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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 3, 2018
Public Program
Menil Drawing Institute Community Celebration
Menil Drawing Institute
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Nov 7, 2018
Public Program
Artist Talk with Suzan Frecon
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Nov 11, 2018
Public Program
Curator Lecture with Clare Elliott on Max Ernst
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Nov 15, 2018
Public Program
Adam Vines Reading and Book Signing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Dec 8, 2018
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Dec 9, 2018
Public Program
Curators Lecture with Paul Davis on Art of the Pacific Islands
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Dec 12, 2018
Public Program
Jay Wehnert Lecture and Book Signing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 9, 2019
Public Program
John Yau: Jasper Johns and the Damaged Human Body
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 13, 2019
Public Program
Curators Lecture Series with Kelly Montana on Jasper Johns
Menil Drawing Institute
3–4 p.m.
Jan 23, 2019
Public Program
Roberta Bernstein, Jasper Johns’s Painting and Drawing: A Dialogue
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 25, 2019
Public Program
Public Opening of Contemporary Focus: Trenton Doyle Hancock
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Jan 26, 2019
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Feb 6, 2019
Public Program
Artist Talk: Trenton Doyle Hancock in conversation with Senior Curator Michelle White
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 8, 2019
Public Program
Society for the Performing Arts: Michelle Dorrance
Main Building
6:30–7:30 p.m.
Feb 10, 2019
Public Program
Curators Lecture Series with Irene Shum on John Cage
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Feb 12, 2019
Public Program
Artist Talk: Tacita Dean
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Feb 14, 2019
Public Program
Public Opening of Roni Horn: When I Breathe, I Draw
Menil Drawing Institute
7–9 p.m.
Feb 23, 2019
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen! Family Concert
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Mar 10, 2019
Public Program
Curators Lecture Series with Michelle White on Roni Horn
Menil Drawing Institute
3–4 p.m.
Mar 20, 2019
Public Program
A Meditation on John Cage
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Mar 22, 2019
Public Program
Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Main Building
3–7 p.m.
Apr 3, 2019
Public Program
Robin Coste Lewis Reading and Book Signing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Apr 5, 2019
Public Program
BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)
Main Building Lawn
8–10 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 14, 2019
Public Program
Curators Lecture Series with Haley Berkman Karren on Yves Klein
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Apr 25, 2019
Public Program
Morgan Menil Biennial Lecture: Antonia Pocock
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.
May 17, 2019
Public Program
Marion Barthelme Lecture: Lucy Lippard
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 22, 2019
Public Program
Writers in the Schools, The Watchful Eye Reading
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 24, 2019
Public Program
Menil Bookstore Trunk Show: Kari Breitigam
Menil Bookstore
6–8 p.m.
Jun 5, 2019
Public Program
Artist Talk with Mineko Grimmer
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jun 13, 2019
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
5:30–6 p.m.
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
6:15–6:45 p.m.
Jun 14, 2019
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
5:30–6 p.m.
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
6:15–6:45 p.m.
Jun 15, 2019
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
5:30–6 p.m.
Public Program
Live at the Menil: Mineko Grimmer x John Cage
Main Building
6:15–6:45 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