This is not a movie. Friday evening, the Menil front lawn will flicker with dream-like film experiments by Hans Richter, Man Ray, Maya Deren, Joseph Cornell, and Lawrence Jordan.
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The Menil Collection unveiled plans for its new freestanding drawing institute on Wednesday and the reviews are starting to come in. One might think that Culturemap Houston’s hometown familiarity with…
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After the wildly successful two-day pop-up exhibition at Houston’s Inman Gallery last August, the University of Houston’s art students are hitting the big time. This time, they’re taking it to…
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After much anticipation, the Menil Collection announced the results of its café naming contest this morning. In October, the Menil threw down a challenge to name its future bungalow café…
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If you are in search of a show that gets a little gritty and echoes a profound darkness and pessimism, you have come to the right museum. Even the philanthropic goodwill of the Menil's founders is questioned.
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There is now less than a week to come up with the most brilliant name for the soon-to-be-built café in the Menil Collection’s “neighborhood of art.” For those who would…
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NICE! Luc Tuymans to Visit Third Ward to Chat with Residents About His Menil Ad
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonWhen Glasstire posted the article about the “counter-billboard” to the “NICE” advertisement placed in Third Ward’s Dupree Park by Houston’s Menil Collection promoting its current exhibition of Luc Tuymans, it…
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On Tuesday evening (October 29, 6 pm), the Menil Collection will host a conversation between Belgian artist Luc Tuymans, whose new exhibition Nice. Luc Tuymans is on view at the…
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This Is Not a Café (Yet): Menil Launches Naming Contest for Museum Restaurant
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonHouston’s Menil Collection will be opening a much-needed museum café, designed by Stern and Bucek Architects and operated by restaurateur Greg Martin, in its 30-acre “neighborhood of art.” Everything is…
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Menil Collection Unveils Partial Plans for New Green Campus and Café
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonHouston’s Menil Collection today unveiled plans for the first phase of the renovation of its 30-acre campus. In June, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates was announced as the landscape architecture firm…
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Nice and Nicest: “Anonymous” Artist Responds to Menil’s Third Ward Billboard
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonA billboard placed in Houston’s Dupree Park in the Third Ward has provoked a counter-billboard. The original billboard promotes the Menil Collection’s current exhibition Nice. Luc Tuymans, with one of…
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Ugh, but it's a fine thing when art moves you. Individual experiences may vary, but that's the beauty of subjectivity. Just let it happen. I mean that sincerely.
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Menil Director Josef Helfenstein has announced the appointment of Allegra Pesenti as chief curator of the Menil Drawing Institute. She will head the development of the first freestanding facility in…
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UH Faculty to Share Ten Years of a Curious Student Painting Assignment
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonFor ten years, Professors Aaron Parazette and Gael Stack have been handing their undergraduate painting students a simple but goofy assignment, conceived with the intention of directing attention to questions…
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Matagorda Bay was like a giant, naturally formed James Turrell. It doesn't seem all that strange that someone living here would start to see things.
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Minimalist artist, sculptor, and sometime musician Walter De Maria died yesterday of a stroke at the age of 77. Best-known for The Lightning Field (1977), a mile-wide land-art piece in…
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Menil to Begin “Neighborhood of Art,” Appoints Landscape Architect
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonIn a step towards the realization of its master plan for a “neighborhood of art,” the Menil Collection has appointed landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh to enhance and expand the…
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Houston art student Uriel Landeros, who faced up to ten years for felony graffiti and criminal mischief charges, was sentenced to two years on the graffiti charges. Landeros was accused…
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The 7% Solution: New Bill May Revive Resale Royalties for U.S. Artists
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonIn the United States, the first-sale doctrine prevents artists from profiting from resales of their work, but Europeans have granted droit de suite (French for “right to follow”) to…
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Forrest Bess (1911-1977) lived a hermit’s life in a cabin in Chinquapin, Texas. In the catalog for the exhibit Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible, Robert Gober writes, “Forrest Bess lived a life…