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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
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil
Oct 6, 2022
Public Program
Artist Talk: Samuel Fosso in conversation with Mark Sealy
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 7, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Clare Elliott on the Byzantine Gallery
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 8, 2022
Public Program
DACAMERA Concert: Jazz on the Lawn
Main Building Lawn
3–4 p.m.
Oct 13, 2022
Special Event
Party in the Park
Menil Park
This is a ticketed event
7–10 p.m.
Oct 16, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Kelly Montana on Michael Heizer
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Oct 19, 2022
Public Program
Artist Talk: Mel Bochner
Menil Drawing Institute
6–8 p.m.
Oct 21, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Capturing the Collection with Caroline Philippone
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 28, 2022
Menil Society
Menil Society Preview for “Walter De Maria: Boxes for Meaningless Work”
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Membership
Member Opening of “Walter De Maria: Boxes for Meaningless Work”
Main Building
7–8:30 p.m.
Oct 30, 2022
Public Program
Sounds to Live By: Outdoor Music
Main Building Lawn
3–6 p.m.
Nov 2, 2022
Menil Contemporaries
On Display
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7:30 p.m.
Nov 3, 2022
Public Program
In Conversation: Michael Harrison on Walter De Maria and Music
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 4, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Thompson and Takis Foyer Installation
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Nov 5, 2022
Public Program
Michael Harrison Performance: “Revelation: Music in Pure Intonation” (2007)
Main Building
3–4:30 p.m.
Nov 11, 2022
Public Program
Film Screening: Al Santana’s “Voices of the Gods”
Main Building
7–8:30 p.m.
Nov 12, 2022
Public Program
DACAMERA Concert: Stop, Look, and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Nov 13, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Paul R. Davis on Samuel Fosso
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Nov 17, 2022
Menil Society
Menil Society Preview for “Robert Motherwell Drawing: As Fast as the Mind Itself”
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7 p.m.
Exhibition Opening Event
Member Opening of “Robert Motherwell Drawing: As Fast as the Mind Itself”
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8:30 p.m.
Nov 18, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Works on Paper with Kirsten Marples
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Panel Discussion: Cataloguing Robert Motherwell’s Drawings
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7 p.m.
Dec 3, 2022
Special Event
35th Anniversary Gala
Menil Collection South Lawn
This is a ticketed event
7–11:45 p.m.
Dec 8, 2022
Public Program
Edmund Carpenter and “Witnesses to a Surrealist Vision”: A Look Behind the Curtain
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Dec 9, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Edouard Kopp on Robert Motherwell
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Dec 11, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Michelle White on Walter De Maria
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Dec 13, 2022
Public Program
DACAMERA Alumni Artists in Concert
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Dec 16, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Michelle White on Walter De Maria
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 8, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Edouard Kopp on Robert Motherwell
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Jan 12, 2023
Public Program
Conversation: Artists on Robert Motherwell
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7:30 p.m.
Jan 13, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Natural History: Early-Printed Books in the Menil Collection Library
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 18, 2023
Public Program
In Dialogue: “The Painted Prince”
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 24, 2023
Menil Contemporaries
Cocktails with a Curator: Modern and Contemporary Inside Look
Modern and Contemporary Galleries
6–7:30 p.m.
Jan 27, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Mina Gaber on Matting and Framing
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Feb 2, 2023
Public Program
Lecture: Donna De Salvo on Walter De Maria
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 5, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Natalie Dupecher on Mildred Thompson and Takis
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Feb 7, 2023
Membership
Menil by Moonlight
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Feb 9, 2023
Public Program
Lecture: Edith Devaney on Robert Motherwell
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Feb 10, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Ancient Art with Danielle Bennett
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Feb 16, 2023
Public Program
“Art of the Cameroon Grassfields, A Living Heritage in Houston” Exhibition Reception
Main Building
7–8:30 p.m.
Feb 21, 2023
Menil Society
Menil Society Conservator’s Choice - Reconstructed through Drawings: An Afternoon with Warhol
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7:30 p.m.
Feb 24, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Paul R. Davis on “Art of the Cameroon Grassfields, A Living Heritage in Houston”
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
West African Film Festival Double Feature Screening
Main Building Lawn
6:30–9 p.m.
Mar 2, 2023
Public Program
Artist Talk: Hervé Youmbi in Conversation with Silvia Forni
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Mar 4, 2023
Public Program
Performance: A Day of Meaningless Work
Main Building
12–5 p.m.
Mar 10, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: The Conservation of “Walter De Maria: Boxes for Meaningless Work”
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Mar 12, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Paul Davis on “Art of the Cameroon Grassfields, A Living Heritage in Houston”
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Mar 15, 2023
Public Program
Reading Paper – A Sensory Experience
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7 p.m.
Mar 23, 2023
Menil Society
Menil Society Preview: “The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps”
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Membership
Member Opening: “The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps”
Main Building
7–8:30 p.m.
Mar 24, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Lee Krasner’s Life Drawings with Isabel Bird
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Artists on Walter Hopps: Larry Bell, George Herms, and Ed Ruscha
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Mar 25, 2023
Public Program
DACAMERA Concert: Stop, Look, and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Mar 29, 2023
Special Event
Menil-Themed Trivia Night and Public Beer Launch
Eureka Heights Brewery
7–9 p.m.
Apr 1, 2023
Public Program
Neighborhood Community Day
Main Building
12–5 p.m.
Apr 5, 2023
Public Program
Lecture with Paul R. Davis: A “Mabuh” Headdress at the Menil
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Apr 6, 2023
Menil Contemporaries
Spring Mixer
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Apr 11, 2023
Menil Society
Spring Cocktails
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Apr 13, 2023
Public Program
Artist Talk: Robert Longo
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Apr 14, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Clare Elliott on “The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps”
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Apr 16, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Clare Elliott on “The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps”
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Apr 20, 2023
Public Program
“Hyperreal: Gray Foy” Exhibition Reception
Menil Drawing Institute
6–8 p.m.
Apr 26, 2023
Public Program
Drawn from the Classroom: Menil Drawing Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellow Lecture: Isabel Bird
Menil Drawing Institute
6–8 p.m.
Apr 27, 2023
Public Program
Dr. Victoria Massie: Refracting Biological Vision: The Poetics of Genetic Cameroonian Ancestry
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Apr 28, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Sophie Asakura on Byzantine Icons
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
May 4, 2023
Public Program
In Conversation: Art Spiegelman on Si Lewen and Graphic Novels
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
May 5, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Suzan Frecon Drawings
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
May 6, 2023
Public Program
BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)
Main Building
8:30–10:30 p.m.
May 12, 2023
Public Program
WITS (Writers in the Schools) Reading
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 13, 2023
Public Program
Advanced Photography Workshop with Houston Center for Photography
Main Building
11 a.m.–4 p.m.
May 18, 2023
Public Program
“Seeking the Human Spirit” Performances by Houston Grand Opera
Main Building
5:30–8 p.m.
May 19, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: “Hyperreal: Gray Foy”
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
May 21, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Kirsten Marples on “Hyperreal: Gray Foy”
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Jun 6, 2023
Membership
Meet the Menil: New Member Reception
Main Building
6–7:30 p.m.
Jun 8, 2023
Public Program
Dr. Joshua Furman Lecture: Antisemitism in the Archive: Documenting Prejudice in Houston Jewish History
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7 p.m.
Jun 9, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Surrealism
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jun 15, 2023
Public Program
Book Talk: “Artists We’ve Known”
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jun 22, 2023
Public Program
Morgan-Menil Fellow Lecture: Brian T. Leahy
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7 p.m.
Jun 23, 2023
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: “Si Lewen: The Parade”
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Jun 24, 2023
Public Program
Community Photography Workshop with Houston Center for Photography
Main Building
11 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Jun 25, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Kelly Montana on Si Lewen
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 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
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil