Lectures Year of Saturday, February 8, 2025-Saturday, February 7, 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 …
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.
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.