Lectures Year of Saturday, August 31, 2024-Saturday, August 30, 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.
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.
18 Sep Wed / 2024
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Bobbi Salvör Menuez
Core Program Lecture | Bobbi Salvör Menuez
6 p.m.—7 p.m.The 2024–2025 Core Program Lecture Series presents a talk by Bobbi Salvör Menuez.
21 Sep Sat / 2024
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Arielle Masson
Artist Talk | “Arielle Masson: Chaotic Nodes”
2 p.m.—4 p.m.Arielle Masson talks about the Glassell School of Art exhibition Arielle Masson: Chaotic Nodes. An accomplished artist and educator, she shares insights into her creative process and the inspiration behind her latest body of work.
22 Sep Sun / 2024
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David Wiseman
Courtesy of Wiseman StudioThe Art of Judaica: A Conversation with David Wiseman
2 p.m.—3 p.m.The MFAH presents the first in a series of annual conversations on the art of Judaica, organized in collaboration with Rice University’s program in Jewish studies.
28 Sep Sat / 2024
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Gory (Rogelio López Marin), from the series It’s Only Water in the Teardrop of a Stranger (Es sólo agua en la lágrima de un extraño), 1986, printed 2023, chromogenic print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Photography Subcommittee.
Patron-Plus Members Lecture | “Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography”
6 p.m.—7 p.m.Patron-Plus members are invited to an exclusive curatorial lecture about the exhibition Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography.
29 Sep Sun / 2024
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Gory (Rogelio López Marin), from the series It’s Only Water in the Teardrop of a Stranger (Es sólo agua en la lágrima de un extraño), 1986, printed 2023, chromogenic print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Photography Subcommittee.
Opening Day Lecture | “Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography”
2 p.m.—3 p.m.An inside look at the exhibition tracing the evolution of photography in Cuba from the 1960s to the 2010s.
03 Oct Thu / 2024
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Artist Talk | Jacolby Satterwhite
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.The Museum welcomes artist Jacolby Satterwhite to Houston in conjunction with his exhibition A Metta Prayer.
05 Oct Sat / 2024
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Daniel Kurt Ackermann, Director of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
ArtSmart Lecture for Supporting-Plus Members
10 a.m.—11:30 a.m.MFAH members at the Supporting level and above are invited to this lecture by Daniel K. Ackermann, director of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens.
26 Oct Sat / 2024
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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.”
Members Preview Lecture | “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples”
4 p.m.—5 p.m.MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture about the exhibition “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples.”
