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Current Exhibitions
Oct 11, 2024 – Apr 19, 2025
Main Building
Tacita Dean: Blind Folly
Sep 20, 2024 – Jan 26, 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Fragments of Memory
Sep 20, 2024 – Jan 26, 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms
On view through August 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo
Mar 16 – Nov 10, 2024
Main Building
Portraits of Women from the Collection
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil
Aug 25, 2017
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Inspired by the Pencil of Nature: An Introduction to 19th Century Paper-based Photographic Holdings of the Menil Collection
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Sep 8, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Potent Figures: Women in Sculpture from Africa and Madagascar
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Sep 12, 2017
Menil Contemporaries
Cocktails with a Curator: Thirty Works for Thirty Years
Main Building
6–7:30 p.m.
Sep 15, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Ellsworth Kelly at the Menil
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
The Dream Colony: A Life in Art by Walter Hopps Public Conversation and Book Signing with Anne Doran, Deborah Treisman, and Rebecca Rabinow
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Sep 22, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Exploring John Chamberlain’s American Tableau
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Sep 24, 2017
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston, Stop, Look and Listen! Harlem Quartet
Main Building
2–3 p.m.
Sep 29, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Ethics and Treatments in Conservation
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 6, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Slow Art and/or the Sublime: Zarina, Newman or Rothko
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 7, 2017
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston, Stop, Look and Listen!
Latin Jazz on the Lawn
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Oct 12, 2017
Menil Society
Menil Society Preview of Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Exhibition Opening Event
Public Opening of Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Oct 13, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on The Many Lives of Objects: Arts of the Ancient World at the Menil
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Mona Hatoum on Her Exhibition Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 15, 2017
Public Program
Synthesis: Student Choreography from University of Houston
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Oct 20, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Victor Brauner
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 23, 2017
Special Event
Da Camera of Houston Concert: Schubert’s Winterreise
Main Building
This is a ticketed event
7:30–10 p.m.
Oct 24, 2017
Special Event
Da Camera of Houston Concert: Schubert’s Winterreise
Main Building
This is a ticketed event
7:30–10 p.m.
Oct 26, 2017
Public Program
Jed Perl Reading and Book Signing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 27, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Text as Catalyst: Artists’ Books inspired by Literature
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
POSTPONED 2017 Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement: Reem Fadda
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 28, 2017
Public Program
Jillian Conrad on Mona Hatoum
Main Building
2–3 p.m.
Oct 29, 2017
Special Event
Who R U? Menil Children’s Costume Party
Menil Park
This is a ticketed event
3–5 p.m.
Nov 3, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Nov 4, 2017
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston, Stop, Look and Listen! 30 Years of Music and Art
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Nov 8, 2017
Public Program
Naomi Shihab Nye Poetry Workshop in conjunction with Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma
Main Building
1–4 p.m.
Nov 9, 2017
Public Program
Naomi Shihab Nye Poetry Reading
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 10, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on 30 Works for 30 Years: Drawings for the Menil Collection
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Nov 11, 2017
Public Program
Joseph Havel on Mona Hatoum
Main Building
2–3 p.m.
Nov 17, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Conservation Framing: Protecting your Paper
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Houston Palestine Film Festival: Films of Mona Hatoum
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 30, 2017
Public Program
Darby English, Ph.D., on 1971, A Year in the Life of Color
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Dec 1, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Conservation
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Dec 2, 2017
Special Event
Luminous: The Menil Collection’s 30th Anniversary Ball
Main Building
This is a ticketed event
7 p.m.–12 a.m.
Dec 8, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on The Early Work of Robert Rauschenberg
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Menil Contemporaries
Surreal Soirée
Main Building
This is a ticketed event
9 p.m.–12 a.m.
Dec 9, 2017
Public Program
Lisa Lapinski Gallery Talk on Mona Hatoum
Main Building
2–3:30 p.m.
Dec 15, 2017
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 11, 2018
Public Program
Noah Simblist Walking the Length of a Knife’s Edge: Mona Hatoum’s Contradictions
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 12, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Conversation with a Conservator
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 19, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Imaging Services: DIY Virtual Reality
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 20, 2018
Public Program
Mary Wemple Words & Art Poetry Workshop
Main Building
1–3 p.m.
Jan 24, 2018
Public Program
Rebecca Solnit Lecture and Book Signing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 26, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on 30 Works for 30 Years: Thinking Historically with a Textile
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 30, 2018
Menil Contemporaries
Cocktails with a Curator - Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Feb 2, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Feb 3, 2018
Public Program
Sehba Sarwar On Belonging
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
2–4 p.m.
Feb 4, 2018
Public Program
Sehba Sarwar On Belonging
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
2–4 p.m.
Feb 9, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on the Menil Building
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Marion Barthelme Lecture with Rachael Z. DeLue on Kara Walker
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 13, 2018
Membership
Menil by Moonlight
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Feb 16, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Inspired by the Pencil of Nature: An Introduction to 19th Century Paper-based Photographic Holdings of the Menil Collection
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Feb 21, 2018
Public Program
Mary Wemple Words & Art Poetry Reading
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 22, 2018
Public Program
Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Menil Library
12–7 p.m.
Public Program
Night at the Menil
Main Building
5–9 p.m.
Feb 23, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on the Menil Archives
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Feb 24, 2018
Public Program
Da Camera Stop, Look and Listen! Reflections on Mona Hatoum’s Terra Infirma Exhibition
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Mar 1, 2018
Public Program
Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement, Reem Fadda Lecture
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
6:30–7:30 p.m.
Mar 2, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on The Many Lives of the Fabiola Project
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Mar 7, 2018
Public Program
Mary Jacobus, On Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
7–8 p.m.
Mar 9, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on the Dan Flavin Installation
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
12–1 p.m.
Mar 10, 2018
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen! Family Concert
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
2–3 p.m.
Mar 16, 2018
Public Program
Dickie Landry Concert at Byzantine Fresco Chapel
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
7–8 p.m.
Mar 22, 2018
Menil Society
Spring Cocktails
Menil House
5:15–7:30 p.m.
Mar 23, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Treating Georges Braque’s still life “Pitcher, Candestick, and Black Fish”
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
12–1 p.m.
Mar 25, 2018
Public Program
Merce Cunningham Dance and Concert, Arrivals and Departures: Cage, Cunningham, and Johns
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
This is a ticketed event
1–2 p.m.
Mar 27, 2018
Public Program
Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John De Menil
Rothko Chapel
This is a ticketed event
7–8 p.m.
Apr 6, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on The Menil Neighborhood
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Aurora Picture Show BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)
Main Building
8:30–10:30 p.m.
Apr 13, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Twombly in Print
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
12–1 p.m.
Bookstore
Reception for Melissa Laree Cunningham and JANE at the Bookstore
Menil Bookstore
5–7 p.m.
Public Program
Vivian L. Smith Foundation Symposium
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
7–9 p.m.
Apr 14, 2018
Public Program
Da Camera Stop, Look and Listen! Beethoven for All
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
3–4 p.m.
Apr 20, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on The Menil Bookstore: Not Just Books
Menil Bookstore
12–1 p.m.
Apr 27, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Cy Twombly at the Menil
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
12–1 p.m.
Current Exhibitions
Oct 11, 2024 – Apr 19, 2025
Main Building
Tacita Dean: Blind Folly
Sep 20, 2024 – Jan 26, 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Fragments of Memory
Sep 20, 2024 – Jan 26, 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms
On view through August 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo
Mar 16 – Nov 10, 2024
Main Building
Portraits of Women from the Collection
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil