Calendar Week of Sunday, July 20, 2025-Saturday, July 26, 2025
Tamara de Lempicka Through July 6, 2025
Capturing the glamour and vitality of 1920s postwar Paris and the cosmopolitan sheen of Hollywood celebrity, Tamara de Lempicka infused her paintings with a brilliant sense of fashion, design, and the …
20 Jul Sun / 2025
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Family Zone
1 p.m.—4 p.m.Visit the MFAH Family Zone for engaging gallery activities with coloring sheets, colored pencils, books, and more.
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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
5 p.m.—6:45 p.m.Marlee Matlin shattered expectations as the first deaf actor to win an Academy Award for her groundbreaking performance in Children of a Lesser God (1987). Catapulted into the spotlight, 21-year-old Matlin challenged an industry unprepared for her immense talent, emerging as a trailblazer not only as a performer but also as an author and activist.
24 Jul Thu / 2025
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Summer Break at the MFAH
11 a.m.—2 p.m.When school’s out, families are invited to enjoy gallery activities with teaching artists and experiment with a variety of materials to create art.
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Unknown Colima, Colmala style, Alert Seated Canine Effigy Vessel, 300 BC–300 AD, earthenware with slip, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by Meredith J. Long in honor of Fayez Sarofim and Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at "One Great Night in November, 1994."
Lotería Game Night | Inspired by the MFAH Art Collections
6 p.m.—8 p.m.Add to your holiday fun with the Museum’s Lotería Game Night, a unique edition of lotería that draws from the MFAH art collections. Play for a chance to win a prize and discover works of art in the galleries.
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Installation View of 150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection
Tour & Toast | “150 Years of Design”
6:15 p.m.—7:15 p.m.Join fellow art enthusiasts for a private group tour through 150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection.
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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
7 p.m.—8:45 p.m.Marlee Matlin shattered expectations as the first deaf actor to win an Academy Award for her groundbreaking performance in Children of a Lesser God (1987). Catapulted into the spotlight, 21-year-old Matlin challenged an industry unprepared for her immense talent, emerging as a trailblazer not only as a performer but also as an author and activist.
25 Jul Fri / 2025
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Happy Hour Friday
5 p.m.—8 p.m.Happy Hour Friday is the place to be! Meet your friends at the MFAH for the best night of the week.
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Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Showcasing O’Keeffe’s vibrant art, observations by curators and scholars, and excerpts from 20,000 pages of letters between the artist and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, the life of this remarkable artist is detailed. Claire Danes voices Georgia O’Keeffe.
26 Jul Sat / 2025
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Docent-Led Tour of Rienzi in Spanish
Noon—1 p.m.Rienzi offers guided tours in Spanish. This special tour showcases highlights of the Rienzi Collection while providing insight into the history and architecture of the home and gardens.
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Compensation
7 p.m.—9 p.m.A milestone of independent cinema, Zeinabu irene Davis’s first feature (presented in a 4K rejuvenation) presents parallel African American love stories between a deaf woman and a hearing man set decades apart. Inspired by a poem by legendary African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, this moving narrative depicts their struggle to overcome racism, disability, and discrimination.
