Lectures Week of Tuesday, February 25, 2025-Monday, March 3, 2025

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 …

27 Feb Thu / 2025

  • Woman In A Purple Coat

    Henri Matisse, French, 1869–1954, Woman in a Purple Coat, 1937, Oil on canvas, John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck. © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

    Lecture | A Deeper Look at the Beck Collection
    6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

    Curator Helga Aurisch shares her insights into the Beck Collection which she gained preparing a new version of the catalogue of this keystone collection.