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MFAH Special Lecture - Collecting for the 21st Century: contemporary@mfah

Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building

September 27, 2011

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a MFAH Special Lecture - Collecting for the 21st Century: contemporary@mfah, Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 6:30 PM at the Caroline Wiess Law Building. Presented by John B. Ravenal, (pictured) Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. This lecture...

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The past decade at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has been one of unparalleled collection growth, with particular emphasis on contemporary art. As the MFAH board and staff take the next steps to realize a new building dedicated to art after 1900, the question of how a museum should collect for the 21st century is now a more-pressing question than ever.

John B. Ravenal, curator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, addresses this topic in the context of the VMFA’s award-winning 2010 expansion, touted by the Wall Street Journal: “The museum’s ‘wow’ spaces are created notby flashy architecture but by exceptional collections. . . . Virginia is for art lovers!”

Exploring both new media and traditional forms from local studios and across world cultures, Ravenal brings to the VMFA galleries an uncompromising eye for excellence and a sense of adventure. In this illustrated lecture, he also discusses how the VMFA’s engagement with contemporary art continues to shape its future.

This program is free and open to the public. A reception sponsored by contemporary@mfah follows.

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Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building

1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, Tx 77005

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This program is free and open to the public. A reception sponsored by contemporary@mfah will follow.

Times:

6:30pm

Phone: 713-639-7300

Parking:

Museum Parking Garage

Located directly east of the Beck and Law buildings, the MFAH Visitors Center features a four-story covered parking garage.

The easy-to-find parking entrance is on Binz, marked by a large, yellow arrow.

You're always protected from the elements when you park your car in the Museum Garage. From there, you can go to the Visitors Center lobby and find a ticketing desk and up-to-the minute museum information.

As an added convenience, you can enter the Beck and Law buildings from the Visitors Center through security-monitored, climate-controlled tunnels connecting all three buildings.

Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

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