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See the Cross-Cultural Impact of Art from the Meiji Era
Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan |
Opens July 7 |
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Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan offers an extraordinary look at Japan’s Meiji era (1868–1912), when the country emerged from near-total isolation to enter a modern, global period. Over these pivotal decades, Japan experienced radical social and political shifts. The exhibition brings together nearly 200 remarkable works of Meiji art from more than 70 public and private collections. |
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20% Off + Free Shipping
June 5 to June 9 |
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Get ready for Father’s Day on Sunday, June 16, with myriad gifting ideas from the MFA Shop—rain gear, summer shades, fresh reads, artist objects, barware, and more. Browse the full selection in the Father’s Day Gift Guide. |
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Friday | Opening Night |
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Jazz on Film
Let’s Get Lost |
ⓘ Brown Auditorium Theater |
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In the 1950s, Chet Baker’s jazz trumpeting, intimate crooning, and pretty-boy good looks epitomized West Coast cool. When photographer Bruce Weber caught up with him three decades later, time and drug addiction had ravaged Baker’s life and angelic beauty. |
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Saturday | Houston Premiere |
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Jazz on Film
Elis and Tom |
ⓘ Brown Auditorium Theater |
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In 1974, one of the prime architects of bossa nova—Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom)—worked with popular singer Elis Regina to record what would become one of the most iconic albums in the history of Brazilian music. |
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“Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller is a precision-engineered delight.”
—Telegraph |
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Sunday | Tickets going fast! |
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70th Anniversary Revival
Dial M for Murder
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Sunday, June 9, 5 p.m.
ⓘ Brown Auditorium Theater |
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An ex-tennis pro wants to have his wealthy wife murdered so he can get her inheritance. When he learns she is having an affair, he comes up with the perfect plan. Introduced by Rob Melrose, artistic director of Alley Theatre. |
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Play to Win at Lotería Night |
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Lotería Game Night
Inspired by the MFAH Art Collections |
Thursday, July 11, 6 p.m. |
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Play MFAH Lotería for a chance to win a prize! Using a game board similar to bingo, MFAH Lotería features works from the Museum’s art collections. Learn about the artworks during the game, and then see them for yourself in the galleries. |
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Collection & Exhibition Highlights |
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Now on View |
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Simone Leigh’s
Satellite |
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The towering bronze sculpture Satellite, by American artist Simone Leigh, stands near the entry plaza of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. With its evocations of maternity and dignity, the sculpture expresses Leigh’s intent to honor the historically undervalued labor—both physical and intellectual—of Black women. |
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Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan is organized by the Japanese Art Society of America (JASA), with funds provided by JASA members, to celebrate its 50th Anniversary, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
In Houston, major support is provided by:
Bobbie Nau
Additional generous support is provided by:
Kathy and Glen Gondo
Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Anne and Albert Chao
Milton D. Rosenau, Jr. and Dr. Ellen R. Gritz
Dr. Ritsuko Komaki
The exhibition catalogue is made possible with funds provided by The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and The Mary Griggs Burke Center for Japanese Art, Columbia University.
Generous support has been provided by Gerry Aitken, Richard Levy and Dinah Chetrit, and Anne Tucker and Robert Morris.
35mm preservation print of “Jammin’ the Blues” courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.
Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; L’Alliance Française de Houston; and ILEX Foundation.
On Thursday, admission to the MFAH Permanent Collections is free, courtesy of Shell USA, Inc.
All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the John M. O'Quinn Foundation; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Texas Commission on the Arts; and the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.
Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History has been co-organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis/Paris/Lausanne, and Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing/Shanghai, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Major support is provided by:
Bobbie Nau
Additional support is provided by:
Matthew Marks Gallery
Kvadrat
Anne Levy Charitable Trust
Jereann and Holland Chaney
Joan Morgenstern |
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