Lectures Week of Thursday, April 11, 2024-Wednesday, April 17, 2024


Paul Gauguin, Trois tahitiens (Three Tahitians), 1899, oil on canvas
Gauguin in the World Through February 16, 2025

The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this ambitious exhibition showcasing the work of French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin.

03 Dec Tue / 2024

05 Dec Thu / 2024

  • Ingenuity And Invention

    Harriet Stratis, speaker / Paul Gauguin, 1898–99, Human miseries (Misères humaines) from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints (also called the Vollard Suite), woodblock print in black on ivory Japanese paper, state I/I, private collection, Houston, promised gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

    Ingenuity and Invention: Paul Gauguin’s Printing Techniques
    6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

    Harriet Stratis presents a lecture on Paul Gauguin’s experimentation with techniques and materials in print production.