Museum Insiders Celebrate Houston’s Monster Art Coup
Only City in America to Land Astonishing Exhibit
By Shelby Hodge //
Photography Wilson Parish
What: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston preview and dinner for Degas: A New Vision
Where: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
PC Moment: A few hundred museum insiders got first look at the amazing exhibition of 230 Degas works, an assembly seen in the U.S. only in Houston, and on view through January 16, 2017. Co-organizing curator Henri Loyrette and MFAH director Gary Tinterow shared insights with guests before they launched into the dinner by City Kitchen.
Who: Anne and Charles Duncan, Laurie and Reed Morian, Domitille Loyrette, Karol and Paul Barnhart, Pat Breen, Lela and Robin Gibbs, Sara and Bill Morgan, Linda and Dr. Walter McReynolds, Nancy and Rich Kinder, and Marsha and Tom Brown.
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