Lectures Year of Friday, July 26, 2024-Friday, July 25, 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 …
29 Mar Sat / 2025
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Artist Talk & Sound Walk | Leilehua Lanzilotti
2 p.m.—3 p.m.This program with artist Leilehua Lanzilotti complements the exhibition Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within.
17 Apr Thu / 2025
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Valerie Hammond, Substance of a dream, Brooklyn: Brooklyn Artists Alliance, 2013, Hirsch Library.
Meet the Books | “Private Pages: Sketchbooks and the Artistic Process”
6 p.m.—7 p.m.Discover more about the exhibition Private Pages: Sketchbooks and the Artistic Process.
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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.
30 Apr Wed / 2025
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Author Talk “The Golden Road”
7 p.m.—8 p.m.William Dalrymple his latest book, “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World“ and speaks on the forgotten heart of the Ancient World.
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 | 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.
11 May 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
Lecture | Titian and Michelangelo: A Tale of Genius and Rivalry
2 p.m.—3 p.m.In conjunction with the exhibition Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries, William E. Wallace discusses his new book, Titian and Michelangelo: A Tale of Genius and Rivalry.
14 May Wed / 2025
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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.
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.
17 May Sat / 2025
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Amy von Lintel
Curator Conversation for “Tamara de Lempicka”
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Enjoy an exclusive lecture exploring the Tamara de Lempicka exhibition and the pioneering women artists who shaped the 20th-century art world.