Henri Loyrette joins Gary Tinterow for “Conversations with the Director” on Thursday, October 13, at 6 p.m.

What
On Thursday evening, October 13, Henri Loyrette—Paris-based scholar, former director of the Louvre, and organizing curator of Degas: A New Vision—joins Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for the next discussion in the ongoing “Conversations with the Director” series.

Loyrette specializes in 19th-century painting and architecture and is a leading expert on Degas’s work. Over his career, he has curated a number of acclaimed exhibitions, including Degas (1988), and Origins of Impressionism (1994), both co-curated with Tinterow. In addition to his focus on Degas, Loyrette has also published books on Gustave Eiffel, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and Marcel Proust. 

The program coincides with Degas: A New Vision, on view October 16, 2016 through January 16, 2017, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the exclusive U.S. venue for the show. The exhibition, which presents more than 200 masterworks by Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, showcases the artist’s work across painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and sculpture from the beginning to the end of his career.

“Conversations with the Director,” now in its fourth year, is a series of talks with Tinterow, who engages an eclectic roster of guests in one-on-one conversations about the arts. 

When
Thursday, October 13, 2016, at 6 p.m.  

Where
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Brown Auditorium Theater / The Caroline Wiess Law Building
1001 Bissonnet Street 

Admission
Tickets are $15 for students, $25 for MFAH members, and $35 for the general public. Tickets are on sale now and available on a first-come, first-served basis online at www.mfah.org/conversations or on site at any Museum admissions desk. 

Funding
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Sterling-Turner Foundation; ExxonMobil; MD Anderson Cancer Center; Occidental Petroleum; Leslie and Brad Bucher; Houston Junior Woman's Club; Mr. and Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock; The Windgate Charitable Foundation; the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; Mr. William J. Hill; and the Susan Vaughan Foundation.

Media Contact
Sarah Baker, associate publicist 
713.800.5345 / sbaker@mfah.org