Lectures Year of Friday, July 5, 2024-Friday, July 4, 2025
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.
13 Jul Sat / 2024
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Members Curatorial Lecture | “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan”
4 p.m.—5 p.m.MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture about the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.
04 Aug Sun / 2024
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Lecture | Meiji Modern Advertising Design
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Gennifer Weisenfeld focuses on modern design in Japan from 1928-1930.
10 Aug Sat / 2024
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Behind-the-Scenes Experience for Benefactor & Leadership Circle Members
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.“At the Vanguard of Collecting and Curating” MFAH members at the Benefactor level, and members of the Leadership Circle, are invited to this presentation about contemporary craft by curator Elizabeth Essner.
29 Aug Thu / 2024
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Lecture | The Purrfect Subject: Cats in Japanese Art
6:30 p.m.—7:30 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.