Calendar Week of Sunday, August 24, 2025-Saturday, August 30, 2025
Anicka Yi Through September 7, 2025
In this transcendent exhibition, two distinct components probe the divide between biological and technological: illuminated Radiolaria sculptures and the video Each Branch Of Coral Holds Up The Light …
24 Aug Sun / 2025
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Monthly Meditation Sessions by the Black Man Project + Black Woman Project
10 a.m.—11 a.m.The Black Man Project and Black Woman Project present monthly meditation sessions at the Museum.
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MFAH on the Move | Bilingual Yoga
11 a.m.—NoonMeet up at the Museum for free yoga on Sunday morning with FitMix Communities.
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High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku)
5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Toshiro Mifune is a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in Kurosawa’s highly influential domestic drama and police procedural.
27 Aug Wed / 2025
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Chicago Study Trip | Info Session
12:30 p.m.—1:15 p.m.The Glassell Studio School hosts a fall 2025 study trip course in Chicago. Learn about the trip at this information session.
28 Aug Thu / 2025
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Phulkari Head Cover (Bagh) (detail), Punjab, Pakistan, 19th century, cotton embroidered with floss silk threads, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Banoo and Jeevak Parpia Collection, gift of Banoo and Jeevak Parpia.
Drop-in Tour | “From India to the World: Textiles from the Parpia Collection”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour highlights the exhibition From India to the World: Textiles from the Parpia Collection, which showcases the Museum’s recent acquisition of Indian textiles from collectors Banoo and Jeevak Parpia.
29 Aug Fri / 2025
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Persian, “Layla and Majnun” Tile Panel, 17th century, stonepaste; polychrome glaze within black wax resist outlines, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the 2017 Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala.
Tour | Artwork of the Month “Layla and Majnun” Tile Panel
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about “Layla and Majnun” Tile Panel.
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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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The Biggest Brandon
Concert | The Biggest Brandon “Floating World: A.A.Murakami”
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.The Biggest Brandon performs a concert inspired by the exhibition Floating World: A.A.Murakami.
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Sundance Film Festival | Short Film Tour
7 p.m.—8:45 p.m.The 2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour features new short films from this year’s festival.
30 Aug Sat / 2025
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Galleries for Art of the Indigenous Americas
Saturday Members Tour | Art of the Indigenous Americas
1 p.m.—2 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the newly reinstalled galleries for Art of the Indigenous Americas.
