Lectures Week of Thursday, June 13, 2024-Wednesday, June 19, 2024
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.
11 Dec Wed / 2024
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Narsiso Martinez. Photo: Yubo Dong
Artist Talk | Narsiso Martinez
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Artist Narsiso Martinez shares the story of how he came to the United States when he was 20 years old and how his experience as a farmworker continues to inform his work.
12 Dec Thu / 2024
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Bruno Munari, Never Happy (Mai Contenti), From the series: The Munari Books, Milan: Mondadori, 1945, Hirsch Library, Lester Beall Collection
Meet the Books | “Child’s Play: Artists as Children’s Book Illustrators”
6 p.m.—7 p.m.Discover more about the exhibition Child’s Play: Artists as Children’s Book Illustrators.
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Afruz Amighi
Afruz Amighi: Abodes of Solace
6 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Sculptor and installation artist Afruz Amighi will discuss her ongoing experimentation with light as a means to create spaces of intimacy and solace. Drawing upon the many traditions of religious architecture, Amighi will explore the primacy of hybridity in her structures and the use of light to activate our sense of the sacred.
14 Dec Sat / 2024
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Artist Talk | Rose B. Simpson
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Artist Rose B. Simpson discusses her multidisciplinary practice, which is rooted in her Santa Clara Pueblo heritage.
