Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Lectures Year of Saturday, August 17, 2024-Saturday, August 16, 2025

Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography Through August 3, 2025
Showcasing 100 examples of contemporary Cuban photography, this exhibition traces the evolution of the medium’s role in Cuba over nearly five decades.
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.