Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Tuesday, April 16, 2024-Monday, April 22, 2024
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 …
15 Mar Sat / 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.
Saturday Members Tour | “Knights in Shining Armor”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries.
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The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival
5 p.m.—7 p.m.Art Deco artist Tamara de Lempicka took Paris, Milan, Berlin, and New York by storm in the 1920s. A century later, this fascinating film tells the story of her life, tracing Lempicka’s flight from persecution, her affairs with men and women, and her hidden Jewish heritage.
16 Mar Sun / 2025
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Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter
2 p.m.—3:30 p.m.Liz Carpenter was a feisty Texan who became a trailblazing journalist, White House official, author, humorist, political activist, and feminist leader. Often front and center as history was unfolding, she served as executive assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson and press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson.
