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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-gif…
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"John Akomfrah: The Hour Of The Dog" is now open at the Menil Collection. Learn more: menil.org/exhibition/john-ak… 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/neighborhoo… 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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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