Calendar Friday, May 9, 2025

Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries Through May 26, 2025
History comes alive! Witness a Renaissance battle play out across royal tapestries. Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestriesoffers an unprecedented look at some of the most awe-inspiring …
09 May Fri / 2025
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Alice Neel, The Family (John Gruen, Jane Wilson and Julia), 1970, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Estate of Alice Neel
Tour | Artwork of the Month “The Family”
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about The Family.
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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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Julia Margaret Cameron, Mrs. Cameron’s Photographs from the Life, 1864–69, assembled 1869, album of albumen silver prints from glass negatives, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase.
Lecture | Curator Malcolm Daniel Discusses Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Curator Malcolm Daniel speaks about 19th-century British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
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Don’t Look Now ... We’re Being Shot At! (La grande vadrouille)
7 p.m.—9:15 p.m.Louis de Funès and Bourvil team up again for this timeless comedic masterpiece about several ordinary Frenchmen experiencing an epic voyage through wartime-occupied France.