Calendar Week of Thursday, March 27, 2025-Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Tamara de Lempicka Through May 26, 2025
Capturing the glamour and vitality of 1920s postwar Paris and the cosmopolitan sheen of Hollywood celebrity, Tamara de Lempicka infused her paintings with a brilliant sense of fashion, design, and the …
27 Mar Thu / 2025
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Designed by Bernard van Orley, woven by Willem and Jan Dermoyen, Surrender of King François I, c. 1528–31, wool, silk, gold, and silver thread, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples. Image © Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte
Drop-in Tour | “Knights in Shining Armor”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour highlights the exhibition Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries, which offers an unprecedented look at some of the most awe-inspiring examples of these dynamic textile compositions, enhanced by the addition of full suits of intricate parade armor and stunning ceremonial weapons from the 16th century.
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Early College Program | Info Session
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.The Glassell School of Art invites you to an information session about the new Emerging Artists: Early College Program. This initiative is designed for high school students eager to grow their artistic skills in a collaborative environment.
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Vishniac
7 p.m.—8:45 p.m.Vishniac follows photographer Roman Vishniac from his early years in czarist Russia to his emergence as a Modernist photographer in Weimar Berlin, as well as his journeys across Eastern Europe before WWII and his family’s dramatic escape to America in 1940.
28 Mar Fri / 2025
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Gustave Caillebotte, Mademoiselle Boissière Knitting, 1877, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Tour | Artwork of the Month “Mademoiselle Boissière Knitting”
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about the painting Mademoiselle Boissière Knitting.
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2024–2025 Core Residents, left to right: (top row) Umico Niwa, Carlos Vielma; (bottom row) Max Tolleson, larí garcía
Core Program | Open Studios 2025
4 p.m.—9 p.m.The Museum’s Core Residency Program invites you to meet the 2024–2025 Core residents in their studios and learn more about their practices. Drop by to see what they have been working on this year!
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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 One Man Band (L’homme orchestre)
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.A woman joins a ballet group whose manager forbids his dancers any distractions outside of dance. Little does he know she has a son in Italy, and the troupe goes to great lengths to create an explanation for the boy’s existence.
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Hibernatus
9 p.m.—10:30 p.m.After he is awakened from a 65-year cryogenic freeze, a man’s relatives plan an elaborate ruse on their long-lost relative so as not to shock him with contemporary reality.
29 Mar Sat / 2025
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Yoga at Rienzi
9 a.m.—10 a.m.Enjoy an introductory yoga session in the beautiful surroundings of Rienzi. Afterward, stay to explore the gardens!
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Yoga at Rienzi
10:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m.Enjoy an introductory yoga session in the beautiful surroundings of Rienzi. Afterward, stay to explore the gardens!
