The Consulate General of France will celebrate Bastille Day, a festive event bringing together the French, American and international communities.

Guests will stroll through the beautiful grounds of the Houston Polo Club, learn a bit about France’s history and values with the traditional speech by the Consul General of France, watch a polo game, and play pétanque before the party officially begins with food trucks and music courtesy of DJ Julien Nolan. Ticket includes a glass of wine.

In the framework of "Dior: From Paris to the World", on view through September 1st, the Dallas Museum of Art presents two special evenings of talks, films, French music performances, tours, and more, highlighting the House of Dior’s impact on the fashion world.

July 19 program highlights: 7PM Dior and His Decorators: Victor Grandpierre, Georges Geffroy, and the New Look, a talk presented by author Maureen Footer - 6:30PM screening of The Drawings of Christian Dior - 9PM screening of Dior and I - full program here.

August 16 program highlights: 7PM Dior: From Paris to the World, a talk presented by DMA decorative arts curator Sarah Schleuning - 6:30PM screening of Paris Couture - 9PM live podcast of The Golden Age of Haute Couture with Dressed - full program here

Still on view in Texas and Oklahoma this summer: Stonewall 50 on view through July 28, at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston featuring French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel's artwork The Yellow Brick Road, 2017, Sheila Hicks on view at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, TX through August 18, and Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on view at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art through September 22.

Opening on August 24 at the Harry Ransom Center, on the University of Texas at Austin campus, the special exhibition "Modernist Networks: The Annette Campbell-White Collection" showcases a private collection of artworks, letters, manuscripts and more, that chart creative influences across generations, disciplines, and continents. The exhibition includes original letters and manuscripts of French poets and writers Guillaume Apollinaire, André Breton, Stéphane Mallarmé, and Saint-Exupéry, among other figures.

This summer in Austin, do not miss the screening of Last Year at Marienbad "L'Année dernière à Marienbad" by French director Alain Resnais (July 13, 14, 17) - Wild "Sauvage" directed by Camille Vidal-Naquet (July 17) - The Fifth Element "Le 5ème Element", directed by Luc Besson (July 19) - Wine Calling directed by Bruno Sauvard (July 21) - Betty Blue "37° 2 le matin" directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix (July 26, 27) - The 400 Blows "Les Quatre Cents Coups" directed by François Truffaut (July 27, 30) - Jane B. for Agnès V. "Jane B Par Agnès V" directed by Agnès Varda (August 10, 11) - Holy Motors by Leos Carax (August 16, 17, 19) - The Nun "La Religieuse" by Jacques Rivette (August 25, 28, 30).

This summer, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art presents an original retrospective series focusing on the life and legacy of legendary artist Vincent Van Gogh, whose work is featured in OKCMOA’s blockbuster exhibition "Van Gogh, Monet, Degas".

Screenings include: Van Gogh (July 11), Lust for Life (July 18), Vincent & Theo (July 25), and At Eternity’s Gate (August 1).

Jonathan Galassi, President of the legendary publishing house Farrar, Straus & Giroux, translator of Italian and French poetry and a poet himself, was interviewed in the framework of the Episode #6 of the French Embassy's podcast "The Thing about France" by Bénédicte de Montlaur.