Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Sunday, July 14, 2024-Saturday, July 20, 2024
![Raqib Shaw, Ode to the Country Without a Post Office, 2019–20, acrylic liner and enamel on birchwood](https://static.mfah.com/images/raqib-shaw-ode-to-country-without-post-office.13532762637338831198.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West Through September 2, 2024
Raqib Shaw blends Eastern and Western influences to create mesmerizing works of art that merge fable, history, and autobiography.
01 Sep Sun / 2024
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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)
2 p.m.—5:45 p.m.SOLD OUT | One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai tells the story of a 16th-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
06 Sep Fri / 2024
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Hashiguchi Goyō, “This Beauty” Poster for Mitsukoshi, 1911, color lithograph, Darrel C. Karl Collection. Photograph: Alex Jamison
Concert | “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan”
6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.A musical performance inspired by the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.
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Paris, Texas
7 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Harry Dean Stanton stars in this powerful statement on codes of masculinity and the myth of the American family—an exquisite visual exploration of a vast, crumbling landscape of canyons and neon.
07 Sep Sat / 2024
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Art Crowd | “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” + “Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer”
6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Members of Art Crowd and ticketed guests have exclusive, after-hours access to two special exhibitions at once: the massive and marvelous Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan and the sensational Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer.
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Paris, Texas
7 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Harry Dean Stanton stars in this powerful statement on codes of masculinity and the myth of the American family—an exquisite visual exploration of a vast, crumbling landscape of canyons and neon.