Caroline Wiess Law Building Lectures Year of Sunday, October 20, 2024-Sunday, October 19, 2025


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.

17 Nov Sun / 2024

21 Nov Thu / 2024

05 Dec Thu / 2024

  • Ingenuity And Invention

    Harriet Stratis, speaker / Paul Gauguin, 1898–99, Human miseries (Misères humaines) from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints (also called the Vollard Suite), woodblock print in black on ivory Japanese paper, state I/I, private collection, Houston, promised gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

    Ingenuity and Invention: Paul Gauguin’s Printing Techniques
    6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

    Harriet Stratis presents a lecture on Paul Gauguin’s experimentation with techniques and materials in print production.

09 Jan Thu / 2025

  • Celestial Conch Shell with Skulls

    Celestial Conch Shell with Skulls, Huastec, Veracruz (Northern), Mexico, 900–1521, conch shell, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by James C. Flores in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at “One Great Night in November, 2007.”

    Indigenous Faith Practices: Vietnamese Folk Religion
    6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

    Houston faith leaders engage in a discussion about their connections with objects and themes showcased in the exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples.