In the framework of Dior: From Paris to the World on view through September 1st at the Dallas Museum of Art, Annette Becker, Director of the Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas, will highlight objects from the exhibition and discuss the groundbreaking work of French couturier Christian Dior, whose iconic designs from the 1940s and 50s continue to shape fashion today.

Through 52 paintings, the exhibition will trace the evolution of Claude Monet’s practice from 1913, when he embarked on a reinvention of his painting style that led to increasingly bold and abstract works, up to his death in 1926.

Assembled from major public and private collections in Europe, the United States, and Asia, including holdings from the Kimbell Art Museum and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Monet: The Late Years will include more than 20 examples of Monet’s beloved water-lily paintings.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riot, Stonewall 50 assembles a local, national, international, and multi-generational group of artists whose work offers a snapshot of the complexion, interests, and activities of queer and allied communities. The exhibition includes painting, photography, video, sculpture, performance and media that look back at the Stonewall Riots and ahead at the queer future. It features French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel's artwork The Yellow Brick Road, 2017.

Alexandre Dumas’ timeless tale springs to life as the young D’Artagnan, joined by his sister Sabine, discovers honor amid intrigue and high-stakes adventure when he meets the famous Three Musketeers.

An adaptation based on the timeless swashbuckler, a tale of heroism, treachery, close escapes and above all, honor.

The Albertine Prize, co-presented by Van Cleef & Arpels and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, recognizes American readers’ favorite work of contemporary Francophone fiction that has been translated into English and published in the US within the preceding calendar year.

The winning book will be announced on Wednesday, June 5th at Albertine Books in New York City, and online via Livestream, in the presence of the Albertine Prize Honorary Chairs - acclaimed author and translator Lydia Davis and French literary critic and TV and radio host François Busnel - along with the winning author and translator.

This month in Austin, screening of: French comedy film Non-Fiction (Doubles vies) directed by Olivier Assayas, at Regal Arbor Cinemas at Great Hills and Violet Crown Cinemas Austin (currently playing), as well as Place Publique, directed by Agnès Jaoui (June 23) and Sorry Angel, directed by Christophe Honoré (June 30, July 1) at Austin Film Society.

The Literally Short Film Festival will be featuring You'll Be Fine (Gros chagrin) a short-film by Céline Devaux, on June 7 at 8pm, as part of the Not in Kansas Anymore: International Short Films line-up.

French post-metal band from Bagnols-sur-Cèze Alcest will be performing on June 9 in Austin, TX in the framework of the Austin Terror Fest 2019.

French rapper and singer Maître Gims, ex-member of the French hip-hop music band Sexion d'Assaut, will be performing at the South Side Music Hall in Dallas, TX, on November 9. Tickets already on sale.