Calendar Week of Wednesday, October 2, 2024-Tuesday, October 8, 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.
09 Nov Sat / 2024
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William Hogarth, Industry and Idleness, Plate I: The Fellow ‘Prentices at Their Looms, October 1747, etching and engraving, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston.
Rienzi Symposium | Skillful Hands
11:15 a.m.—3:45 p.m.Rienzi presents a symposium on Skillful Hands: Apprentices and Networks of Learning 1650–1950 where selected participants present their research.
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Candy Mountain
2:30 p.m.—4:15 p.m.Houston Cinema Arts Festival
The criminally under-seen rock ’n’ roll road movie from Robert Frank and longtime collaborator Rudy Wurlitzer sees Kevin O’Connor as a down-on-his-luck musician looking to strike it rich by locating elusive guitar-maker Elmore Silk, whose creations turn a major profit in the music scene.
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Basquiat in B/W
7:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Houston Cinema Arts Festival
From visual artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel comes an evocative personal rendering of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, told in a series of vignettes tracing his turn from street kid graffiti artist to one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.
10 Nov Sun / 2024
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Fall Festival “Myths and Leyendas”
1 p.m.—5 p.m.Bring your friends and family to this festival featuring “myths and leyendas” sculptures, art-making activities, music and dance performances, free MFAH admission, and much more.
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The Masterson Legacy: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour at Rienzi
2 p.m.—4 p.m.Step into the private world of the Masterson family, the original owners of Rienzi. Get an exclusive look at art objects and areas of the house not usually on view.
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Bird
5:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Houston Cinema Arts Festival
A striking coming-of-age tale that hides its magic in plain sight, Bird follows 12-year-old Bailey, who lives with her single father, Bug, and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug struggles to find time for his children, leading Bailey to seek adventure elsewhere. Leaving the squat, she meets Bird, an eccentric dreamer who dares Bailey to spread her wings.
13 Nov Wed / 2024
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A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield (2006)
History Book Club “A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.The History Book Club hosts a free virtual discussion about A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire.
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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.
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A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield (2006)
History Book Club “A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire”
7 p.m.—8 p.m.The History Book Club hosts a free virtual discussion about A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire.
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I'm Not Everything I Want to Be (Jeste nejsem, kým chci být)
7:30 p.m.—9 p.m.Houston Cinema Arts Festival
In the last decades of the Soviet Union, a young, queer female photographer breaks free from the constraints of the repressive Czechoslovakian regime and embraces the underground hedonism of the times on a wild journey to freedom and self-acceptance.
