Calendar Week of Sunday, April 13, 2025-Saturday, April 19, 2025

Paul Gauguin, Trois tahitiens (Three Tahitians), 1899, oil on canvas
Gauguin in the World Through February 16, 2025

The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this ambitious exhibition showcasing the work of French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin.

13 Apr Sun / 2025

16 Apr Wed / 2025

  • Tamara de Lempicka, Young Girl in Green (Young Girl with Gloves)

    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. 

17 Apr Thu / 2025

  • Surrender of King François I, designed by Bernard van Orley, woven by Willem and Jan Dermoyen

    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.  

  • Laura Camerlengo

    Laura Camerlengo

    Lecture | Tamara de Lempicka in Fashion
    6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

    Curator Laura Camerlengo discusses Tamara de Lempicka’s sense of composition and fashion, in relation to the larger Art Deco design trends of the era. 

18 Apr Fri / 2025