Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Thursday, October 24, 2024-Wednesday, October 30, 2024
![Thomas Demand, Control Room, 2011, chromogenic print](https://static.mfah.com/images/thomas-demand-control-room.1806203372756230091.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
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.
26 Oct Sat / 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.”
Members Preview | “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples”
11 a.m.—5 p.m.MFAH members are invited to preview “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples” before the exhibition opens to the public.
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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.”
Members Preview Lecture | “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples”
4 p.m.—5 p.m.MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture about the exhibition “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples.”
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3 Women
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Shelley Duvall won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her role of Millie, the vain chatterbox roommate to naive teenage coworker Pinky (Sissy Spacek), with whom she appears to exchange identities. Janice Rule also stars.
27 Oct Sun / 2024
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The Shining
5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.In Stanley Kubrick’s terrifying adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado. He settles in along with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and his psychic son (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by horrific premonitions.
30 Oct Wed / 2024
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MFAH Director Gary Tinterow
Photograph by F. Carter SmithConversations with the Director
6 p.m.—7 p.m.This conversation is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Gauguin in the World.