Calendar Week of Friday, July 19, 2024-Thursday, July 25, 2024
Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History Through September 15, 2024
The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this internationally touring landmark retrospective of Thomas Demand’s work.
21 Jul Sun / 2024
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MFA Shop Trunk Show | Isabel Wilson “Jardín”
12:30 p.m.—6 p.m.The MFA Shop presents an exclusive trunk show featuring Isabel Wilson of Houston-based boutique Jardín.
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Family Zone
1 p.m.—4 p.m.Visit the MFAH Family Zone for engaging gallery activities with coloring sheets, colored pencils, books, and more.
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(left to right) Ayokunle Falomo and Natasha Carrizosa
Summer Lit Series | “Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History”
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Experience Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History through the written word.
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Behind-the-Scenes Tour at Rienzi
2 p.m.—4 p.m.Learn about the history of Rienzi and see areas of the house not usually on view.
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Le samouraï
5 p.m.—7 p.m.An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville, Le samouraï is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.
24 Jul Wed / 2024
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Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan
Drop-in Tour | “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Experience an extraordinary look at Japan’s Meiji era.
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Twilight Tour at Rienzi
6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Visit Rienzi and its gardens at twilight.
25 Jul Thu / 2024
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Summer Break at the MFAH
11 a.m.—2 p.m.When school’s out, families are invited to enjoy gallery activities with teaching artists and experiment with a variety of materials to create art.
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Drop-in Tour | The American Gilded Age
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour explores the work of “Gilded Age” artists such as Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Mrs. Jelf Powis and Her Daughter, 1777, oil on canvas, the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston.
Art Bites | The Grand Manner Portrait in European Painting
6 p.m.—6:30 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
