Caroline Wiess Law Building Lectures Month of Saturday, November 9, 2024-Sunday, December 8, 2024
Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery Through January 12, 2025
This traveling exhibition highlights Pueblo voices and aesthetics, offering an understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels of community-based knowledge and personal experience.
17 Nov Sun / 2024
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Ann Dumas, consulting curator for European art
Curator Talk | “Gauguin in the World”
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Get an inside look at the new exhibition Gauguin in the World from Ann Dumas, consulting curator for European art.
21 Nov Thu / 2024
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Manuscript of the Qur’an, Egypt or Syria, January 19, 1346 (25 Ramadan AH 746), ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait.
The Word in the Abrahamic Faiths: Recited, Sung, and Preached
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Houston faith leaders engage in a discussion about their connections with objects and themes showcased in the exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples.
05 Dec Thu / 2024
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Harriet Stratis, speaker / Paul Gauguin, 1898–99, Human miseries (Misères humaines) from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints (also called the Vollard Suite), woodblock print in black on ivory Japanese paper, state I/I, private collection, Houston, promised gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Ingenuity and Invention: Paul Gauguin’s Printing Techniques
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Harriet Stratis presents a lecture on Paul Gauguin’s experimentation with techniques and materials in print production.
