Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in November.
Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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Today is the first day of early voting in Texas. Polls are open through October 30, ahead of Election Day on November 3.
Among the Menil Collection's photography holdings is Bruce Davidson's iconic photograph, taken during the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights.
Among the Menil Collection's photography holdings is Bruce Davidson's iconic photograph, taken during the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights.
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in October.
Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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See the unveiling of Jitish Kallat's wall drawing at the Menil Collection's Drawing Institute this Thursday, September 10. Join the Artist Talk at 7 p.m., followed by a public reception.
Learn more: menil.org/exhibition/wal…
Learn more: menil.org/exhibition/wal…
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in September. Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in August. Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in July. Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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Explore the Menil Collection, a campus of art buildings and green spaces in the heart of Houston. Admission is always free.
Visit:
🎨 Main building
✏️ Menil Drawing Institute
🖼️ Cy Twombly Gallery
🌈 Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall
🌳 Green spaces
📚 Menil Bookstore
Visit:
🎨 Main building
✏️ Menil Drawing Institute
🖼️ Cy Twombly Gallery
🌈 Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall
🌳 Green spaces
📚 Menil Bookstore
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The Menil Collection opened to the public on this day in 1987.
In this photograph courtesy of the Menil Archives, see the main building under construction. Plan your visit—admission is always free.
In this photograph courtesy of the Menil Archives, see the main building under construction. Plan your visit—admission is always free.
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Pink, yellow, green, and blue hues alternate among almost 250 fluorescent lamps in the largest of Dan Flavin's three site-specific installations at the Menil Collection.
Visit the Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall. Admission is always free.
Visit the Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall. Admission is always free.
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in June. Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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There's always a place for you at the Menil Collection.
Across the museum's four art buildings and green spaces, take your time while unplugging, exploring the art, and enjoying the neighborhood. Admission is always free.
Across the museum's four art buildings and green spaces, take your time while unplugging, exploring the art, and enjoying the neighborhood. Admission is always free.
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in May. Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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Cy Twombly was born on this day in 1928.
Visit the Menil Drawing Institute to see "The Gift of Drawing: Cy Twombly," which highlights Twombly's talents as a draftsperson who pushed the boundaries of mark-making. Learn more: menil.org/exhibition/the…
Visit the Menil Drawing Institute to see "The Gift of Drawing: Cy Twombly," which highlights Twombly's talents as a draftsperson who pushed the boundaries of mark-making. Learn more: menil.org/exhibition/the…
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"John Akomfrah: The Hour Of The Dog" is now open at the Menil Collection. Learn more: menil.org/exhibition/joh…
The six-channel video installation explores the history of youth-led Civil Rights–era activism in the American South from 1954 to 1963.
The six-channel video installation explores the history of youth-led Civil Rights–era activism in the American South from 1954 to 1963.
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This Saturday, April 18, 1–5 p.m. is the Menil Collection's annual free Neighborhood Community Day. See the schedule: menil.org/events/neighbo…
Participating organizations include DACAMERA, @hcponline, @InprintHouston, @rothkochapel, Watercolor Art Society, and @witshouston.
Participating organizations include DACAMERA, @hcponline, @InprintHouston, @rothkochapel, Watercolor Art Society, and @witshouston.
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Mission accomplished. 🌕
🎨 Max Ernst, "Monday the Moon is Most Moon (Le lundi la lune s'enlunit)," 1964. Oil on canvas, 45 5/8 x 35 in. (115.9 x 88.9 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo: Caroline Philippone
🎨 Max Ernst, "Monday the Moon is Most Moon (Le lundi la lune s'enlunit)," 1964. Oil on canvas, 45 5/8 x 35 in. (115.9 x 88.9 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo: Caroline Philippone
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Explore the Menil Collection this weekend. Admission is always free.
🎨 Main building
✏️ Menil Drawing Institute
🖼️ Cy Twombly Gallery
🌈 Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall
🌳 Green spaces
📚 Menil Bookstore
🎨 Main building
✏️ Menil Drawing Institute
🖼️ Cy Twombly Gallery
🌈 Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall
🌳 Green spaces
📚 Menil Bookstore
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in April. Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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"The Gift of Drawing: Cy Twombly" opens tomorrow at the Menil Drawing Institute.
The exhibition features a selection of 27 works—a number of which will be on view for the first time—from a gift to the Menil by the Cy Twombly Foundation.
The exhibition features a selection of 27 works—a number of which will be on view for the first time—from a gift to the Menil by the Cy Twombly Foundation.
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Dominique de Menil was born on this day in 1908.
See a portrait of her, painted by Max Ernst, in the Menil Collection's Surrealism galleries. The museum is open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
See a portrait of her, painted by Max Ernst, in the Menil Collection's Surrealism galleries. The museum is open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
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Today is the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. 🌼
In the Menil Collection's foyer is Andy Warhol's "Ten-Foot Flowers," 1967–1968. See this work, among a selection of Pop art by Robert Indiana and Ed Ruscha, through Sunday, March 29. Admission is always free.
In the Menil Collection's foyer is Andy Warhol's "Ten-Foot Flowers," 1967–1968. See this work, among a selection of Pop art by Robert Indiana and Ed Ruscha, through Sunday, March 29. Admission is always free.
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Plan your spring break at the Menil Collection. Explore the museum's four art buildings, outdoor sculpture, and more amid a neighborhood of art—free and open to all since 1987.
The museum is open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Green spaces are open daily, dawn to dusk.
The museum is open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Green spaces are open daily, dawn to dusk.
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It's rodeo season in Houston. 🤠
When Rene Magritte visited Houston in 1965, Dominique de Menil took the artist and his dog Lou-Lou to the Simonton, Texas, rodeo.
Round up friends and family to take an art break at the Menil Collection. Admission is always free.
When Rene Magritte visited Houston in 1965, Dominique de Menil took the artist and his dog Lou-Lou to the Simonton, Texas, rodeo.
Round up friends and family to take an art break at the Menil Collection. Admission is always free.
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in March. Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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This is the final weekend to see "Robert Rauschenberg: Fabric Works of the 1970s"—the first museum survey of the artist's innovative use of cloth.
See the artist's prolific works, on view through March 1 at the Menil Collection. Admission is always free.
See the artist's prolific works, on view through March 1 at the Menil Collection. Admission is always free.
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in February. Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Charles Moore captured this moment of the civil rights leader being arrested outside a courtroom where Ralph Abernathy was appearing for a trial in 1958.
See the work in "Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss."
See the work in "Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss."
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in January. Learn more at menil.org/events.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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Enjoy special exhibitions, new installations, and more at the Menil Collection this holiday season. The 30-acre campus includes the main building, Menil Drawing Institute, Cy Twombly Gallery, and Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall.
Admission is always free.
Admission is always free.
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Opening Dec. 12 is "Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss": menil.org/wendy-watriss
Be the first to see the show—featuring works by Danny Lyon, Walker Evans, Henri Cartier Bresson, and Bruce Davidson among others—at the opening reception on Dec. 11.
Be the first to see the show—featuring works by Danny Lyon, Walker Evans, Henri Cartier Bresson, and Bruce Davidson among others—at the opening reception on Dec. 11.
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in December. Learn more at menil.org/events
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
The Menil's public programs are always free and open to all. To attend special member events, join at menil.org/membership.
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Artist René Magritte was born on this day in 1898. Did you know that the Menil Collection has one of the largest collections of the artist's work in the world?
See works by the artist in the museum's galleries. Admission is free.
See works by the artist in the museum's galleries. Admission is free.
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The museum's Menil Drawing Institute opened #onthisday in 2018.
Currently on view is "Wall Drawing Series: Gladys Nilsson" and "Lines of Resolution: Drawing at the Advent of Television and Video."
Currently on view is "Wall Drawing Series: Gladys Nilsson" and "Lines of Resolution: Drawing at the Advent of Television and Video."
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Artist Francesca Fuchs reflects on how her painting practice engages with the emotional and visual language of everyday objects and interiors. "The Space Between Looking and Loving: Francesca Fuchs and the de Menil House" is on view through Nov. 2. youtu.be/6r5D4qM02kY?si…
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Texas was the first state to offer early voting, and Friday is the final day to vote before Nov. 4.
On view in upcoming exhibition "Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss," Dan Budnik's 1965 photograph shows newly registered voters in Montgomery, Ala.
On view in upcoming exhibition "Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss," Dan Budnik's 1965 photograph shows newly registered voters in Montgomery, Ala.
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Join us at the Menil Collection and enjoy upcoming programs in October.
Learn more at menil.org/events.
Learn more at menil.org/events.
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Visit this weekend for a last look at the current hallway display, "Animals, Monsters, and Creatures from the Collection."
Learn more: bit.ly/411L6yC
Learn more: bit.ly/411L6yC
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It's final days to visit installations in the Menil Drawing Institute. Explore "What drawing can be: four responses" and "Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo" through August 10.
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The Menil Collection launched a new website, created in close collaboration with Area 17.
Explore new offerings: menil.org
Explore new offerings: menil.org
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The Menil Collection owns the largest collection of work by René Magritte outside the artist’s native Belgium. Tonight from 7–8 p.m., attend a lecture by Natalie Dupêcher, Associate Curator of Modern Art, who will explore the question of why.
Learn more: bit.ly/4o4P83d
Learn more: bit.ly/4o4P83d
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It's the last weekend to see "Joe Overstreet: Taking Flight" at the Menil Collection. Plan to visit through July 13.
Learn more: menil.org/joeoverstreet
Learn more: menil.org/joeoverstreet
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Spend time in the main building's foyer and enjoy an installation of paintings by Belgian artist René Magritte.
Learn more: bit.ly/4kXMji9
Learn more: bit.ly/4kXMji9
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See "The Space Between Looking and Loving: Francesca Fuchs and the de Menil House" in the main building galleries through November 10.
Learn more: menil.org/francescafuchs
Learn more: menil.org/francescafuchs
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Today marks the 100th birthday of artist Jean Tinguely.
Read an essay about Tinguely and his works in the Menil's collection: bit.ly/4kvlFNi
Read an essay about Tinguely and his works in the Menil's collection: bit.ly/4kvlFNi
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It's final days to see "Tacita Dean: Blind Folly" at the Menil Collection, on view through April 19.
Learn more: menil.org/tacitadean
Learn more: menil.org/tacitadean
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Learn about Teresita Fernández's installation in the exhibition "What drawing can be: four responses."
youtu.be/8yopxMSCCE0?si…
youtu.be/8yopxMSCCE0?si…
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See "Joe Overstreet: Taking Flight" at the Menil Collection through July 13.
Learn more: menil.org/joeoverstreet
Learn more: menil.org/joeoverstreet
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Spend a spring afternoon in Menil Park. 🌳 The museum's green spaces are open daily from dawn to dusk.
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Now open is "What drawing can be: four responses," at the Menil Drawing Institute. The exhibition features site-specific installations by four artists: Jillian Conrad, Teresita Fernández, Tony Lewis, and Constantin Luser.
Learn more: menil.org/whatdrawingcan…
Learn more: menil.org/whatdrawingcan…
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See Tacita Dean's "Sublunaries" series in the exhibition "Tacita Dean: Blind Folly," on view through April 19.
Learn more: menil.org/tacitadean
Learn more: menil.org/tacitadean
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See Tacita Dean's "The Green Ray" in the Menil's galleries through April 19.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLk2Bj
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLk2Bj
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On April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Joe Overstreet began work on the painting that would become "Justice, Faith, Hope, and Peace."
Learn more: bit.ly/3Di863M
Learn more: bit.ly/3Di863M
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It's the last weekend to see Tacita Dean's film "Edwin Parker," on view through March 9.
Learn more: menil.org/tacitadean
Learn more: menil.org/tacitadean
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It’s rodeo season in Houston. 🤠 Take outfit inspiration from this photograph from Wendy Watriss and Frederick C. Baldwin's series "Texas, An American Experience."
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Take time this week to enjoy a peaceful moment on the Menil Collection's campus. Which bench is your favorite?
Plan your visit: menil.org/visit
Plan your visit: menil.org/visit
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Visit "Tacita Dean: Blind Folly" to see the artist's drawings on photographs of trees.
Learn more: menil.org/tacitadean
Learn more: menil.org/tacitadean
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Have you visited the new seating area in the Cy Twombly Gallery? Stop by this week to enjoy the space and browse a selection of titles in the new mini library.
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In February 1995, the Cy Twombly Gallery opened at the Menil Collection. See snapshots of the building's construction from the museum's archives.
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Registration is now open for the Menil's programs featuring Meredith Monk and members of her vocal ensemble on February 27 & 28.
Learn more: menil.org/events
Learn more: menil.org/events
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Discover a selection of portraits of women from the Menil's collection by artists Alice Neel, George Segal, and Andy Warhol.
Be sure to stop by this weekend before these works go off-view. Plan your visit at menil.org.
Be sure to stop by this weekend before these works go off-view. Plan your visit at menil.org.
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This Friday "Joe Overstreet: Taking Flight" opens at the Menil Collection.
Learn more: menil.org/joeoverstreet
Learn more: menil.org/joeoverstreet
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Today marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring the legacy of the civil rights leader.
Photographer Dan Budnik captured this portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. moments after he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
📸© Dan Budnik
Photographer Dan Budnik captured this portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. moments after he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
📸© Dan Budnik
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Now on view is Tacita Dean's 16mm film "Edwin Parker," 2011, which portrays artist Cy Twombly. See the film through March 9.
Learn more: menil.org/tacitadean
Learn more: menil.org/tacitadean
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