Calendar Week of Saturday, April 5, 2025-Friday, April 11, 2025
Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within Through May 18, 2025
Charting the development of her hybrid practice over seven decades, Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Withinpresents more than 100 works of art in stunning installations often inspired by those Takaezu created …
05 Apr Sat / 2025
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Tamara de Lempicka, Portrait of Ira P., 1930, oil on panel, private collection. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY / Image © 1969 Christie’s Images Limited
Saturday Members Tour | “Tamara de Lempicka”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Tamara de Lempicka.
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Paint & Swap: Teen Workshop
5 p.m.—6:30 p.m.In this collaborative painting workshop, students ages 13 to 18 work in pairs.
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Spring Nights at the MFAH
Gallery Experience Audrey Jones Beck Building Caroline Wiess Law Building Nancy and Rich Kinder Building6 p.m.—9 p.m.All galleries and exhibitions are open in a private setting. Enjoy a cocktail, hear from curators, listen to live music, and spend time up close with your favorite works of art.
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The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival
7:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Art Deco artist Tamara de Lempicka took Paris, Milan, Berlin, and New York by storm in the 1920s. A century later, this fascinating film tells the story of her life, tracing Lempicka’s flight from persecution, her affairs with men and women, and her hidden Jewish heritage.
06 Apr Sun / 2025
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Family Zone
1 p.m.—4 p.m.Visit the MFAH Family Zone for engaging gallery activities with coloring sheets, colored pencils, books, and more.
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Family Day at Bayou Bend & Rienzi “Music to Our Ears”
1 p.m.—5 p.m.Visit the MFAH house museums for an afternoon of free, family-friendly fun. Ride the complimentary shuttle between the two locations!
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Breaking the Waves
2 p.m.—4:45 p.m.A pious newlywed (Emily Watson) in a Scottish village gives herself up to a shocking form of martyrdom after her husband (Stellan Skarsgård) is paralyzed in an oil-rig accident.
09 Apr Wed / 2025
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Tamara de Lempicka, Young Girl in Green (Young Girl with Gloves), c. 1931, oil on board, Centre Pompidou, purchase, 1932, inv. JP557P. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Digital image © CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
Drop-in Tour | “Tamara de Lempicka”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour highlights the exhibition Tamara de Lempicka, which explores the artist’s distinctive style and unconventional life as she rose to the pinnacle of café society.
10 Apr 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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Celia Álvarez Muñoz: Breaking the Binding, Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2023. Photo: Courtesy of Radius Books
The Artist and the Book | Celia Álvarez Muñoz in Conversation with Roberto Tejada
6 p.m.—7 p.m.
Artists have long used books as tools for education and inspiration. Increasingly, contemporary artists make books and research central to their artistic practice, examining the past and often creating new narratives. In this conversation, artist Celia Álvarez Muñoz and professor Roberto Tejada explore the role that books and research play for contemporary artists and creators. …
