Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Lectures Year of Monday, August 26, 2024-Monday, August 25, 2025

Gauguin in the World November 3, 2024–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.
02 Mar Sun / 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.
Opening Day Lecture | “Knights in Shining Armor”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.An inside look at the exhibition which features monumental tapestries served as immersive and elaborate tools for dynamic storytelling, political propaganda, and the depiction of history.
08 Mar Sat / 2025
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Flor Garduño, Autoretrato, photograph, 2006, courtesy of the artist. © Flor Garduño
Conversation with Flor Garduño
2 p.m.—3 p.m.FotoFest and the MFAH present a conversation in English and Spanish with renowned Mexican photographer Flor Garduño. She is joined by FotoFest co-founder Wendy Watriss and executive director Steven Evans.
17 Apr Thu / 2025
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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.
09 May Fri / 2025
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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 | Malcolm Daniel on Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Curator Malcolm Daniel speaks about 19th-century British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
15 May Thu / 2025
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Lehuauakea
Artist Talk | Lehuauakea
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.This talk by artist Lehuauakea complements the exhibition Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within.