Events

Join knowledgeable Kimbell docent guides for regularly scheduled tours focusing on the permanent collection.

Free; no reservations are required. 

Join knowledgeable Kimbell docent guides for regularly scheduled tours focusing on the special exhibition Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection in the Piano Pavilion. 

No reservations are required. Admission is required for nonmembers to visit paid special exhibitions.

Settle in for some of the best live music in town while enjoying a light dinner with a selection of wines and other beverages at The Buffet Restaurant. We have live music every Friday, except when other major events are occurring in the Museum.

The musicians will be playing on the east side of the Maillol Courtyard.

About this lecture series: Evening lectures by distinguished guest speakers, held throughout the year, address a range of topics relating to the appreciation and interpreciation of art.

About this lecture: Although usually thought of as individualist swordfighters and rigid adherents to the honorable bushidō code of ethics, Japan’s pre-modern warriors, the samurai, were profoundly social animals. This talk will illustrate the role of art in the interactions between elite warriors in the sixteenth century, with a particular focus on collecting, gift-giving, falconry and other forms of politicized sociability.

Free; no reservations required.  Seating is limited.

Pavilion Auditorium

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