Visitors are invited to a free program of lectures by eminent scholars inaugurating the exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum. The free symposium begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 29, in the Pavilion Auditorium. The exhibition opens to the public on Sunday, March 1, at noon. The lecture schedule is as follows:

Welcome and Introductions Eric M. Lee, director, Kimbell Art Museum

Capodimonte: Its History and Collection Sylvain Bellenger, director, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples

Babette Bohn, professor of art history, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth

Guillaume Kientz, curator of European art, Kimbell Art Museum

Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessey Chairman of European Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Viviana Farina, professor, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli

No reservations are required. Priority admission is available for Kimbell members who present a current membership card at least 30 minutes before the program begins. Seating is limited. Auditorium doors will open one hour prior to the commencement of the program. Overflow seating will be available in the Kahn Auditorium. During the opening weekend of the exhibition Flesh and Blood, access to the museum may be restricted due to the Cowtown Marathon. When arriving from I-30, please consider taking the Montgomery Street exit, turning right on Camp Bowie Boulevard, and then turning right on Van Cliburn way to reach the museum's garage and parking lots, and allow extra time for parking.