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Current Exhibitions
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
Jun 15, 2023 – Oct 14, 2024
Main Building
Longing, Grief, and Spirituality: Art Since 1980
Oct 11, 2024 – Apr 19, 2025
Main Building
Tacita Dean: Blind Folly
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil
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.
May 3, 2018
Public Program
Riyaaz Qawwali Concert
Main Building Lawn
7–8 p.m.
May 4, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Feeling Time, Feeling History: Francis Alÿs and the Fabiola Project
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
12–1 p.m.
May 11, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Twombly and Triumph
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
12–1 p.m.
May 16, 2018
Public Program
The Watchful Eye: A Writers in the Schools Student Reading
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
7–8 p.m.
Jun 8, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Menil Bookstore Jewelry Trunk Show: Ludmila Ivanova and Kaneem Smith
Menil Bookstore
5–7 p.m.
Jun 12, 2018
Membership
Meet the Menil New Member Reception
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
6–7:30 p.m.
Jun 22, 2018
Public Program
Book Release Reception: Untitled Trip by Ryan Hollaway
Menil Bookstore
5–7 p.m.
Jun 29, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on the Energy House
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
12–1 p.m.
Jul 27, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Conservation of Technology-Based Art
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
12–1 p.m.
Aug 10, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on the Byzantine Fresco Chapel and the Fabiola Project
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
12–1 p.m.
Aug 14, 2018
Membership
Menil Contemporaries Cocktails with a Curator
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
6–8 p.m.
Aug 24, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Meet the New Menil Curators
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
12–1 p.m.
Sep 6, 2018
Menil Society
Echoes from Within: A Musical Response to Cy Twombly: Menil Society
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Membership
Echoes from Within: A Musical Response to Cy Twombly: Menil Members and Menil Contemporaries
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
7:30–8:30 p.m.
Sep 7, 2018
Public Program
Echoes from Within: A Musical Response to Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Public Program
Echoes from Within: A Musical Response to Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
7:30–8:30 p.m.
Sep 20, 2018
Special Event
Menil Society Main Building Reopening Preview
Main Building
6–7:30 p.m.
Membership
Main Building Reopening Members’ Reception
Main Building
7:30–9 p.m.
Sep 21, 2018
Membership
Menil Members’ Day
Main Building
11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Sep 22, 2018
Public Program
Menil Collection Reopening Celebration
Main Building
11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Sep 28, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Art of Africa
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 3, 2018
Public Program
Artist Talk with Leslie Hewitt and Courtney J. Martin
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Oct 5, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Claes Oldenburg and the Geometric Mouse
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 6, 2018
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen! Jazz on the Lawn
Main Building Lawn
3–4 p.m.
Oct 12, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Max Ernst: Methods, Stories, Invention
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 14, 2018
Public Program
Curators Lecture Series with Natalie Dupêcher on Joan Miró
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Oct 16, 2018
Menil Society
Menil Society Curator’s Choice Tour with Clare Elliott
Main Building
5:30–7 p.m.
Oct 19, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Contemporary Art
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Gray Foy: Drawings 1941–1975 Book Signing
Menil Bookstore
6–8 p.m.
Oct 26, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Two of Sixteen Americans: Frank Stella and Louise Nevelson
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 28, 2018
Special Event
Who R U?
Menil Park
This is a ticketed event
3–5 p.m.
Nov 2, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Preparing Artwork for Loans and Exhibition*
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Membership
Menil Drawing Institute Member Celebration
Menil Drawing Institute
7:30–9:30 p.m.
Nov 3, 2018
Public Program
Menil Drawing Institute Community Celebration
Menil Drawing Institute
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Nov 6, 2018
Menil Society
Menil Society Tour of “The Condition of Being Here: Drawings by Jasper Johns”
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7:30 p.m.
Nov 7, 2018
Public Program
Artist Talk with Suzan Frecon
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Nov 9, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Joe Overstreet and the Contemporary Galleries
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Nov 11, 2018
Public Program
Curator Lecture with Clare Elliott on Max Ernst
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Nov 15, 2018
Public Program
Adam Vines Reading and Book Signing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 16, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Nov 30, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: The Condition of Being Here: Drawings by Jasper Johns
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Current Exhibitions
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
Jun 15, 2023 – Oct 14, 2024
Main Building
Longing, Grief, and Spirituality: Art Since 1980
Oct 11, 2024 – Apr 19, 2025
Main Building
Tacita Dean: Blind Folly
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil