Major Gifts
Artist Amar Kanwar and Menil Director Josef Helfenstein discuss Kanwar’s work during the opening program of Experiments with Truth: Gandhi and Images of Nonviolence.
The Menil has partnered with Writers in the Schools (WITS) for over 25 years. Photo: Lynn Lane
A young WITS writer performs her work at the 2015 Menilfest. Photo: Lynn Lane
Curator Michelle White and Chief Conservator Brad Epley discuss Barnett Newman: The Late Work.
Exhibition Support
Supporting the Menil’s exhibition program is an outstanding way to contribute to the Houston and international art communities. The Menil boasts a history of exciting, innovative exhibitions, and we rely on generous donors to help support our annual calendar of exhibitions.
Art Acquisition Fund
John and Dominique de Menil established one of the most important and distinguished private collections of art in the history of the United States, cultivating a vision of free and open access to the masterpieces they collected. The Menil is entrusted with perpetuating this vision, and maintaining and building on the excellent collection of paintings, drawings, collages, and sculpture.
Programs
The Menil offers a diverse schedule of public programs every year that are always free and open to the public. From symposiums on the technical innovations of artists to the projection of important artist's videos from the Menil's archives, the Menil serves as an excellent resource to all in Houston who wish to interact with the Menil's collection and exhibitions on a deeper level.
Writing at the Menil
Since 1989, Writers In The Schools (WITS) has brought Houston school children to the Menil Collection where, through writing about the artworks they encounter, the students are awakened to the power of their own voices. Students are chosen through a juried competition to be published in the Watchful Eye anthology and to read their work at the Menil Collection at the end of the school year.