Calendar Saturday, June 29, 2024
![Raqib Shaw, Ode to the Country Without a Post Office, 2019–20, acrylic liner and enamel on birchwood](https://static.mfah.com/images/raqib-shaw-ode-to-country-without-post-office.13532762637338831198.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West Through September 2, 2024
Raqib Shaw blends Eastern and Western influences to create mesmerizing works of art that merge fable, history, and autobiography.
30 Aug Fri / 2024
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Ken Mazzu, Coastal Prairie, Anahuac, 2024, oil on canvas, courtesy of the artist. © Ken Mazzu
Reception | “Ken Mazzu: Points of Interest”
5:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Celebrate the exhibition Ken Mazzu: Points of Interest, the first in a series highlighting the Junior School faculty at the Glassell School of Art.
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Nostalghia
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative, this cult favorite is a mystical and mysterious collision of East and West, shot with the tactile beauty that only Tarkovsky can provide. Film critic J. Hoberman observed that “Nostalghia is not so much a movie as a place to inhabit for two hours.”