Calendar Week of Sunday, November 24, 2024-Saturday, November 30, 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.
24 Nov Sun / 2024
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Monthly Meditation Sessions by the Black Man Project + Black Woman Project
10 a.m.—11 a.m.The Black Man Project and Black Woman Project present monthly meditation sessions at the Museum.
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MFAH on the Move | Bilingual Yoga
11 a.m.—NoonMeet up at the Museum for free yoga on Sunday morning with FitMix Communities.
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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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La cocina
5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Mexican filmmaker Alonso Ruizpalacios sets his first American film in the heart of a bustling restaurant in New York's Times Square. Rooney Mara and Raúl Briones lead a large ensemble cast of kitchen workers chasing the elusive American dream.
27 Nov Wed / 2024
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Celestial Conch Shell with Skulls, Huastec, Veracruz (Northern), Mexico, 900–1521, conch shell, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by James C. Flores in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at “One Great Night in November, 2007.”
Drop-in Tour | “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Explore humanity’s relationship with the divine in this expansive examination of spiritual ideas and concepts.
28 Nov Thu / 2024
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Museum Closed Today
11 a.m.—9 p.m.The Museum, Bayou Bend, and Rienzi are closed on Thanksgiving Day. They reopen on Friday, November 29.
29 Nov Fri / 2024
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František Kupka, The Yellow Scale, c. 1907, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, Museum purchase funded by Audrey Jones Beck. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
Tour | Artwork of the Month “The Yellow Scale”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about The Yellow Scale.
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Happy Hour Friday
5 p.m.—8 p.m.Happy Hour Friday is the place to be! Meet your friends at the MFAH for the best night of the week.
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Art Bites | British Paintings from the Blaffer Foundation
6:30 p.m.—7 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Mr. Klein
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Robert Klein (Alain Delon) is an amoral art dealer leveraging his position and status in 1942 Vichy France. Guided by pure self-interest, he exploits the desperate situation of French Jews to separate them from their valuable works of art passed on from generation to generation.
