Members Lecture | “Tamara de Lempicka”

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March 8, 2025
► Advance tickets are sold out, with a limited number available on-site, on a standby basis, the day of the lecture. The standby line is first come, first served.

MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture on the nationally acclaimed retrospective Tamara de Lempicka.

Co-curator Furio Rinaldi explores the path-defining career, layered artistry, and adventurous life of Tamara de Lempicka, one of the great protagonists of 20th-century art and design. He places her work in the larger history of European painting and sculpture, from the Italian Renaissance through the innovations of the Cubist and Jazz Age eras. This lecture is dedicated to the memory of Gioia Mori (1956–2025), world-renowned Lempicka scholar and co-curator of the exhibition.

Tickets | Sold out, with a standby line available the day of the lecture.

• Exclusive to MFAH Members
• Free Admission

Related Events

• Members Preview
  Friday, March 7, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
  Saturday, March 8, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Plan Your Visit 

• This lecture takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater on the lower level of the Law Building. 
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About the Speaker
Furio Rinaldi is curator in charge of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. An expert on 15th- and 16th-century Italian drawings, Rinaldi has authored many publications and organized exhibitions on the subject, including the landmark 2023 exhibition Botticelli Drawings. Prior to San Francisco, he held curatorial positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, and served as VP specialist of Old Master and 19th-century drawings at Christie’s in New York.

Questions? Call the members hotline at 713.639.7550, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or email membership@mfah.org at any time.

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