Calendar
Voices of the Menil: A Cell Phone Audio Walk
Stroll the museum’s campus accompanied by the recorded words of John and Dominique de Menil, Renzo Piano, and others whose descriptions will illuminate the outdoor sculpture and architecture for visitors.
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Dear John and Dominique: Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives
On view through January 6, 2013
This 25th anniversary exhibition celebrates the museum’s founders through letters they exchanged with family members, as well as the artists, curators, museum directors, architects, and intellectuals who were their friends. This exhibition is generously supported by Baker Botts L.L.P., William F. Stern, and the City of Houston.
Philip Glass in Performance
Sunday, December 2, Noon
Celebrated American composer Philip Glass will perform an original composition commissioned by the Menil Collection, one of a series of études that have been likened to J.S. Bach’s Inventions.
Free Public Program, Tickets Required
Menil Contemporaries
Bleu Electrique
Saturday, December 1, 2012, 8:30 p.m.
Co-chaired by
Linsay and Jeremy Radcliffe,
Isabel and Danny David, and Kelly and Russell Hamman
The Menil Contemporaries and young arts patrons will gather for a special evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, music, and dancing.
Menil 25th Anniversary Celebration in Blue
Friday, November 30, 2012
Chaired by Franci Crane, Sara Dodd-Spickelmier, Isabel Lummis, Susan de Menil, and Karen Pinson. With Honorary Chairs the Ambassador of France to the United States, François Delattre; Paal Kibsgaard; Jasper Johns; and Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso.
Menil friends from around the globe will celebrate the museum’s 25th anniversary at this benefit evening with cocktails, a seated dinner, dancing, and a silent art auction.
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Poems for a Quarter Century
Saturday, November 3, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Sasha West, poet, professor, and literary editor, will curate an evening of poetry readings about art and artists whose work hangs in the Menil Collection, including poems by Houston school children who visit the museum through the Writing at the Menil program.
Free Public Program
Making a Museum
Calvin Tomkins
Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Author Calvin Tomkins, who over three decades reported on the art milieu of John and Dominique de Menil in the New Yorker, recalls their world in conversation with Josef Helfenstein, director of the Menil Collection.
Free Public Program
Menil Birthday Party
Saturday, September 22, 2012, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Enjoy birthday cake, music on the lawn, and a scavenger hunt.
Mayor’s proclamation at 4:00 p.m.
Free Public Program
Yo-Yo Ma in Concert at the Menil SOLD OUT
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Arguably the world’s most famous cellist, Yo-Yo Ma will perform in the museum for a benefit evening in honor of the Menil Collection’s 25th anniversary. Cocktails, concert, and seated dinner. Very limited seating.