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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
Main Building
A Surrealist Wunderkammer
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil
Sep 1, 2021
Public Program
In Dialogue: On the Chimú Prisoner Textile
Online
1–2 p.m.
Sep 9, 2021
Menil Society
Menil Society Preview of “Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s”
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Membership
Member Opening of “Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s”
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Sep 10, 2021
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Enchanted: Visual Histories of the Central Andes
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Public Opening of “Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s”
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Sep 24, 2021
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Measuring Color Change
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 7, 2021
Menil Contemporaries
Menil Contemporaries Partner Collection Visit: The Lancaster Hotel
The Lancaster Hotel
6:30–8 p.m.
Oct 8, 2021
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: 18th Century Paintings and Rare Books
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Oct 9, 2021
Public Program
Da Camera: Stop, Look, and Listen!
Main Building Lawn
3–4 p.m.
Oct 15, 2021
Public Program
Zoila Mendoza Lecture: The Folkloric Arts of the Peruvian Andes
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 16, 2021
Public Program
“Enchanted: Visual Histories of the Central Andes” Community Day
Main Building Lawn
3–6:30 p.m.
Oct 22, 2021
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Public Program
Ariana Reines Poetry Reading
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 28, 2021
Special Event
Party in the Park
Menil Park
This is a ticketed event
7–10 p.m.
Oct 29, 2021
Menil Society
Menil Society Preview of “Draw Like a Machine” and “Spatial Awareness”
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7 p.m.
Membership
Member Opening of “Draw Like a Machine” and “Spatial Awareness”
Menil Drawing Institute
7–9 p.m.
Nov 2, 2021
Public Program
Hilton Als Lecture: Part 1 of 2
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Nov 4, 2021
Public Program
Hilton Als Lecture: Part 2 of 2
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Nov 5, 2021
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Draw Like a Machine: Pop Art, 1952-1975
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
Nov 9, 2021
Menil Society
Menil Society Curator’s Choice: Of Gods and Giants - A Wine Cooler in the Menil
Main Building
5:30–7 p.m.
Nov 10, 2021
Public Program
Filming Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely: A Screening and Conversation with Francois de Menil
Main Building
7–8:30 p.m.
Nov 13, 2021
Public Program
DACAMERA Stop, Look, and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Nov 17, 2021
Public Program
Artist Talk: Mel Chin
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 19, 2021
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Exploring the Human Form with Cycladic Figures
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Dec 9, 2021
Menil Society
Menil Society Preview of “Bruce Davidson’s Photographs”
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Public Program
Public Opening of “Bruce Davidson’s Photographs”
Main Building
7–9 p.m.
Dec 10, 2021
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Surrealism
Main Building
12–1 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.
Dec 17, 2021
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: The Conservation of Niki de Saint Phalle’s Shooting Paintings
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Jan 14, 2022
Membership
Virtual Member Noontime Talk: Exploring Robert Gober’s Lasting Monuments to Ephemera
Online
12–1 p.m.
Jan 23, 2022
Public Program
Fool in the Fairytale: Niki de Saint Phalle Films
Online
Feb 1, 2022
Menil Contemporaries
Menil Contemporaries Cocktails with a Curator: “Bruce Davidson’s Photographs”
Main Building
6–7:30 p.m.
Feb 8, 2022
Membership
Menil by Moonlight
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Feb 10, 2022
Public Program
Artist Talk: Liliana Porter
Online
6–7 p.m.
Feb 11, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Imagining Africa, Early Popular European Representations of a Continent
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Feb 12, 2022
Public Program
DACAMERA: Stop, Look, and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Feb 13, 2022
Special Event
Menil Bookstore Valentine’s Day Floral Pop-Up Shop
Menil Bookstore
10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Public Program
Curator Talk: Kelly Montana on Marcia Kure’s “NETWORK”
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Feb 15, 2022
Menil Society
Menil Society Conservator’s Choice: Walter De Maria
Main Building
5:30–7 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
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Modern and Contemporary Art
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
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 10, 2022
Menil Contemporaries
Menil Contemporaries Partner: Michael Heizer Sculpture Tour
Menil Drawing Institute
5:30–7 p.m.
Mar 11, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: A Conservator’s Perspective of Space and Time in Drawings
Menil Drawing Institute
12–1 p.m.
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 24, 2022
Menil Society
Menil Society Preview: “Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition”
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Membership
Member Opening: “Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition”
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Mar 25, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Natalie Dupêcher on Meret Oppenheim
Main Building
12–1 p.m.
Mar 30, 2022
Public Program
In Conversation: Lisa Wenger and Natalie Dupêcher on Meret Oppenheim
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Mar 31, 2022
Special Event
Studio Menil Presents: Fun & Games!
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
This is a ticketed event
7–11:30 p.m.
Apr 6, 2022
Public Program
Menil Drawing Institute Research Fellow Lecture: Anna Lovatt
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Apr 7, 2022
Menil Contemporaries
Menil Contemporaries Spring Mixer
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Apr 8, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: “Collection Close-Up: Bruce Davidson’s Photographs”
Main Building
12–1 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 12, 2022
Menil Society
Menil Society Spring Cocktails
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Apr 21, 2022
Menil Society
Menil Society Preview: “Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw”
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7 p.m.
Membership
Member Opening: “Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw”
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Apr 22, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Herakles on Ancient Greek Vases
Main Building
12–1 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 6, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Medevial Tapestry
Main Building
12–1 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.
May 20, 2022
Membership
Member Noontime Talk: Charcoal as an Artistic Medium
Menil Drawing Institute
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
Mar 16 – Nov 10, 2024
Main Building
Portraits of Women from the Collection
Main Building
A Surrealist Wunderkammer
Outdoor Sculpture at the Menil