The Menil Collection

Join The Menil Collection this Thursday, October 17, from 7–8 p.m., for an Artist Talk with Gustavo Díaz. Díaz will be in conversation with Kirsten Marples, Curatorial Associate, Menil Drawing Institute, and Jan Burandt, Conservator of Works of Art on Paper, Menil Drawing Institute, about his drawing practice and approach to materials. Learn more: menil.org/events

The Menil Collection opens "Tacita Dean: Blind Folly" this Friday, October 11. The exhibition is Dean's first major museum survey in the United States. The show will include new works inspired by the artist’s time in Houston, some following her residency at the Menil’s Cy Twombly Gallery, alongside Dean’s monumental blackboard drawings and groups of rarely shown drawings from her studio on paper, found postcards, and albumen photographs. A separate gallery will present a rotating group of her 16mm films. Learn more: menil.org/tacitadean

The Menil Collection is accepting applications for a Director of Special Events. This position oversees the planning, marketing, and execution of all Menil fundraising events. Visit menil.org for?the full job description and to apply.

Opening at The Menil Collection today is "Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo." The 36-foot triptych,?"C A R A A C A R A," 2024, explores the relationship between origin, transfer, and translation, with each panel of the composition indicating a different step in the artist’s process. Learn more: menil.org/ronnyquevedo

Spend the long weekend at The Menil Collection. As always, admission is free. Plan your visit: menil.org

It's the final week to see "Janet Sobel: All Over" at The Menil Collection. Densely layered and colorful, Sobel’s paintings were some of the first “all-over” abstract paintings. Learn more: menil.org/janetsobel

The Menil Collection is accepting applications for a Manager of Membership and Visitor Services. The position has two distinct focuses: development of the general membership program and oversight of the museum's visitor services staff. Visit menil.org for?the full job description and to apply.

Stop by The Menil Collection for a final look at "Ruth Asawa Through Line," on view at the Menil Drawing Institute through July 21. Learn more: menil.org/ruthasawa

Visit Marc Bauer's wall drawing, "RESILIENCE, Drawing the Line," at the Menil Drawing Institute through August 18, 2024. The 36-foot-wide charcoal and pastel mural has evolved over its yearlong display and the third and final iteration of the drawing is now on view. Learn more: menil.org/marcbauer

Earlier this June, The Menil Collection welcomed an international cohort of early to mid‐career curators to participate in a workshop at the Menil Drawing Institute, funded through J. Paul Getty Trust's Paper Project initiative. "Inside Drawings: A Workshop on the Materiality of Unique Works on Paper" addressed the physical components of drawing practices to give curators of drawing collections a broader understanding of unique works on paper for the purpose of better defining, researching, and interpreting drawings.?