Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Events Year of Friday, May 31, 2024-Friday, May 30, 2025
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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.
01 Aug Thu / 2024
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Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning Drive My Car is a foreboding fable on humanity’s mysterious, mystical relationship with nature.
02 Aug Fri / 2024
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MFAH Playdate
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.Children 4 and younger, and their adult caregivers, are invited to enjoy a multi-sensory experience in the galleries with songs, stories, games, and activities.
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Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning Drive My Car is a foreboding fable on humanity’s mysterious, mystical relationship with nature.
03 Aug Sat / 2024
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Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning Drive My Car is a foreboding fable on humanity’s mysterious, mystical relationship with nature.
04 Aug Sun / 2024
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Lecture | “Meiji Modern” Advertising Design
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Learn more about the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan in this lecture about modern design in Japan from 1928 to 1930.
31 Aug Sat / 2024
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Konoshima Okoku, Tigers, 1902, one of a pair of six-panel gold-ground folding screens; ink, color, gofun, and gold leaf on paper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Sandra Tirey and Jan van Lohuizen.
Lecture | The Purrfect Subject: Cats in Japanese Art
2 p.m.—3 p.m.This lecture about the book Divine Felines: The Cat in Japanese Art is inspired by the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.
06 Sep Fri / 2024
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MFAH Playdate
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.Children 4 and younger, and their adult caregivers, are invited to enjoy a multi-sensory experience in the galleries with songs, stories, games, and activities.
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Jean Tinguely, La Bascule VII, 1967, iron rocker bars, wood fly-wheel, steel tube, rubber V-belt, and electric motor, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Tour | Artwork of the Month “La Bascule VII (The Seesaw VII)”
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about “La Bascule VII (The Seesaw VII).”
13 Sep Fri / 2024
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Jean Tinguely, La Bascule VII, 1967, iron rocker bars, wood fly-wheel, steel tube, rubber V-belt, and electric motor, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Tour | Artwork of the Month “La Bascule VII (The Seesaw VII)”
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about “La Bascule VII (The Seesaw VII).”
14 Sep Sat / 2024
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Mary Coffey
Lecture | Orozco and Mexican Post-Revolutionary Art
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Art historian Mary Coffey discusses the works of José Clemente Orozco and Mexican post-revolutionary art.