The extremely posh Menil Drawing Institute closely resembles an extremely posh convenience store on the Princeton campus.
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“Roberta Bernstein will examine selected works from The Condition of Being Here: Drawings by Jasper Johns at the Menil Drawing Institute and discuss how they engage with related paintings. Bernstein…
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The Menil Collection in Houston closed its main building in February of this year for needed updates and renovations, and today announced its reopening date: September 22, 2018. Via the Menil: “The…
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This weekend is your last chance to see the Menil Collection’s main building before it closes for eight months. During the closure, which begins on Monday, February 26th, the institution…
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More News on the Menil Collection’s Closure & Menil Drawing Center’s Delayed Opening
by Glasstireby GlasstireEarlier this summer, Houston’s Menil Collection announced that on Monday, February 26, 2018 the institution plans to close its main building for eight months for maintenance work that includes the sanding, staining and…
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Go see it now! Houston’s Menil Collection is going to shut its doors for eight whole months while its floors are sanded and refinished, reports the Houston Chronicle’s Molly Glentzer.…
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The Beginning of Everything: Drawings from the Janie C. Lee, Louisa Stude Sarofim, and David Whitney Collections
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechAn exhibition featuring drawings that have been promised to the museum in advance of the opening of the Menil Drawing Institute. The show includes works by Eva Hesse, Georgia O’keeffe, Philip Guston, Vija…
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Artist Amy Sillman will talk about her life and work. This event is part of the Menil Drawing Institute Conversation and Lecture Series.
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One year before the opening of the Menil’s much-anticipated Menil Drawing Institute, the Institute is losing its (still-new) chief curator David Breslin. He’s headed next month to the Whitney Museum of…
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Today the Menil Collection announced a huge windfall gift of top-notch artworks: It’s a collection of 110 drawings from museum trustees Janie C. Lee and Louisa Stude Sarofim. These drawings are…
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Josef Helfenstein is leaving the Menil! The Menil Foundation’s President Janet Hobby sent out an email early this morning stating, “At the same moment as I am sending you this…
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At a ceremony on Saturday morning, March 28, the Menil collection formally began work on a new $40 million freestanding building for the Menil Drawing Institute. A plan for a…
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This Friday, the Rice Media Center will host On Drawing: Symposium and Panel Discussion, presentations and discussions about drawing with Claire Gilman, Curator at The Drawing Center in New York; Michelle…
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New Guy in Town! Houston’s Menil Collection to Name Drawing Center Director
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAlthough it hasn’t been officially announced, several sources confirm that David Breslin will be the new director of the Menil’s upcoming Drawing Institute. Breslin will be joining Houston’s ongoing art…
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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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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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In celebration of the Menil Collection’s twenty-fifth anniversary, the museum has mined its archives to produce Dear John and Dominique. Curator Michelle White and archivist Geraldine Aramanda have gathered a…
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The Menil collection has narrowed the search for an architect for it’s new 18,000 sf Drawing Institute building. After two years of visiting architects around the world, the Menil’s architecture…
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The first-ever critical overview of Serra’s drawings is the first major one-person exhibition organized by the Menil Drawing Institute and Study Center. Don’t miss it: not flashy, but persistently interesting,…
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The Menil Collection presents an exhibition of rarely-seen drawings exploring Tony Smith’s early work, the American artist best known for monumental geometric sculptures in steel and bronze. 30 drawings which…