Lectures Year of Friday, July 26, 2024-Friday, July 25, 2025
Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan Through September 15, 2024
Masterpieces from Japan’s Meiji era (1868–1912) reveal the profound cross-cultural impact of Japan’s developing relationships with the wider world.
04 Aug Sun / 2024
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Lecture | “Meiji Modern” Advertising Design
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Learn more about the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan in this lecture about modern design in Japan from 1928 to 1930.
10 Aug Sat / 2024
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Elizabeth Essner, Windgate Foundation Associate Curator of Craft
Behind-the-Scenes Experience for Benefactor & Leadership Circle Members
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.“At the Vanguard of Collecting and Curating” MFAH members at the Benefactor level, and members of the Leadership Circle, are invited to this presentation about contemporary craft by curator Elizabeth Essner.
13 Aug Tue / 2024
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Simon Willard, Patent Alarm Timepiece, Lighthouse Clock, c. 1825, mahogany, brass, steel, iron, lead, glass, and enamel, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Lora Jean Kilroy Accession Endowment.
Virtual Series | Fascinating Finds
7 p.m.—8 p.m.In this three-part series, experts highlight fascinating stories about new works of art in the Bayou Bend Collection.
20 Aug Tue / 2024
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Simon Willard, Patent Alarm Timepiece, Lighthouse Clock, c. 1825, mahogany, brass, steel, iron, lead, glass, and enamel, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Lora Jean Kilroy Accession Endowment.
Virtual Series | Fascinating Finds
7 p.m.—8 p.m.In this three-part series, experts highlight fascinating stories about new works of art in the Bayou Bend Collection.
22 Aug Thu / 2024
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“Meiji” Dances
7 p.m.—8 p.m.A dance performance inspired by Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.
27 Aug Tue / 2024
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Simon Willard, Patent Alarm Timepiece, Lighthouse Clock, c. 1825, mahogany, brass, steel, iron, lead, glass, and enamel, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Lora Jean Kilroy Accession Endowment.
Virtual Series | Fascinating Finds
7 p.m.—8 p.m.In this three-part series, experts highlight fascinating stories about new works of art in the Bayou Bend Collection.
31 Aug Sat / 2024
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Konoshima Okoku, Tigers, 1902, one of a pair of six-panel gold-ground folding screens; ink, color, gofun, and gold leaf on paper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Sandra Tirey and Jan van Lohuizen.
Lecture | The Purrfect Subject: Cats in Japanese Art
2 p.m.—3 p.m.This lecture about the book Divine Felines: The Cat in Japanese Art is inspired by the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.
12 Sep Thu / 2024
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Saarinen House Dining Room
Architecture Lecture | Saarinen House at Cranbrook: A Total Work of Art
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.AIA Houston Design Council presents a lecture on the Saarinen House at Cranbrook.
14 Sep Sat / 2024
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Mary Coffey
Lecture | Orozco and Mexican Post-Revolutionary Art
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Art historian Mary Coffey discusses the works of José Clemente Orozco and Mexican post-revolutionary art.
