Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Month of Sunday, July 14, 2024-Tuesday, August 13, 2024
![Jacolby Satterwhite, A Metta Prayer, 2023, site-specific, 4-channel multimedia installation](https://static.mfah.com/images/jacolby-satterwhite-metta-prayer.8025177178093219395.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer Through October 13, 2024
In the expansive multimedia installation A Metta Prayer, Jacolby Satterwhite fuses choreography, video, animation, lighting, and music to reimagine a kaleidoscopic, computer-generated world.
27 Jul Sat / 2024
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Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet!)
7 p.m.—8:15 p.m.This very French animated feature is a unique visual marvel of hand-painted animation with bright, color-blocked characters and a story that is an intoxicating blend of slapstick comedy, musical, and family drama.
28 Jul Sun / 2024
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The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)
5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Adapted from the 1948 literary classic by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four siblings who have taken on their family’s kimono manufacturing business in the years leading up to the Pacific War.
31 Jul Wed / 2024
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Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan
Drop-in Tour | “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Experience an extraordinary look at Japan’s Meiji era.
03 Aug Sat / 2024
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Hashiguchi Goyō, “This Beauty” Poster for Mitsukoshi, 1911, color lithograph, Darrel C. Karl Collection. Photograph: Alex Jamison
Saturday Members Tour “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan”
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.
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Hashiguchi Goyō, “This Beauty” Poster for Mitsukoshi, 1911, color lithograph, Darrel C. Karl Collection. Photograph: Alex Jamison
Saturday Members Tour “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan”
12:30 p.m.—1:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.
04 Aug Sun / 2024
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The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)
5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Adapted from the 1948 literary classic by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four siblings who have taken on their family’s kimono manufacturing business in the years leading up to the Pacific War.
09 Aug Fri / 2024
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Pictures of Ghosts (Retratos fantasmas)
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.The latest from celebrated director Kleber Mendonça Filho delves into the coastal city of Recife’s historical and human fabric, focusing on its iconic movie theaters that once served as hubs of social interaction during the 20th century.
10 Aug Sat / 2024
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Hashiguchi Goyō, “This Beauty” Poster for Mitsukoshi, 1911, color lithograph, Darrel C. Karl Collection. Photograph: Alex Jamison
Saturday Members Tour “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan”
11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.
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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)
5 p.m.—8:45 p.m.One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai tells the story of a 16th-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
11 Aug Sun / 2024
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Little Artists | Summer 2024
1 p.m.—2:30 p.m.An exciting art adventure at MFAH for families.