Lectures Year of Monday, August 19, 2024-Monday, August 18, 2025
Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples Through January 20, 2025
Exploring 3,000 years of spiritual belief and practice, the expansive Living with the Godsfeatures more than 200 objects from the MFAH collections, along with exceptional loans from museums and …
19 Jan Sun / 2025
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Nicholas Thomas
Lecture | Gauguin and Polynesia: A New Perspective
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Anthropologist Nicholas Thomas will discuss the works of Paul Gauguin and Oceania. Thomas is the author of Gauguin and Polynesia which offers a fresh view on the artist, not from the perspective of European art history, but from the contemporary vantage point of the region – Oceania.
25 Jan Sat / 2025
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Behind-the-Scenes Experience for Benefactor & Leadership Circle Members
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.MFAH members at the Benefactor level, and members of the Leadership Circle, are invited to this presentation about Museum's photography collection by curator Lisa Volpe.
26 Jan Sun / 2025
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Miriama Bono
Lecture | Gauguin’s Tahitian Legacy
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Architect, cultural consultant, and artist Miriama Bono will present the contemporary works of international artists Kanaky and Yuki Kihara, how their work draws inspiration from Gauguin, and the impact of the painter's legacy in Tahiti.
01 Feb Sat / 2025
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Henry Fletcher, after Pieter Casteels, published by Robert Furber, English, c. 1674-1756, February, from the series The Twelve Months of Flowers, 1730, Engraving with etching and hand coloring on laid paper, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg.
Lecture | “Printy” Bouquets: The Legacy of Furber’s Flowers
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Curator Katie McKinney explores the impact of Robert Furber’s series of prints The Twelve Months of Flowers in conjunction with Libbey Oliver’s live re-creation of historical displays based on the works of art and inspired by Louise Fisher’s iconic 20th-century floral arrangements.
05 Feb Wed / 2025
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Greece Study Abroad Trip | Info Session
12:30 p.m.—1 p.m.The Glassell Studio School spring 2025 study-abroad course to Greece. Learn about the cultural trip at this information session.
27 Feb Thu / 2025
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Henri Matisse, Woman in a Purple Coat, 1937, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck. © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Lecture | A Deeper Look at the Beck Collection
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Curator Helga Aurisch shares her insights into the Beck Collection which she gained preparing a new version of the catalogue of this keystone collection.
05 Mar Wed / 2025
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Photo courtesy of Kinder Institute
Kinder Institute Forum | Elizabeth Korver-Glenn and Sarah Mayorga
7 p.m.—8:15 p.m.Sociologists Korver-Glenn and Mayorga delve into the development and transformation of the reputation of Houston's Northside neighborhood.
17 Apr Thu / 2025
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Laura Camerlengo
Lecture | Tamara de Lempicka: In Fashion and Art Deco Design
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Curator Laura Camerlengo as she discusses Tamara de Lempicka’s sense of composition and fashion, in relation to the larger Art Deco design trends of the era.
09 May Fri / 2025
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Julia Margaret Cameron, Mrs. Cameron’s Photographs from the Life, 1864–69, assembled 1869, album of albumen silver prints from glass negatives, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase.
Lecture | Malcolm Daniel on Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Curator Malcolm Daniel speaks about 19th-century British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
15 May Thu / 2025
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Courtesy of Lean Rose
Artist Talk | Lehuauakea
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.
