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Current Exhibitions
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
Jun 15, 2023 – Oct 14, 2024
Main Building
Longing, Grief, and Spirituality: Art Since 1980
Oct 11, 2024 – Apr 19, 2025
Main Building
Tacita Dean: Blind Folly
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil
Sep 10, 2015
Menil Society
Menil Society: Preview of
Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now
West 80 X 80 Gallery of the Main Museum
6:15–7 p.m.
Exhibition Opening Event
Opening
Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now
Foyer
7–9 p.m.
Sep 14, 2015
Public Program
Apparitions and Curatorial Adventures Lecture
Menil Collection
7:30–8:30 p.m.
Sep 15, 2015
Menil Contemporaries
Menil Contemporaries: Cocktails with a Curator featuring
Affecting Presence and the Pursuit of Delicious Experiences
West Temporary Gallery of the Main Museum
6–7:30 p.m.
Sep 18, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on the Mask Installation in the Foyer
Foyer of the Main Museum
12–1 p.m.
Sep 25, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk with Paul Davis on
Affecting Presence and the Pursuit of Delicious Experiences
West Temporary Gallery of the Main Museum
12–1 p.m.
Sep 27, 2015
Public Program
Da Camera of Houston Presents SŌ Percussion Concert
Menil Collection
3–4 p.m.
Oct 1, 2015
Menil Society
Menil Society: Preview of
MicroCosmos
East Temporary Gallery of the Main Museum
6:15–7 p.m.
Exhibition Opening Event
Opening
MicroCosmos
with Performance
Foyer
7–9 p.m.
Oct 2, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on The Infinity Machine
Byzantine Fresco Chapel, 4011 Yupon Street
12–1 p.m.
Oct 6, 2015
Membership
State of the Museum
Foyer of the Main Museum
6–8 p.m.
Oct 8, 2015
Public Program
The Yup'ik Dance Masks Tradition with Yup'ik dancer Chuna McIntyre and Curator Sean Mooney
Menil Collection
7–8 p.m.
Oct 9, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk with Clare Elliott on Surrealism
Surrealism Gallery of the Main Museum
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Pythagoras’ Music of the Spheres
Menil Collection
7–8 p.m.
Oct 10, 2015
Public Program
Stop, Look and Listen!
Outdoor Musical Performance Latin Jazz Under the Portico
Menil Collection
3–4 p.m.
Oct 14, 2015
Public Program
Thomas J. Lax Lecture
Menil Collection
7–8 p.m.
Oct 15, 2015
Public Program
Discussion: Thinking with Objects about Affect
Menil Collection
7–8 p.m.
Oct 16, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk with Eric Wolf on the Menil Library
Foyer of the Main Museum
12–1 p.m.
Oct 23, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk with Michelle White on Modern and Contemporary
Modern and Contemporary Gallery of the Main Museum
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Charles Ray Thoughts on Sculpture
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 25, 2015
Special Event
Who R U? Annual Children’s Halloween Party
Menil Collection Main Building
This is a ticketed event
3–5 p.m.
Oct 30, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk with David Breslin on Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Conversation with an Artist: Sam Gilliam
Menil Collection
7–8 p.m.
Oct 31, 2015
Public Program
Stop, Look and Listen! Concert
Chamber Music from the 19th Century to the Present
Menil Collection
3–4 p.m.
Nov 3, 2015
Membership
Series of Introductions with Sean Mooney and Jeff Myers
Foyer
6–8 p.m.
Nov 6, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk with Clare Elliott on Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now
West 80 X 80 Gallery of the Main Museum
12–1 p.m.
Nov 7, 2015
Public Program
Glenn Kotche
Solo Percussion Performance
Menil Collection
8–10 p.m.
Nov 11, 2015
Public Program
The World of Salvador Dalí with Danielle Johnson
Menil Collection
7–8 p.m.
Nov 13, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on the Life and Archives of Rosalind Constable
Menil Foyer
12–1 p.m.
Nov 16, 2015
Public Program
Desired Constellations Short Films
Menil Collection
8–9 p.m.
Nov 20, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk with Haley Berkman on the Dan Flavin Installation
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Edmund de Waal Lecture and Booksigning
Menil Collection
7–8 p.m.
Nov 23, 2015
Public Program
Marion Barthelme Lecture Series: Yve-Alain Bois on Ellsworth Kelly
Menil Collection
7–8 p.m.
Dec 2, 2015
Public Program
Sean Mooney Introducing Edmund Carpenter
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Dec 4, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk with Clare Elliott on Salvador Dalí
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Dec 9, 2015
Menil Contemporaries
Menil Contemporaries: Holiday Party
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Dec 11, 2015
Membership
Member Noontime Talk with Brad Epley and Kari Dodson on Outdoor Sculpture
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Dec 15, 2015
Membership
Members’ Opening: The Precarious
Main Building
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Jan 15, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on The Precarious
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 19, 2016
Menil Contemporaries
Cocktails with a Curator featuring The Secret of the Hanging Egg
Main Building
6–7:30 p.m.
Jan 22, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Picasso at the Menil
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Charles Ray: Thoughts on Sculpture
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 29, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Three Month Old Baby Python
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Conversation with an Artist: Danh Vō
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jan 30, 2016
Public Program
Museum Experience Day
Main Building and Campus
11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Feb 5, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on MicroCosmos
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Feb 9, 2016
Public Program
The Precarious, the Social, the Parochial: David Breslin and David Leslie in Conversation
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 12, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Modern & Contemporary
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Two Films by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel
Main Building
7:30–9:30 p.m.
Feb 18, 2016
Menil Society
Exhibition Preview of William N. Copley
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Membership
Menil by Moonlight featuring Members’ Opening of CLPY
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Feb 19, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Menil Icons
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
The World According to CPLY
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 20, 2016
Public Program
Stop, Look, and Listen! with Da Camera of Houston
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Feb 26, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Witnesses to a Surrealist Vision
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Sandra Zalman Reading and Book Signing
Menil Bookstore
6–7:30 p.m.
Feb 29, 2016
Public Program
Copley, Comics, and Alternative Figures in American Art
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Mar 4, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Works on Paper
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Charles Ray: Thoughts on Sculpture
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Mar 10, 2016
Public Program
James Crump Film Screening of Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art
Main Building
7–8:30 p.m.
Mar 11, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on William N. Copley
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Mar 12, 2016
Public Program
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s Teen Council Exhibition Walkthrough of Root Shift
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Stop, Look, and Listen! with Da Camera of Houston
Precarious Sounds
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Mar 14, 2016
Public Program
Ewa Zebrowski Reading and Book Signing
Menil Bookstore
5–6:45 p.m.
Public Program
Curator Peter Galassi on the Work of Henri Cartier-Bresson
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Mar 18, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Dalí & Surrealism
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Mar 24, 2016
Public Program
Marfa Dialogues/Houston
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Mar 31, 2016
Special Event
Men of Menil
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
This is a ticketed event
7–10 p.m.
Apr 1, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Root Shift
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Apr 7, 2016
Menil Society
Spring Cocktails
Menil House
6–7:30 p.m.
Apr 8, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Menil Publications Then and Now
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Apr 9, 2016
Public Program
Stop, Look, and Listen! with Da Camera of Houston
Celebrating Beethoven
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Apr 13, 2016
Public Program
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Main Building
2–3 p.m.
Apr 14, 2016
Public Program
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Main Building
2–4 p.m.
Menil Contemporaries
Spring Mixer
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Public Program
CounterCurrent: Fault Diagnosis
SBC Properties, 4215 Mandell Street
9–10 p.m.
Apr 15, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Michael Heizer Sculptures
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
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Main Building
2–3 p.m.
Public Program
CounterCurrent: Fault Diagnosis
SBC Properties, 4215 Mandell Street
8:30–10:30 p.m.
Apr 16, 2016
Public Program
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Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
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Main Building
4–5 p.m.
Public Program
Vivian L. Smith Foundation Symposium: TRESPASS
Main Building
5–7 p.m.
Apr 17, 2016
Public Program
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Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
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Main Building
4–5 p.m.
Apr 22, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Life Is Once, Forever
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Maggie Nicols Performance at Richmond Hall
Richmond Hall
1500 Richmond Avenue
8–10 p.m.
Apr 29, 2016
Membership
Member Noontime Talk on Twombly & Conservation
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Dionysia 2016: A Return Home
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Current Exhibitions
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
Jun 15, 2023 – Oct 14, 2024
Main Building
Longing, Grief, and Spirituality: Art Since 1980
Oct 11, 2024 – Apr 19, 2025
Main Building
Tacita Dean: Blind Folly
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil