Lecture | Gauguin’s Tahitian Legacy

Miriama Bono
Paul Gauguin, Femmes de Tahiti (Tahitian Women), 1891, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Photo © TMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
As part of the annual Shartle Lecture Series, distinguished architect, cultural consultant, and artist Miriama Bono presents the contemporary works of international artists Kanaky and Yuki Kihara, how their work draws inspiration from Gauguin, and the impact of the painter's legacy in Tahiti. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Gauguin in the World, the lecture also touches on visual themes of familiarity and access in Gauguin’s work.
Plan Your Visit
- Free with Museum admission.
- The lecture takes place in the Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building. The exhibition is located in the Beck Building.
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About the Speaker
Miriama Bono is a Polynesian artist, curator, and architect. She was the General Delegate of FIFO, the International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival, from 2010–2014, and became the association’s president in 2015. She was appointed director of Te Fare Iamanaha-Musée de Tahiti et des Îles in 2017. During her tenure, she took charge of renovating the museum, overseeing building work, and coordinating international cooperation projects that led to the return of 20 major pieces of Polynesian heritage from the collections of the British Museum, the Cambridge Museum of Anthropology, and the Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac.
The Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series is made possible by a generous grant from The Brown Foundation, Inc.
“Gauguin in the World” is organized by Art Exhibitions Australia; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from:
Lead foundation underwriting is provided by:
Lead Corporate Underwriter:
Generous support is provided by:
Margaret Alkek Williams
Jerold B. Katz Foundation
M. D. Anderson Foundation
The Radoff Family
The Favrot Fund
Gail, Louis, Veronika, and Marc Adler
Polly and Murry Bowden
Nancy Pollok Guinee
Phoebe and Bobby Tudor
Andrius Kontrimas/Sheppard Mullin
Ann G. Trammell
Official Promotional Partner:
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.