Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Thursday, August 29, 2024-Wednesday, September 4, 2024


Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan
Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan Through September 15, 2024

Masterpieces from Japan’s Meiji era (1868–1912) reveal the profound cross-cultural impact of Japan’s developing relationships with the wider world.

29 Aug Thu / 2024

30 Aug Fri / 2024

  • Nostalghia Film Poster
    Nostalghia
    7 p.m.—9 p.m.

    Newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative, this cult favorite is a mystical and mysterious collision of East and West, shot with the tactile beauty that only Tarkovsky can provide. Film critic J. Hoberman observed that “Nostalghia is not so much a movie as a place to inhabit for two hours.” 

31 Aug Sat / 2024

  • Hashiguchi Goyō, “This Beauty” Poster for Mitsukoshi, 1911, color lithograph

    Hashiguchi Goyō, “This Beauty” Poster for Mitsukoshi, 1911, color lithograph, Darrel C. Karl Collection. Photograph: Alex Jamison

    Saturday Members Tour “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan”
    11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.

    Advance tickets are sold out, with a limited number available on-site the morning of the tour. MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.

  • Nostalghia Film Poster
    Nostalghia
    7 p.m.—9 p.m.

    Newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative, this cult favorite is a mystical and mysterious collision of East and West, shot with the tactile beauty that only Tarkovsky can provide. Film critic J. Hoberman observed that “Nostalghia is not so much a movie as a place to inhabit for two hours.” 

01 Sep Sun / 2024