Lectures Week of Tuesday, September 26, 2023-Monday, October 2, 2023

Robert Frank, Rodeo, New York City / Todd Webb, Cowboy, Lexington, NE
Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 Through January 7, 2024

For the first time, the 1955 U.S. survey projects of photographers Robert Frank and Todd Webb come together, capturing a singular vision of “America.”

03 Dec Sun / 2023

  • Georg Zeiller, Torah Shield, 1825, silver‐gilt

    Georg Zeiller, Torah Shield, 1825, silver‐gilt, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Susie and David Askanase, Alexander Dell, and Carol and David Neuberger families.

    Opening a New Door: The Judaica Collection
    2 p.m.—3 p.m.

    On opening day of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica, this lecture explores Jewish ritual objects that form the beginning of an important new collection area for the MFAH.

07 Dec Thu / 2023

  • Mary Cassatt, Under the Horse-Chestnut Tree, 1896–97, drypoint and aquatint on laid paper

    Mary Cassatt, Under the Horse-Chestnut Tree, 1896–97, drypoint and aquatint on laid paper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc. 

    Lecture | Mary Cassatt at Work in Print
    6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

    See how Mary Cassatt’s innovative methods in print connect to both her subject matter and her own carefully constructed identity as a working professional.