Calendar Year of Monday, May 12, 2025-Monday, May 11, 2026
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 …
14 May Wed / 2025
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History Book Club “Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.The History Book Club hosts a free discussion about Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge—From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic.
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Julia Bryan-Wilson
Core Program Lecture | Julia Bryan-Wilson
6 p.m.—7 p.m.This installment of the 2024–2025 Core Program Lecture Series features a conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson, professor of contemporary art and LGBTQ+ studies at Columbia University.
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History Book Club “Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge”
7 p.m.—8 p.m.The History Book Club hosts a free discussion about Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge—From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic.
15 May 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 Experience | “Knights in Shining Armor”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Visit Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries with docents available in the gallery to enhance your experience. This exhibition showcases dynamic 16th-century textiles, suits of intricate armor, and stunning ceremonial weapons.
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Installation view of Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within
Gallery Tour with the Curator of “Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within”
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Get an inside look at the exhibition Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within from associate curator Elizabeth Essner.
16 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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Bach Society Houston
Bach Society Houston | “Knights in Shining Armor”
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Enjoy music composed during the era of Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries. Bach Society Houston presents a 30-minute concert of madrigals and chansons, which is performed twice.
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Anora
7 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Anora (Oscar-winner Mikey Madison), a young woman from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as her new husband’s parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
17 May Sat / 2025
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Installation view of Harry Bertoia: Echoes in Space
Saturday Members Tour | “Harry Bertoia: Echoes in Space”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the installation Harry Bertoia: Echoes in Space.
