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Watch Past Programs
Oct 16
Public Program
“Enchanted: Visual Histories of the Central Andes” Community Day
Main Building Lawn
3–6:30 p.m.
Oct 15
Public Program
Zoila Mendoza Lecture: The Folkloric Arts of the Peruvian Andes
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 9
Public Program
Da Camera: Stop, Look, and Listen!
Main Building Lawn
3–4 p.m.
Oct 1
Public Program
Cancelled - Artist Talk: Marcia Kure
West Main Green
7–8 p.m.
Sep 10
Public Program
Public Opening of “Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s”
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Sep 1
Public Program
In Dialogue: On the Chimú Prisoner Textile
Online
1–2 p.m.
Aug 27
Public Program
Land Mark Land Scape
West Main Green
8–9:30 p.m.
Aug 24
Public Program
Texas Talks Art: Rick Lowe with Michelle White
Online
12–1 p.m.
Aug 18
Public Program
Artist Talk: Ken Lum on Monuments
Online
1–2 p.m.
Jun 22
Public Program
In Dialogue: On an Ancient Votive Figure
Online
1–2 p.m.
Jun 20
Public Program
Sounds to Live By: Sun Songs
Main Building Lawn
4–6 p.m.
Jun 16
Public Program
Artist Talk: Alice Aycock
Online
1–2 p.m.
Jun 5
Public Program
“Specters of Noon” Community Day
Main Building Lawn
3–6 p.m.
May 26
Public Program
Menil Drawing Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellow Lecture: Saskia Verlaan
Online
1–2 p.m.
May 24
Public Program
DACAMERA Stop, Look and Listen! Concert: Celebrating Rothko
Online
10 a.m.–8 p.m.
May 15
Public Program
Outdoor Screening: BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)
Main Building Lawn
8:30–10:30 p.m.
May 12
Public Program
Artist Talk: Roni Horn in Conversation with Michelle White
Online
6–7 p.m.
May 8
Public Program
Outdoor Music: Stop, Look and Listen! Family Concert
Main Building Lawn
3–4 p.m.
May 4
Public Program
On Drawing: Paper, A Foundation to Drawing with Jan Burandt and Cathleen Baker
Online
1–2 p.m.
Apr 27
Public Program
Film Discussion: “Sun of the Soil”
Online
1–2 p.m.
Apr 24
Public Program
Outdoor Screening: “Sun of the Soil”
Main Building Lawn
8–9 p.m.
Apr 21
Public Program
Morgan-Menil Biennial Lecture: Charlotte Healy
Online
1–2 p.m.
Apr 17
Public Program
Outdoor Screening with Aurora Picture Show: Allora & Calzadilla Films
Main Building Lawn
8–9 p.m.
Public Program
Book Launch: “Specters of Noon” Catalogue
Menil Bookstore
6–7 p.m.
Public Program
[Postponed] Stop, Look and Listen!: Will Cruz and Quattro
Main Building Lawn
4–5 p.m.
Apr 11
Public Program
Outdoor Screening: Roberto Rossellini’s “Paisan”
Main Building Lawn
8–10 p.m.
Apr 9
Public Program
Symposium on Italian Drawings from the Twentieth Century: Panel on the Interconnections Between American and Italian Artists
Online
12–1:30 p.m.
Apr 8
Public Program
Symposium on Italian Drawings from the Twentieth Century: Panel on Women Artists
Online
12–1:30 p.m.
Apr 7
Public Program
Symposium on Italian Drawings from the Twentieth Century: Keynote Lecture by Professor Emily Braun
Online
12–1 p.m.
Mar 24
Public Program
On Drawing: “Fluxus Forms” with Natilee Harren
Online
1–2 p.m.
Mar 10
Public Program
In Dialogue: On Byzantine Icons
Online
1–2 p.m.
Mar 2
Public Program
In Dialogue: On Acedia and “Specters of Noon”
Online
6–7 p.m.
Feb 10
Public Program
In Dialogue: On Italian Drawings from the Twentieth Century
Online
12–1 p.m.
Jan 13
Public Program
In Dialogue: Funerary Figures and Remembering the Living with Jean-Philippe Beaulieu
Online
1–2 p.m.
Dec 8, 2020
Public Program
DACAMERA at the Menil: Cy Twombly and Music
Online
7–8 p.m.
Public Program
In Dialogue: On Aimé Césaire and “Specters of Noon”
Online
6–7 p.m.
Dec 2, 2020
Public Program
Book Talk: “Modern in the Making” with Sandra Zalman
Online
2–3 p.m.
Nov 21, 2020
Public Program
Musical Performance: Stop, Look and Listen!: Jazz on the Lawn
Main Building Lawn
3–4 p.m.
Nov 17, 2020
Public Program
Sarah Rothenberg, “The Departing Landscape”
Online
7–8 p.m.
Oct 27, 2020
Public Program
In Dialogue: On Specters of Noon
Online
6–7 p.m.
Oct 23, 2020
Public Program
Outdoor Film Screening: Exquisite Cinema of the Surreal
Main Building
7–8:30 p.m.
Oct 20, 2020
Public Program
Hybrid Vigor: Frankenthaler and Ravel
Online
7–8 p.m.
Oct 6, 2020
Public Program
In Dialogue: Helen Frankenthaler’s Abstraction
Online
6–7 p.m.
Sep 24, 2020
Public Program
In Dialogue: On Recent Work with Tony Lewis
Online
6–7 p.m.
Sep 16, 2020
Public Program
In Dialogue: On Brice Marden’s Drawings
Online
6–7 p.m.
Sep 9, 2020
Public Program
In Dialogue: Unraveling a Tapestry of Africa
Online
6–7 p.m.
Aug 19, 2020
Public Program
In Dialogue: Through Jay DeFeo’s Lens
Online
6–7 p.m.
Jul 29, 2020
Public Program
In Dialogue: Dan Flavin’s Light Sculpture
Online
6–7 p.m.
Jul 15, 2020
Public Program
In Dialogue: On New Work with Jamal Cyrus
Online
6–7 p.m.
Mar 11, 2020
Public Program
Exhibition Reception: Photography and the Surreal Imagination
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Mar 8, 2020
Public Program
Curator Talk: Paul R. Davis on Bird-Figure Shrines from West Africa
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Feb 22, 2020
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston Concert: Stop, Look, and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Feb 21, 2020
Public Program
Artist Talk: Brice Marden
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 20, 2020
Public Program
Public Opening of Think of Them as Spaces: Brice Marden’s Drawings
Menil Drawing Institute
7–9 p.m.
Feb 12, 2020
Public Program
Carl Phillips Poetry Reading
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
7–8 p.m.
Feb 9, 2020
Public Program
Curator Talk: Edouard Kopp on Jorinde Voigt’s Vertical
Menil Drawing Institute
3–4 p.m.
Jan 31, 2020
Public Program
Artist Talk: Glenn Ligon
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Jan 24, 2020
Public Program
Film Screening: Abbas Kiarostami’s Through the Olive Trees
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Jan 12, 2020
Public Program
Curator Talk: Irene Shum on Siah Armajani’s Written Minneapolis (The Last Tomb)
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Jan 9, 2020
Public Program
On Art and Birds: Artist Joseph Havel in Conversation with Curator Paul R. Davis
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Dec 14, 2019
Public Program
Gallery Talk: Dr. Nassos Papalexandrou on Art of the Ancient World
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Dec 13, 2019
Public Program
Pretti.Cool Trunk Show at Menil Bookstore
Menil Bookstore
6–8 p.m.
Dec 11, 2019
Public Program
Book Launch of Drawing Is Everything: Founding Gifts of the Menil Drawing Institute
Menil Drawing Institute
5–7 p.m.
Dec 8, 2019
Public Program
Curator Talk: Edouard Kopp on Jean-Jacques Lequeu
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Dec 5, 2019
Public Program
Professor Fred Myers Lecture: The Work of Art: The Gift and Invitation of Indigenous Australian Art
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 22, 2019
Public Program
Concert: Maki Namekawa Performs Philip Glass’s First Piano Sonata
Main Building
This is a ticketed event
7–8:30 p.m.
Nov 16, 2019
Public Program
Da Camera: Stop, Look and Listen! Young Artists Respond to Mapa Wiya
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Nov 15, 2019
Public Program
Public Opening of Collection Close-Up: Of Heaven and Earth
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 14, 2019
Public Program
Barry Bergdoll Lecture: Jean-Jacques Lequeu: The Architectural Imagination in the Age of Reason
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Nov 10, 2019
Public Program
Curator Talk with Paul R. Davis on Kunmanara (Mumu Mike) Williams
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Nov 7, 2019
Public Program
An Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Professors Howard and Frances Morphy with Curator of Collections Paul R. Davis on Mapping Culture and Language
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 30, 2019
Public Program
Conservation and the Artist’s Voice
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 13, 2019
Public Program
Curator Talk with Clare Elliott on Dorothea Tanning
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Oct 12, 2019
Public Program
Da Camera: Stop, Look and Listen! Jazz on the Lawn
Main Building Lawn
3–4 p.m.
Oct 10, 2019
Public Program
Reading and Book Launch: Paul Otremba’s Levee
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 3, 2019
Public Program
Public Opening of Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect
Menil Drawing Institute
7–9 p.m.
Oct 1, 2019
Public Program
Book Launch and Discussion: Cy Twombly, Treatise on the Veil, 1970
Main Building
6–7:30 p.m.
Sep 28, 2019
Public Program
Artist Talk: Jorinde Voigt
Menil Drawing Institute
5–6 p.m.
Sep 14, 2019
Public Program
Community Day: Mapa Wiya (Your Map’s Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Fondation Opale
Main Building Lawn
11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Sep 13, 2019
Public Program
Public Opening Celebration: Mapa Wiya (Your Map’s Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Fondation Opale
Main Building
6–9 p.m.
Sep 8, 2019
Public Program
Curator Talk with Michelle White on Cy Twombly’s Treatise on the Veil
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Sep 4, 2019
Public Program
Artist Talk: Robyn O'Neil
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Aug 28, 2019
Public Program
Fred Baldwin Talk and Book Signing: Dear Mr. Picasso: An Illustrated Love Affair with Freedom
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jun 15, 2019
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
6:15–6:45 p.m.
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
5:30–6 p.m.
Jun 14, 2019
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
6:15–6:45 p.m.
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
5:30–6 p.m.
Jun 13, 2019
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
6:15–6:45 p.m.
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
5:30–6 p.m.
Jun 5, 2019
Public Program
Artist Talk with Mineko Grimmer
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 24, 2019
Public Program
Menil Bookstore Trunk Show: Kari Breitigam
Menil Bookstore
6–8 p.m.
May 22, 2019
Public Program
Writers in the Schools, The Watchful Eye Reading
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 17, 2019
Public Program
Marion Barthelme Lecture: Lucy Lippard
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 16, 2019
Public Program
Vivian L. Smith Foundation Symposium: Little Magazines: The Revolution Will Be Circulated
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Apr 25, 2019
Public Program
Morgan Menil Biennial Lecture: Antonia Pocock
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Apr 14, 2019
Public Program
Curators Lecture Series with Haley Berkman Karren on Yves Klein
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Apr 13, 2019
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen! A musical reflection on the work of Roni Horn
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Apr 5, 2019
Public Program
BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)
Main Building Lawn
8–10 p.m.
Apr 3, 2019
Public Program
Robin Coste Lewis Reading and Book Signing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
