events Week of Tuesday, December 6, 2022-Monday, December 12, 2022
Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure Through February 12, 2023
An ensemble of 60 masterpieces highlights Alberto Giacometti’s major achievements of the postwar years. This touring exhibition explores the artist’s creative process and how he came to produce his …
09 Feb Thu / 2023
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Drop-in Tour | Get to Know the Kinder Building
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, visit favorite works of art and discover new commissions in the Kinder Building, designed to house the MFAH collection of modern and contemporary art from around the world.
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Drop-in Tour | Highlights of the Kinder Building
3:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m.On this guided tour, see the modern and contemporary art on view in the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building.
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Attributed to John Constable, A View on the Banks of the River Stour, 1815, oil on board, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Stuart Collection, gift of Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of James Chillman, Jr., the first Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Concert | “Beautiful, Picturesque, and Sublime”
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.The MFAH and the DaCamera Young Artists present a free concert inspired by the Stuart Collection of British landscape paintings.
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Attributed to John Constable, A View on the Banks of the River Stour, 1815, oil on board, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Stuart Collection, gift of Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of James Chillman, Jr., the first Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Concert | “Beautiful, Picturesque, and Sublime”
7:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.The MFAH and the DaCamera Young Artists present a free concert inspired by the Stuart Collection of British landscape paintings.
10 Feb Fri / 2023
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MFAH Playdate
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.Children 4 and younger, and their adult caregivers, are invited to enjoy a multi-sensory experience in the galleries with songs, stories, games, and activities.
11 Feb Sat / 2023
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Drop-in Tour | Highlights of the Kinder Building
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, see the modern and contemporary art on view in the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building.
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Diego Rivera, La Bordadora, 1928, oil on canvas. © 2022 Christie’s Images Limited
Lecture | Labor and National Identity in Diego Rivera’s “La Bordadora (The Embroiderer)”
3 p.m.—4 p.m.The rediscovered 1928 painting La Bordadora (The Embroiderer) depicts an emergent symbol of Mexico’s post-revolutionary national identity.
