Audrey Jones Beck Building Events Week of Saturday, August 24, 2024-Friday, August 30, 2024


Celestial Conch Shell with Skulls
Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples Through January 20, 2025

Exploring 3,000 years of spiritual belief and practice, the expansive Living with the Godsfeatures more than 200 objects from the MFAH collections, along with exceptional loans from museums and …

15 Jan Wed / 2025

16 Jan Thu / 2025

  • View of Vietri and Raito

    John Robert Cozens, View of Vietri and Raito, Italy, c. 1783, watercolor over graphite on cream laid paper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Dena M. Woodall.

    Drop-in Tour | “Picturing Nature”
    1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.

    This tour highlights the exhibition Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond, which explores how the genre of landscape evolved during an era of immense transformation in Britain. 

  • Paul Gauguin, Trois tahitiens (Three Tahitians), 1899, oil on canvas

    Paul Gauguin, Trois tahitiens (Three Tahitians), 1899, oil on canvas, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, presented by Sir Alexander Maitland in memory of his wife Rosalind 1960.

    Tour & Toast | “Gauguin in the World”
    6:15 p.m.—7:15 p.m.

    SOLD OUT | Join fellow art enthusiasts for a private group tour through Gauguin in the World.

18 Jan Sat / 2025