The Menil Collection

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. 

In the late 1960s, John and Dominique de Menil commissioned Andy Warhol to create a series of portraits of Houston-based curator Jermayne MacAgy. See three silkscreen paintings of the influential art historian on display in The Menil Collection. As always, admission is free. 🎨 Andy Warhol, "Jermayne MacAgy," 1968. The Menil Collection, Houston. © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Caroline Philippone

Tonight at The Menil Collection join us for a live recording of The Modern Art Notes podcast from 7–8 p.m. Natalie Dupêcher, Associate Curator, and Tyler Green will engage in a discussion about artist Janet Sobel and the exhibition "Janet Sobel: All-Over." Learn more: menil.org/events

“Ruth Asawa Through Line” co-curator Edouard Kopp, John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Chief Curator, speaks about the more than one hundred works by artist Ruth Asawa on view at the Menil Drawing Institute. See the show at The Menil Collection through July 21, 2024, and learn more at menil.org/ruthasawa.

'"Triangle Belt Piece" is a perfect example of "Abstraction after Modernism"'s thesis: highlighting how artists have continued to explore nonrepresentational art in the decades following abstract expressionism's mid-century heyday," reports Chron.com. "The show also is made up of new acquisitions—40 in total—that the Menil has collected over the last 15 years. They include drawings, sculptures, paintings, collages and other forms." Learn more about this show at The Menil Collection: menil.org/abstraction