Menil Collection
Menil Collection
1515 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77006
PHONE: 713.525.9400
www.menil.org
The Menil Collection is a unique museum environment located in the Montrose-area Museum District housing the collection of John and Dominique de Menil.
The museum building is the centerpiece of a neighborhood featuring satellite gallery spaces and related cultural instituitons set in a parklike setting.
Menil Collection Exhibitions
Imprinting the Divine: Byzantine and Russian Icons from the Menil Collection (Oct. 21, 2011 to Mar. 18, 2012)
The Menil's collection of Byzantine icons is widely regarded by scholars in the field as one of the most important of its kind in the United States. The group of more than sixty works, many of which were acquired by Dominique de Menil in 1985 from the noted collector Eric Bradley, spans six-hundred years, from the 13th to the 18th centuries, and encompasses a number of distinct cultures including Greek, Slavic, and Russian.
Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective (Mar. 2 to Jun. 10, 2012)
The first-ever retrospective of the artist’s drawings, Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective, will be the first major one-person exhibition organized by the Menil Drawing Institute and Study Center.
The World Is Not My Home: A Retrospective (Mar. 30 to Jul. 29, 2012)
An exhibition of approximately 45 photographs and photographic montages, traces the evolution of the New York and New Mexico-based artist’s career from 1962 to the present. A leading and explosively creative figure in the American street photography movement of the 1960s.
Silence (Jul. 27 to Oct. 21, 2012)
With paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, performances, and sound works, Silence considers the absence of sound as a subject and a medium in contemporary art. Whether a positive source of inspiration, an enigmatic force, or an unsettling limbo zone, silence is a powerful force in art and human experience.
Dear John & Dominique: Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives (Aug. 10, 2012 to Jan. 6, 2013)
This exhibition commemorates the Menil’s 25th anniversary. It celebrates the founders of the Menil Collection, John and Dominique de Menil, through the words and images in the letters and drawings sent to them by their friends: artists, curators, museum directors, architects, family members and intellectuals.
Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible (Apr. 12 to Aug. 18, 2013)
Self-described “visionary” artist Forrest Bess (1911–77) is a unique figure in the history of American art. For most of his career, Bess lived an isolated existence in a fishing camp outside of Bay City, Texas, eking out a meager living by selling bait and fishing. By night and during the off-season, however, he read, wrote, and painted prolifically, creating an extraordinary body of mostly small-scale canvases rich with enigmatic symbolism.
