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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
Dec 9, 2021
Public Program
Public Opening of “Bruce Davidson’s Photographs”
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Dec 11, 2021
Public Program
“Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s:” Art, Music, and a Monster Movie
Main Building Lawn
4–7:30 p.m.
Dec 13, 2021
Public Program
“On Freedom”: A Reading and Conversation with Maggie Nelson
Online
6–7 p.m.
Dec 15, 2021
Public Program
On Drawing: Trends in Contemporary Drawing
Online
1–2 p.m.
Jan 23, 2022
Public Program
Fool in the Fairytale: Niki de Saint Phalle Films
Online
Feb 10, 2022
Public Program
Artist Talk: Liliana Porter
Online
6–7 p.m.
Feb 12, 2022
Public Program
DACAMERA: Stop, Look, and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Feb 13, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Kelly Montana on Marcia Kure’s “NETWORK”
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Feb 17, 2022
Public Program
Artist Talk: Kate Shepherd
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Feb 23, 2022
Public Program
Lecture: Professor Ellen Lupton on Pop Art and Graphic Design
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Feb 25, 2022
Public Program
West African Film Festival Screening: “El Maestro”
Main Building
6:30–8 p.m.
Mar 3, 2022
Public Program
Artist Talk: William T. Williams
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Mar 11, 2022
Public Program
Film Screening: Seeking a Shared Humanity
Main Building
7–8:30 p.m.
Mar 12, 2022
Public Program
DACAMERA Stop, Look and Listen! Collection Close Up Performance
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Mar 20, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Clare Elliott on the Dan Flavin Installation
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
3–3:30 p.m.
Mar 30, 2022
Public Program
In Conversation: Lisa Wenger and Natalie Dupêcher on Meret Oppenheim
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Apr 6, 2022
Public Program
Menil Drawing Institute Research Fellow Lecture: Anna Lovatt
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Apr 9, 2022
Public Program
Artist Talk: Marcia Kure
Menil Drawing Institute
4–6 p.m.
Apr 10, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Paul R. Davis on the Ditidaht Ceremonial Screen
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Apr 27, 2022
Public Program
In Conversation: Esther Adler and Anthony Pinn on the Spiritual Landscapes of Joseph E. Yoakum
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Apr 30, 2022
Public Program
Neighborhood Community Day
Main Building
12–5 p.m.
May 5, 2022
Public Program
On Drawing: Graham Bader on Kurt Schwitters
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
May 7, 2022
Public Program
Bring Your Own Beamer (BYOB)
Main Building Lawn
8:30–10:30 p.m.
May 11, 2022
Public Program
Panel Discussion: Witnessing Worlds in Transition
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 15, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Danielle Bennett on Greek Vase Painting
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Jun 2, 2022
Public Program
Lecture: Leslie Umberger on Self-Taught Artists
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Jun 4, 2022
Public Program
The Menil Collection’s 35th Birthday Party
Main Building Lawn
4–6 p.m.
Jun 8, 2022
Public Program
Menil Drawing Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellow Lecture: Filippo Bosco
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Jun 12, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Edouard Kopp on Joseph E. Yoakum’s Landscapes
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Jun 23, 2022
Public Program
In Conversation: Pete Gershon and Edouard Kopp on Visionary Artists Joseph E. Yoakum and Jeff McKissick
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Jul 10, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Natalie Dupêcher on Meret Oppenheim’s Surrealist Work
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Jul 16, 2022
Public Program
Inprint Writing Workout
Main Building
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Aug 6, 2022
Public Program
Inprint Writing Workout
Menil Drawing Institute
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Aug 14, 2022
Public Program
Curator Talk: Michelle White on Cy Twombly’s “Untitled (Say Goodbye, Catullus, to the Shores of Asia Minor)”
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
3–3:30 p.m.
Aug 26, 2022
Public Program
Film Screening: Octopus’s Garden
Main Building
8:30–10 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