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Houston, TX 77006
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1533 Sul Ross St.
Houston, TX 77006
713-525-9400
Menil
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Exhibitions
Events
Collection
Campus
About
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Research
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Bookstore
All
Member Programs
Public Programs
Past Public Programs
Special Events
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Current Exhibitions
Sep 13, 2019 – Feb 2, 2020
Main Building
Mapa Wiya (Your Map’s Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Fondation Opale
Winter 2019
Main Building
Selections from the Permanent Collection
Oct 4, 2019 – Jan 5, 2020
Menil Drawing Institute
Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect
Nov 15, 2019 – Mar 15, 2020
Main Building
Collection Close-Up: Of Heaven and Earth
Menil Drawing Institute
Wall Drawing Series: Jorinde Voigt
Cy Twombly Gallery
Works by Cy Twombly
Richmond Hall
Dan Flavin Installation
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil
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.
Dec 7, 2018
Special Event
Menil Contemporaries Holiday Party
Main Building
This is a ticketed event
8–11 p.m.
Dec 8, 2018
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Dec 9, 2018
Public Program
Curators Lecture with Paul Davis on Art of the Pacific Islands
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Dec 12, 2018
Public Program
Jay Wehnert Lecture and Book Signing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Dec 14, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Contemporary Highlights: Theaster Gates and Leslie Hewitt
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 9
Public Program
John Yau: Jasper Johns and the Damaged Human Body
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 11
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Sounds of Oceania
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 13
Public Program
Curators Lecture Series with Kelly Montana on Jasper Johns
Menil Drawing Institute
3–4 p.m.
Jan 18
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Designing a Conservation Lab*
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Jan 23
Public Program
Roberta Bernstein, Jasper Johns’s Painting and Drawing: A Dialogue
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 25
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: 821 Drawings in 6 Volumes
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Public Opening of Contemporary Focus: Trenton Doyle Hancock
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Jan 26
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Feb 1
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Rothko and the de Menils
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Current Exhibitions
Sep 13, 2019 – Feb 2, 2020
Main Building
Mapa Wiya (Your Map’s Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Fondation Opale
Winter 2019
Main Building
Selections from the Permanent Collection
Oct 4, 2019 – Jan 5, 2020
Menil Drawing Institute
Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect
Nov 15, 2019 – Mar 15, 2020
Main Building
Collection Close-Up: Of Heaven and Earth
Menil Drawing Institute
Wall Drawing Series: Jorinde Voigt
Cy Twombly Gallery
Works by Cy Twombly
Richmond Hall
Dan Flavin Installation
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil