Upcoming Exhibitions
Silence
July 27 – October 21, 2012
Silence is a powerful force. It can produce profound emotions or conjure startling sensory experiences, and it seems inextricably linked to the passage of time. A prerequisite for contemplative thought, silence has become a scarce commodity in today’s media-saturated world...
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Dear John & Dominique: Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives
August 10, 2012 – January 6, 2013
This exhibition commemorates the Menil’s 25th anniversary. It celebrates the founders of the Menil Collection, John and Dominique de Menil, through the words and images in the letters and drawings sent to them by their friends: artists, curators, museum directors, architects, family members and intellectuals.
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Love and Africa
December 1, 2012 – March 17, 2013
Numerous scholars have addressed the ways media, technology, and capitalism have affected Western notions of love over the last few centuries. Little attention, however, has been paid to the impact of these forces on the conception of love in Africa, or even to the subject itself. “Love and Africa” explores romantic love, self-love, friendship, familial affect, love of one’s country, and other bonds in and around the continent.
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Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible
April 12 – August 18, 2013
Self-described “visionary” artist Forrest Bess (1911–77) is a unique figure in the history of American art. For most of his career, Bess lived an isolated existence in a fishing camp outside of Bay City, Texas, eking out a meager living by selling bait and fishing. By night and during the off-season, however, he read, wrote, and painted prolifically, creating an extraordinary body of mostly small-scale canvases rich with enigmatic symbolism...
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