Lectures Month of Tuesday, August 20, 2024-Thursday, September 19, 2024
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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.
20 Aug Tue / 2024
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Simon Willard, Patent Alarm Timepiece, Lighthouse Clock, c. 1825, mahogany, brass, steel, iron, lead, glass, and enamel, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Lora Jean Kilroy Accession Endowment.
Virtual Series | Fascinating Finds
7 p.m.—8 p.m.In this three-part series, experts highlight fascinating stories about new works of art in the Bayou Bend Collection.
22 Aug Thu / 2024
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“Meiji” Dances
7 p.m.—8 p.m.A dance performance inspired by Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.
27 Aug Tue / 2024
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Simon Willard, Patent Alarm Timepiece, Lighthouse Clock, c. 1825, mahogany, brass, steel, iron, lead, glass, and enamel, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Lora Jean Kilroy Accession Endowment.
Virtual Series | Fascinating Finds
7 p.m.—8 p.m.In this three-part series, experts highlight fascinating stories about new works of art in the Bayou Bend Collection.
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.
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 Orozco and Mexican post-revolutionary art.