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Current Exhibitions
Oct 11, 2024 – Apr 19, 2025
Main Building
Tacita Dean: Blind Folly
Sep 20, 2024 – Jan 26, 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Fragments of Memory
Sep 20, 2024 – Jan 26, 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms
On view through August 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo
Main Building
A Surrealist Wunderkammer
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil
May 6, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Drawings in Depth
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
May 7, 2016
Public Program
MenilFest!
Main Building and Campus
11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Public Program
Stop, Look, and Listen!
Menil foyer
1–2 p.m.
May 10, 2016
Friends of the Library
Annual Friends of the Library Reception
Texas Gallery, 2012 Peden Street
6–7:30 p.m.
May 13, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Jasper Johns
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
May 14, 2016
Public Program
BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)
Menil campus
8–10 p.m.
May 17, 2016
Menil Contemporaries
Cocktails with a Curator: The World According to CPLY
Main Building
6–7:30 p.m.
May 19, 2016
Public Program
WITS Watchful Eye Reading
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 20, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Flavin & Conservation
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
12–1 p.m.
May 21, 2016
Public Program
Conversation: Francis Alÿs and Lynne Cooke
Main Building
2–3 p.m.
May 27, 2016
Public Program
BYOB (Bring You Own Beamer) Rescheduled Date
Main Building
8:30–10:30 p.m.
Jun 2, 2016
Menil Contemporaries
Menil Contemporaries Campaign Fund Dinner
Main Building
This is a ticketed event
7–10 p.m.
Jun 9, 2016
Menil Society
Preview of As Essential as Dreams
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Exhibition Opening Event
Public Opening of As Essential as Dreams
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Jun 14, 2016
Membership
New Members’ Reception
Main Building
6–7:30 p.m.
Jun 15, 2016
Public Program
CANCELED Visionary and Self-Taught Art in the Community
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jun 17, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on As Essential as Dreams
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jun 24, 2016
Public Program
An Outdoor Celebration of As Essential as Dreams with Lonnie Holley
Discovery Green
1500 McKinney, Downtown Houston
7:30–10:30 p.m.
Jun 25, 2016
Public Program
Eva Hesse Film Screening at MFAH
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium
7–9 p.m.
Jun 26, 2016
Public Program
Eva Hesse Film Screening at MFAH
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium
5–7 p.m.
Jul 22, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on The Fabiola Project
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
12–1 p.m.
Aug 5, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on The Pathway to Conservation
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Aug 12, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on As Essential as Dreams
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Aug 24, 2016
Public Program
Visionary and Self-Taught Art in the Community
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Aug 25, 2016
Menil Contemporaries
An Evening at Smither Park
Smither Park
6:30–8 p.m.
Aug 26, 2016
Public Program
Fabiola
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
7–8 p.m.
Aug 31, 2016
Public Program
After Sunset Sessions: Music
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Sep 7, 2016
Public Program
Shedding Light
Aurora Picture Show
2442 Bartlett St.
7:30–9 p.m.
Sep 9, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Modern and Contemporary Drawings
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Menil Drawing Institute Conversation and Lecture Series Roni Horn and David Breslin | The Primary Activity
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Sep 15, 2016
Menil Society
Menil Society Preview of Picasso The Line
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Membership
Members’ Opening of Picasso The Line
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Sep 16, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Image is Everything
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Picasso’s Lines and Drawing’s Possibilities
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Sep 23, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on the Menil Building
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Houston Grand Opera Song Cycle on the Magnificent Pretty Boy, Henry Ray Clark
Main Building
5–6:30 p.m.
Sep 24, 2016
Public Program
Houston Grand Opera Song Cycle on the Magnificent Pretty Boy, Henry Ray Clark
Main Building
7:30–8:30 p.m.
Sep 26, 2016
Public Program
The Modern Body: Picasso and the Ballet Russes
Main Building
7–8:30 p.m.
Sep 28, 2016
Public Program
After Sunset Session: From the Archives
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Sep 29, 2016
Public Program
Exhibiting and Curating Self-Taught Art
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Sep 30, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on As Essential as Dreams
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 5, 2016
Public Program
After Sunset Sessions: From the Archives
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Oct 7, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Twombly and Conservation
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
12–1 p.m.
Oct 8, 2016
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston STOP, LOOK & LISTEN! | Celebrating Jazz’s New Orleans Roots
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Oct 12, 2016
Public Program
After Sunset Sessions: Simone Swan
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Oct 14, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Picasso The Line
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 21, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on African American Print Culture in the Menil Library Special Collections
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 23, 2016
Special Event
Who R U? Menil Children’s Costume Party
Menil Park
This is a ticketed event
3–5 p.m.
Oct 26, 2016
Public Program
After Sunset Session: Meditation
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Public Program
One Whom Some Were Following: The Steins and Picasso Before Fame
Main Building
7:30–8:30 p.m.
Oct 28, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on The Fabiola Project
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
12–1 p.m.
Nov 2, 2016
Public Program
After Sunset Session: Warhol and the de Menils
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Nov 4, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Introduction to Painting Conservation
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Trevor Stark on Picasso
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 5, 2016
Menil Contemporaries
Menil Contemporaries Fund Park Crawl
Menil Park
This is a ticketed event
3–5 p.m.
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston STOP, LOOK & LISTEN! | Picasso’s Paris
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Nov 7, 2016
Corporate Partners
Corporate Conversations
Main Building
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Nov 9, 2016
Public Program
After Sunset Session: Poetry
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Nov 10, 2016
Public Program
House Is A House Is A House Discussion and Book Signing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 11, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Modern and Contemporary
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Menil Drawing Institute Conversation and Lecture Series Terrance Hayes | The Syntax of Drawing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 12, 2016
Public Program
Houston Cinema Arts Festival: Amie Siegel Artist Talk and Screening
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Nov 14, 2016
Special Event
Picasso and Music | Da Camera of Houston
Main Building
This is a ticketed event
7:30–10 p.m.
Nov 15, 2016
Special Event
Picasso and Music | Da Camera of Houston
Main Building
This is a ticketed event
7:30–10 p.m.
Nov 17, 2016
Exhibition Opening Event
Public Opening of Holy Barbarians
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Nov 18, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on the Physical Nature of Drawings
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Nov 30, 2016
Public Program
After Sunset Session: Meditation on Light
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Dec 2, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Meanings in Materials: The Arts of Africa
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Dec 8, 2016
Menil Contemporaries
Menil Contemporaries Holiday Party
Main Building
This is a ticketed event
7–10 p.m.
Dec 9, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Sunset
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Dec 14, 2016
Public Program
After Sunset Session: Projectionist Notes
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Dec 15, 2016
Public Program
Seeing Sol LeWitt Lecture
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Dec 16, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Holy Barbarians
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Mexico City in the 1980s and ‘90s
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
7–8 p.m.
Jan 6, 2017
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Picasso the Line
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 7, 2017
Public Program
Paul Yamazaki on City Lights Books and Beat Culure
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 13, 2017
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on the Menil Building
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
MDI Conversation and Lecture Series with Amy Sillman
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 17, 2017
Menil Contemporaries
Cocktails with a Curator: Holy Barbarians Beat Culture on the West Coast
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Jan 20, 2017
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Surrealism in the Menil Collection
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 24, 2017
Public Program
Alias: Art and Identity in Cold War Hollywood
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 27, 2017
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Dan Flavin
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
12–1 p.m.
Jan 28, 2017
Public Program
Museum Experience Zone 1
Main Building
11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Public Program
Da Camera: Stop, Look and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Current Exhibitions
Oct 11, 2024 – Apr 19, 2025
Main Building
Tacita Dean: Blind Folly
Sep 20, 2024 – Jan 26, 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Fragments of Memory
Sep 20, 2024 – Jan 26, 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms
On view through August 2025
Menil Drawing Institute
Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo
Main Building
A Surrealist Wunderkammer
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil