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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
Mar 16 – Nov 10, 2024
Main Building
Portraits of Women from the Collection
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil
Oct 3, 2018
Public Program
Artist Talk with Leslie Hewitt and Courtney J. Martin
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Oct 5, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Claes Oldenburg and the Geometric Mouse
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 6, 2018
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen! Jazz on the Lawn
Main Building Lawn
3–4 p.m.
Oct 12, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Max Ernst: Methods, Stories, Invention
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 14, 2018
Public Program
Curators Lecture Series with Natalie Dupêcher on Joan Miró
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Oct 16, 2018
Menil Society
Menil Society Curator’s Choice Tour with Clare Elliott
Main Building
5:30–7 p.m.
Oct 19, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Contemporary Art
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Gray Foy: Drawings 1941–1975 Book Signing
Menil Bookstore
6–8 p.m.
Oct 26, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Two of Sixteen Americans: Frank Stella and Louise Nevelson
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 28, 2018
Special Event
Who R U?
Menil Park
This is a ticketed event
3–5 p.m.
Nov 2, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Preparing Artwork for Loans and Exhibition*
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Membership
Menil Drawing Institute Member Celebration
Menil Drawing Institute
7:30–9:30 p.m.
Nov 3, 2018
Public Program
Menil Drawing Institute Community Celebration
Menil Drawing Institute
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Nov 6, 2018
Menil Society
Menil Society Tour of “The Condition of Being Here: Drawings by Jasper Johns”
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7:30 p.m.
Nov 7, 2018
Public Program
Artist Talk with Suzan Frecon
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Nov 9, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Joe Overstreet and the Contemporary Galleries
Main Building
12–1 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.
Nov 16, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Nov 30, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: The Condition of Being Here: Drawings by Jasper Johns
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Dec 7, 2018
Special Event
Menil Contemporaries Holiday Party
Main Building
This is a ticketed event
8–11 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.
Dec 14, 2018
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Contemporary Highlights: Theaster Gates and Leslie Hewitt
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 9, 2019
Public Program
John Yau: Jasper Johns and the Damaged Human Body
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 11, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Sounds of Oceania
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 13, 2019
Public Program
Curators Lecture Series with Kelly Montana on Jasper Johns
Menil Drawing Institute
3–4 p.m.
Jan 18, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Designing a Conservation Lab*
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 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
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: 821 Drawings in 6 Volumes
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
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 1, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Rothko and the de Menils
Main Building
12–1 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 7, 2019
Membership
Menil by Moonlight
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Feb 8, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk on Cy Twombly’s Archeology
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
12–1 p.m.
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
Menil Society
Menil Society Preview of Roni Horn: When I Breathe, I Draw
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7 p.m.
Public Program
Public Opening of Roni Horn: When I Breathe, I Draw
Menil Drawing Institute
7–9 p.m.
Feb 15, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Barnett Newman
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Feb 22, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Typography and Book Arts of the Menil Library
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Feb 23, 2019
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen! Family Concert
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Mar 1, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Menil Archives*
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Mar 8, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Sculpture at the Drawing Institute
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Mar 10, 2019
Public Program
Curators Lecture Series with Michelle White on Roni Horn
Menil Drawing Institute
3–4 p.m.
Mar 15, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Cubism’s Legacy
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Mar 20, 2019
Public Program
A Meditation on John Cage
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Mar 21, 2019
Special Event
Studio Menil Presents: Paper Ball
Richmond Hall
This is a ticketed event
7–11 p.m.
Mar 22, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: John Cage and Trenton Doyle Hancock
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Main Building
3–7 p.m.
Mar 29, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Roni Horn
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Apr 2, 2019
Menil Contemporaries
Menil Contemporaries Spring Mixer
Menil Drawing Institute
6–8 p.m.
Apr 3, 2019
Public Program
Robin Coste Lewis Reading and Book Signing
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Apr 5, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Byzantine Icons
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)
Main Building Lawn
8–10 p.m.
Apr 11, 2019
Menil Society
Menil Society Spring Cocktails
Menil House
6:30–8 p.m.
Apr 12, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Framing at the Menil
Main Building
12–1 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.
Apr 26, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Conservation*
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
May 3, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Surrealism and Little Magazines
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
May 10, 2019
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Mesoamerican Objects
Main Building
12–1 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
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Menil Campus
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
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
Membership
Members Noontime Talk: Mineko Grimmer
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
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.
Jun 18, 2019
Menil Contemporaries
Menil Contemporaries Cocktails with a Curator: Mineko Grimmer
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Jun 24, 2019
Membership
Meet the Menil
Main Building
6–7:30 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
Mar 16 – Nov 10, 2024
Main Building
Portraits of Women from the Collection
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil