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Watch past online programs and in-person lectures on the Menil’s YouTube channel.

Dec 9, 2021

Menil Society Preview of “Bruce Davidson’s Photographs”

Public Opening of “Bruce Davidson’s Photographs”

Dec 10, 2021

Member Noontime Talk: Surrealism

Dec 11, 2021

“Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s:” Art, Music, and a Monster Movie

Main Building Lawn

Dec 13, 2021

“On Freedom”: A Reading and Conversation with Maggie Nelson

Dec 15, 2021

On Drawing: Trends in Contemporary Drawing

Dec 17, 2021

Member Noontime Talk: The Conservation of Niki de Saint Phalle’s Shooting Paintings

Jan 14, 2022

Virtual Member Noontime Talk: Exploring Robert Gober’s Lasting Monuments to Ephemera

Jan 23, 2022

Fool in the Fairytale: Niki de Saint Phalle Films

Feb 1, 2022

Menil Contemporaries

Menil Contemporaries Cocktails with a Curator: “Bruce Davidson’s Photographs”

Feb 8, 2022

Menil by Moonlight

Feb 10, 2022

Artist Talk: Liliana Porter

Feb 11, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: Imagining Africa, Early Popular European Representations of a Continent

Feb 12, 2022

DACAMERA: Stop, Look, and Listen!

Feb 13, 2022

Menil Bookstore Valentine’s Day Floral Pop-Up Shop

Menil Bookstore

10 a.m.–7 p.m.

Curator Talk: Kelly Montana on Marcia Kure’s “NETWORK”

Menil Drawing Institute

Feb 15, 2022

Menil Society Conservator’s Choice: Walter De Maria

Feb 17, 2022

Artist Talk: Kate Shepherd

Menil Drawing Institute

Feb 23, 2022

Lecture: Professor Ellen Lupton on Pop Art and Graphic Design

Menil Drawing Institute

Feb 25, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: Modern and Contemporary Art

West African Film Festival Screening: “El Maestro”

Mar 3, 2022

Artist Talk: William T. Williams

Mar 10, 2022

Menil Contemporaries

Menil Contemporaries Partner: Michael Heizer Sculpture Tour

Menil Drawing Institute

Mar 11, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: A Conservator’s Perspective of Space and Time in Drawings

Menil Drawing Institute

Film Screening: Seeking a Shared Humanity

Mar 12, 2022

DACAMERA Stop, Look and Listen! Collection Close Up Performance

Mar 20, 2022

Curator Talk: Clare Elliott on the Dan Flavin Installation

Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue

Mar 24, 2022

Menil Society Preview: “Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition”

Member Opening: “Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition”

Mar 25, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: Natalie Dupêcher on Meret Oppenheim

Mar 30, 2022

In Conversation: Lisa Wenger and Natalie Dupêcher on Meret Oppenheim

Mar 31, 2022

Studio Menil Presents: Fun & Games!

Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue

This is a ticketed event

Apr 6, 2022

Menil Drawing Institute Research Fellow Lecture: Anna Lovatt

Menil Drawing Institute

Apr 7, 2022

Menil Contemporaries

Menil Contemporaries Spring Mixer

Apr 8, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: “Collection Close-Up: Bruce Davidson’s Photographs”

Apr 9, 2022

Artist Talk: Marcia Kure

Menil Drawing Institute

Apr 10, 2022

Curator Talk: Paul R. Davis on the Ditidaht Ceremonial Screen

Apr 12, 2022

Menil Society Spring Cocktails

Apr 21, 2022

Menil Society Preview: “Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw”

Menil Drawing Institute

Member Opening: “Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw”

Menil Drawing Institute

Apr 22, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: Herakles on Ancient Greek Vases

Apr 27, 2022

In Conversation: Esther Adler and Anthony Pinn on the Spiritual Landscapes of Joseph E. Yoakum

Menil Drawing Institute

Apr 30, 2022

Neighborhood Community Day

May 5, 2022

On Drawing: Graham Bader on Kurt Schwitters

Menil Drawing Institute

May 6, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: Medevial Tapestry

May 7, 2022

Bring Your Own Beamer (BYOB)

Main Building Lawn

8:30–10:30 p.m.

May 11, 2022

Panel Discussion: Witnessing Worlds in Transition

May 15, 2022

Curator Talk: Danielle Bennett on Greek Vase Painting

May 20, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: Charcoal as an Artistic Medium

Menil Drawing Institute

Jun 2, 2022

Lecture: Leslie Umberger on Self-Taught Artists

Menil Drawing Institute

Jun 4, 2022

The Menil Collection’s 35th Birthday Party

Main Building Lawn

Jun 7, 2022

Meet the Menil: New Member Reception

Jun 8, 2022

Menil Drawing Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellow Lecture: Filippo Bosco

Menil Drawing Institute

Jun 10, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: “Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw” with Edouard Kopp

Menil Drawing Institute

Jun 12, 2022

Curator Talk: Edouard Kopp on Joseph E. Yoakum’s Landscapes

Menil Drawing Institute

Jun 23, 2022

In Conversation: Pete Gershon and Edouard Kopp on Visionary Artists Joseph E. Yoakum and Jeff McKissick

Menil Drawing Institute

Jun 24, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: Kelly Montana on Marcia Kure’s “NETWORK”

Menil Drawing Institute

Jul 8, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: Visionary Flight: C.A.A. Dellschau’s Drawings

Menil Drawing Institute

Jul 10, 2022

Curator Talk: Natalie Dupêcher on Meret Oppenheim’s Surrealist Work

Jul 16, 2022

Inprint Writing Workout

11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Jul 20, 2022

Menil Society Fellow+ Summer Library Program

Jul 22, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: Paul R. Davis on the Pacific Northwest Foyer Installation

Aug 5, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: Conservation on Niki de Saint Phalle Sculpture

Aug 6, 2022

Inprint Writing Workout

Menil Drawing Institute

11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Aug 9, 2022

Menil Contemporaries

Menil Contemporaries Cocktails with a Curator: “Samuel Fosso: African Spirits”

Aug 14, 2022

Curator Talk: Michelle White on Cy Twombly’s “Untitled (Say Goodbye, Catullus, to the Shores of Asia Minor)”

Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street

Aug 19, 2022

Member Noontime Talk: Michelle White on the Modern and Contemporary Galleries

Aug 26, 2022

Film Screening: Octopus’s Garden

The Menil Collection

1533 Sul Ross St.
Houston, TX 77006

713-525-9400

Wed–Sun 11am–7pm

Free Admission

Wed–Sun 11am–7pm

Free Admission

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