Public Art of the University of Houston System, along with Buffalo Bayou Partnership, will co-host Talking Color: Celebrating Carlos Cruz-Diez in Houston.

Carlos Cruz-Diez, Jr., director of Atelier Cruz-Diez Paris and son of the artist, will explore his father’s work in an illustrated conversation with Mari Carmen Ramírez, Director of the International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Spatial Chromointerference is a unique site-specific environment by world-renowned artist Carlos Cruz-Diez in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. The artist, who has spent his professional career working and teaching between both Paris and Caracas is considered to be one of the fathers and greatest figures of Kinetic and Optical art. His work will be on view at the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern from May 12, 2018 to January 13, 2019.

French pianist Philippe Bianconi is returning to Rice University to give a piano recital. He will be playing the Schubert Sonata in A Major D. 959, Fauré Ballade in F# Major and Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit. Free and open to the public.

Performance by French secret-masked house-bass producer Malaa at The Marc.

Dallas Summer Musicals presents the musical show Les Misérables at the Music Hall at Fair Park. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit.

French literature professor, fashion historian, and acclaimed author Dr. Caroline Weber’s presents her newest work: Proust’s Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin de Siecle Paris, during a special event at the Dallas Museum of Art.

The Transatlantic Mobility Program is one of the flagship actions of the Cultural services of the French Embassy in favor of increasing and diversifying transatlantic student mobility. US universities and community colleges have until May 25 to submit their proposals. The most competitive proposals will demonstrate how limited resources can effectively mobilize the greatest number of U.S. students to study abroad in France. Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded.

Screening at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art of 2017 French drama film Ismael’s Ghosts: Spectres of Vertigo directed by Arnaud Desplechin,  and starring Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Louis Garrel.

French Immersion is a new program aiming to increase the export of French augmented reality projects and immersive experiences to the United States. Applicants must be affiliated with a French institution or production company and present at least one project selected/nominated by a US festival or programmed by a US institution.

The program is presented by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, in partnership with Unifrance, the Institut français, the CNC, and FACE Foundation.