Calendar Week of Saturday, November 2, 2024-Friday, November 8, 2024
Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography Through August 3, 2025
Showcasing 100 examples of contemporary Cuban photography, this exhibition traces the evolution of the medium’s role in Cuba over nearly five decades.
02 Nov Sat / 2024
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Members Preview | “Gauguin in the World”
11 a.m.—5 p.m.MFAH members are invited to preview Gauguin in the World before the exhibition opens to the public.
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Saturday Members Tour | “Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery.
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Fighter in the Wind (Baramui paiteo)
1 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Post-film Q&A with actor Yang Dong-geun. Yang Dong-geun stars as real-life Korean-born Choi Yeong-eui as he arrives in 1938 Japan, hoping to become a fighter pilot, but ending up on a different path.
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Members Lecture | “Gauguin in the World”
4 p.m.—5 p.m.MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture about the exhibition Gauguin in the World.
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Handsome Guys (Haenseomgaijeu)
7 p.m.—8:45 p.m.
03 Nov Sun / 2024
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Little Artists
1 p.m.—2:30 p.m.An exciting art adventure at MFAH for families.
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By the Stream (Suyoocheon)
2 p.m.—4 p.m.Jeonim, an artist teaching at a Seoul university, who invites her uncle—a former actor with a controversial past—to direct a student play. He becomes involved with an academic administrator who is improbably his super-fan, causing drama for everyone around them.
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Save the Green Planet! (Jigureul jikyeora!)
5:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Ahead of its time in 2003, Save the Green Planet! is now a cult favorite due the popularity of the Korean New Wave. Byeong-gu (Shin Ha-kyun) believes the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save planet Earth.
06 Nov Wed / 2024
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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.
07 Nov Thu / 2024
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Drop-in Tour | “150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Explore objects designed by architects in a unique collaboration between the MFAH and the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).