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Patron-Plus Members Curatorial Lecture & Reception | "Hew Locke: Passages"

Date & Time

Sat. Aug. 22, 2026 5 PM-7 PM
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Location Main Campus | Kinder Building

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Patron-Plus Members Curatorial Lecture & Reception | "Hew Locke: Passages"

Date & Time

Sat. Aug. 22, 2026 5 PM-7 PM
This event has passed

Location Main Campus | Kinder Building

Parking at Kinder Garage
Drop off at Kinder Building
Tickets to the 6 pm reception are sold out. Entry to the 5 pm lecture remains first-come, first-seated. Doors open at 4:30 pm. 
 

MFAH members at the Patron, Supporting, Sponsor, and Benefactor levels, as well as Leadership Circle, are invited to explore Hew Locke: Passages. A curatorial lecture about the exhibition takes place at 5 pm and features Brittany Webb, curator of modern and contemporary art.

An after-hours reception follows the lecture from 6 pm to 7 pm.


Tickets

  • The reception at 6 pm is ticketed. The preceding lecture at 5 pm is first come, first served.
  • Both events are exclusive to MFAH members at the Patron, Supporting, Sponsor, Benefactor, and Leadership Circle levels.

Plan Your Visit

  • The curatorial lecture takes place in Lynn Wyatt Theater. Capacity is limited, and seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 4:30 pm.
  • A ticketed reception follows at 6 pm on the Lower Level of the Beck Building.
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Publication 
The illustrated exhibition catalogue is available through the MFA Shop.

Questions? Call the members hotline at 713-639-7550, Monday–Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 12:30 pm to 5 pm, or email [email protected] at any time.

► If you are not yet an MFAH member, join today at the Patron level or above to become eligible for free access to this event and other great benefits. If you are already an MFAH member, but not yet at the Patron level or above, contact the membership team at the phone number or email address above to learn more about upgrading your membership.


About the Speaker
Brittany Webb is the curator of modern and contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She previously served as the Evelyn and Will Kaplan Curator of Twentieth-Century Art and the John Rhoden Collection at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Her work has been supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, the Terra Foundation for American Art, the William Penn Foundation, and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art. She earned a PhD from Temple University and a BA from the University of Southern California.

Call for Questions 713-639-7550

Email Your Questions [email protected]

Hew Locke: Passages is organized by the Yale Center for British Art in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
 
Major support is provided by:
Jerold B. Katz Foundation
 
Generous support is provided by:
Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter
Winnie Scheuer and Kevin Bonebrake

Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; the Claire & Theodore Morse Foundation; the Junior League of Houston, Inc.; and additional generous donors.
 
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.