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Current Exhibitions
Mar 24 – Aug 13, 2023
Main Building
The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps
Feb 17 – Jul 9, 2023
Main Building
Art of the Cameroon Grassfields, A Living Heritage in Houston
Apr 21 – Sep 3, 2023
Menil Drawing Institute
Si Lewen: The Parade
Apr 21 – Sep 3, 2023
Menil Drawing Institute
Hyperreal: Gray Foy
Oct 20, 2022 – Sep 2023
Menil Drawing Institute
Wall Drawing Series: Mel Bochner
May 3, 2023 – Sep 10, 2024
Main Building
About “Art Has Many Facets”
Cy Twombly Gallery
Works by Cy Twombly
Richmond Hall
Dan Flavin Installation
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil
May 5, 2022
Public Program
On Drawing: Graham Bader on Kurt Schwitters
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
May 6, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Medevial Tapestry
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
May 7, 2022
Public Program
Bring Your Own Beamer (BYOB)
Main Building Lawn
8:30–10:30 p.m.
May 11, 2022
Public Program
Panel Discussion: Witnessing Worlds in Transition
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 15, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Danielle Bennett on Greek Vase Painting
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
May 20, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Charcoal as an Artistic Medium
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Jun 2, 2022
Public Program
Lecture: Leslie Umberger on Self-Taught Artists
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Jun 4, 2022
Public Program
The Menil Collection’s 35th Birthday Party
Main Building Lawn
4–6 p.m.
Jun 7, 2022
Membership
Meet the Menil: New Member Reception
Main Building
6–7:30 p.m.
Jun 8, 2022
Public Program
Menil Drawing Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellow Lecture: Filippo Bosco
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Jun 10, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: “Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw” with Edouard Kopp
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Jun 12, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Edouard Kopp on Joseph E. Yoakum’s Landscapes
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Jun 23, 2022
Public Program
In Conversation: Pete Gershon and Edouard Kopp on Visionary Artists Joseph E. Yoakum and Jeff McKissick
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Jun 24, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Kelly Montana on Marcia Kure’s “NETWORK”
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Jul 8, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Visionary Flight: C.A.A. Dellschau’s Drawings
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Jul 10, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Natalie Dupêcher on Meret Oppenheim’s Surrealist Work
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Jul 16, 2022
Public Program
Inprint Writing Workout
Main Building
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Jul 20, 2022
Menil Society
Menil Society Fellow+ Summer Library Program
Main Building
5:30–7 p.m.
Jul 22, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Paul R. Davis on the Pacific Northwest Foyer Installation
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Aug 5, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Conservation on Niki de Saint Phalle Sculpture
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Aug 6, 2022
Public Program
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”
Main Building
6–7:30 p.m.
Aug 14, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Michelle White on Cy Twombly’s “Untitled (Say Goodbye, Catullus, to the Shores of Asia Minor)”
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
3–3:30 p.m.
Aug 19, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Michelle White on the Modern and Contemporary Galleries
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Aug 26, 2022
Public Program
Film Screening: Octopus’s Garden
Main Building
8:30–10 p.m.
Sep 9, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Meret Oppenheim with Natalie Dupêcher
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Sep 11, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Natalie Dupêcher on Meret Oppenheim
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Sep 15, 2022
Public Program
Postponed - Artist Talk: Nancy Grossman
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Sep 20, 2022
Membership
Director’s Talk for Menil Members
Main Building
6–7:30 p.m.
Sep 22, 2022
Public Program
On Drawing: Renee Gladman
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Sep 23, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Paul R. Davis on Samuel Fosso
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Sep 27, 2022
Menil Society
Menil Society Curator’s Choice: Thompson and Takis
Main Building
5:30–7 p.m.
Sep 30, 2022
Public Program
“Samuel Fosso: African Spirits” Exhibition Reception
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
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.
Current Exhibitions
Mar 24 – Aug 13, 2023
Main Building
The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps
Feb 17 – Jul 9, 2023
Main Building
Art of the Cameroon Grassfields, A Living Heritage in Houston
Apr 21 – Sep 3, 2023
Menil Drawing Institute
Si Lewen: The Parade
Apr 21 – Sep 3, 2023
Menil Drawing Institute
Hyperreal: Gray Foy
Oct 20, 2022 – Sep 2023
Menil Drawing Institute
Wall Drawing Series: Mel Bochner
May 3, 2023 – Sep 10, 2024
Main Building
About “Art Has Many Facets”
Cy Twombly Gallery
Works by Cy Twombly
Richmond Hall
Dan Flavin Installation
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil