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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
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
CounterCurrent: This Page Left Intentionally Blank
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.
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.
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