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Current Exhibitions
On view through August 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo
Jan 24 – Jul 13, 2025
Main Building
Joe Overstreet: Taking Flight
Apr 2 – Aug 3, 2025
Main Building
Foyer Installation: René Magritte
Mar 21 – Aug 10, 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
What drawing can be: four responses
Jan 29 – Oct 19, 2025
Main Building
Animals, Monsters, and Creatures from the Collection
Main Building
A Surrealist Wunderkammer
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil
Nov 4, 2017
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston, Stop, Look and Listen! 30 Years of Music and Art
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Nov 8, 2017
Public Program
Naomi Shihab Nye Poetry Workshop in conjunction with Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma
Main Building
1–4 p.m.
Nov 9, 2017
Public Program
Naomi Shihab Nye Poetry Reading
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 11, 2017
Public Program
Joseph Havel on Mona Hatoum
Main Building
2–3 p.m.
Nov 17, 2017
Public Program
Houston Palestine Film Festival: Films of Mona Hatoum
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 30, 2017
Public Program
Darby English, Ph.D., on 1971, A Year in the Life of Color
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Dec 9, 2017
Public Program
Lisa Lapinski Gallery Talk on Mona Hatoum
Main Building
2–3:30 p.m.
Jan 11, 2018
Public Program
Noah Simblist Walking the Length of a Knife’s Edge: Mona Hatoum’s Contradictions
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 20, 2018
Public Program
Mary Wemple Words & Art Poetry Workshop
Main Building
1–3 p.m.
Jan 24, 2018
Public Program
Rebecca Solnit Lecture and Book Signing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 3, 2018
Public Program
Sehba Sarwar On Belonging
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
2–4 p.m.
Feb 4, 2018
Public Program
Sehba Sarwar On Belonging
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
2–4 p.m.
Feb 9, 2018
Public Program
Marion Barthelme Lecture with Rachael Z. DeLue on Kara Walker
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 21, 2018
Public Program
Mary Wemple Words & Art Poetry Reading
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 22, 2018
Public Program
Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Menil Library
12–7 p.m.
Public Program
Night at the Menil
Main Building
5–9 p.m.
Feb 24, 2018
Public Program
Da Camera Stop, Look and Listen! Reflections on Mona Hatoum’s Terra Infirma Exhibition
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Mar 1, 2018
Public Program
Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement, Reem Fadda Lecture
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
6:30–7:30 p.m.
Mar 7, 2018
Public Program
Mary Jacobus, On Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
7–8 p.m.
Mar 10, 2018
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen! Family Concert
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
2–3 p.m.
Mar 16, 2018
Public Program
Dickie Landry Concert at Byzantine Fresco Chapel
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
7–8 p.m.
Mar 25, 2018
Public Program
Merce Cunningham Dance and Concert, Arrivals and Departures: Cage, Cunningham, and Johns
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
This is a ticketed event
1–2 p.m.
Mar 27, 2018
Public Program
Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John De Menil
Rothko Chapel
This is a ticketed event
7–8 p.m.
Apr 6, 2018
Public Program
Aurora Picture Show BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)
Main Building
8:30–10:30 p.m.
Apr 13, 2018
Public Program
Vivian L. Smith Foundation Symposium
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
7–9 p.m.
Apr 14, 2018
Public Program
Da Camera Stop, Look and Listen! Beethoven for All
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
3–4 p.m.
May 3, 2018
Public Program
Riyaaz Qawwali Concert
Main Building Lawn
7–8 p.m.
May 16, 2018
Public Program
The Watchful Eye: A Writers in the Schools Student Reading
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
7–8 p.m.
Jun 8, 2018
Public Program
Menil Bookstore Jewelry Trunk Show: Ludmila Ivanova and Kaneem Smith
Menil Bookstore
5–7 p.m.
Jun 22, 2018
Public Program
Book Release Reception: Untitled Trip by Ryan Hollaway
Menil Bookstore
5–7 p.m.
Current Exhibitions
On view through August 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo
Jan 24 – Jul 13, 2025
Main Building
Joe Overstreet: Taking Flight
Apr 2 – Aug 3, 2025
Main Building
Foyer Installation: René Magritte
Mar 21 – Aug 10, 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
What drawing can be: four responses
Jan 29 – Oct 19, 2025
Main Building
Animals, Monsters, and Creatures from the Collection
Main Building
A Surrealist Wunderkammer
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil