Lectures Month of Sunday, March 28, 2021-Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism Through May 27, 2024
A creative partnership between Henri Matisse and André Derain in 1905 changed the course of French painting. This exhibition showcases the legacy of that collaboration through paintings, drawings, and …
09 May Thu / 2024
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Artists in Dialogue | Featuring “Multiplicity” Artists Kaima Marie Akarue & Brittney Boyd Bullock
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.This Artists in Dialogue session features artists Kaima Marie Akarue and Brittney Boyd Bullock discussing their work from the exhibition Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage.
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Lecture | Tiffany’s Glass Visions of the Natural World: An Extraordinary Landscape Window
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Get a behind-the-scenes preview of a magnificent leaded-glass window to be unveiled this fall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
11 May Sat / 2024
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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 Latin American art by curator Mari Carmen Ramírez.
16 May Thu / 2024
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Artist Talk | María Magdalena Campos-Pons
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons talks about her work and her explorations of migration, diaspora, and memory.
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The Artist and the Book | Vincent Valdez in Conversation with Morris Berman
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Artist Vincent Valdez and historian Morris Berman discuss how books, research, and libraries are central protagonists in the art world today.
18 May Sat / 2024
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Lecture | Sanjay Garg Presents Raw Mango
10 a.m.—11 a.m.Sanjay Garg, founder of Indian design house Raw Mango, discusses his creative practice and his cultural influences from around the world.
23 May Thu / 2024
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Miracle of Beauty: The Transformative Art of Indian Jewelry
5 p.m.—6 p.m.Delve into the magical world of Indian jewelry.
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Author Talk “The SalviSoul Cookbook”
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Karla Tatiana Vasquez talks about The SalviSoul Cookbook: Salvadoran Recipes & the Women Who Preserve Them and the importance of preserving the culture and traditions of El Salvador. A book signing follows.
06 Jun Thu / 2024
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Meet the Books | “Bea Nettles: Myth Maker, Storyteller”
6 p.m.—6:30 p.m.Learn about the Hirsch Library exhibition Bea Nettles: Myth Maker, Storyteller as Jon Evans, chief of libraries and archives, discusses Nettles’s extensive career as a photobook maker