Conversations with the Director
MFAH Director Gary Tinterow
Photograph by F. Carter Smith
Kehinde Wiley
© Photography: Brad Ogbonna
Kehinde Wiley, The Death of Hyacinth (Ndey Buri Mboup), 2022, oil on canvas, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Templon. © 2022 Kehinde Wiley
Kehinde Wiley, Femme Piquée par un Serpent (Mamadou Gueye), 2022, oil on canvas, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris. © Kehinde Wiley
SOLD OUT | November 14, 2023
Gary Tinterow Talks with Artist Kehinde Wiley
The MFAH is honored to welcome artist Kehinde Wiley to Houston as the Museum opens his landmark exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.
This special evening is part of the ongoing “Conversations with the Director” series, in which Gary Tinterow, Director, the Margaret Alkek Williams Chair of the MFAH, engages an eclectic roster of guests in conversations about the arts.
Tonight’s talk offers an inside look at Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence, on view at the MFAH from November 19, 2023, to May 27, 2024. Wiley has said that the “archaeology” he is unearthing is this: “The specter of police violence and state control over the bodies of young Black and Brown people all over the world.”
Admission | SOLD OUT
Tickets to the conversation have all been claimed. No late seating. Any empty seats will be released five minutes before start time to a standby line. Holding seats will not be allowed.
Plan Your Visit
This program takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater in the Law Building. The auditorium doors open at 6 p.m. Seating location is on a first-come, first-served basis. The Museum is typically closed on Tuesday, so you may enter starting at 5:30 p.m. either through the Kinder Building (5500 Main Street) or Beck Garage (1144 Binz Street), and take the pedestrian tunnel to the auditorium.
Standby Line
Interested individuals may join the standby line on-site at the Brown Auditorium Theater box office starting at 5:30 p.m. on the day of the program. Standby entries are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Entry is not guaranteed.
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Houston Junior Woman’s Club; Sharon G. Dies; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.
“Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence” was organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Major support provided by: