Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Lectures Year of Friday, August 23, 2024-Friday, August 22, 2025

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 …
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.
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.
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.