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Immerse yourself in a neighborhood of art. 

Welcome to The Menil Collection

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Set within a residential neighborhood, the Menil Collection invites visitors to explore its art buildings and green spaces. Admission is always free.
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Plan Your Visit

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On View

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John Akomfrah: The Hour Of The Dog

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Modern and Contemporary

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Surrealism

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Installation view of the Menil Collection's African art galleries. Sculptures on pedestals with a brown ottoman.

Africa

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Events

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Member Noontime Talk: X-rays Don’t Lie: Uncovering the Secrets of Art with Cory Rogge and James Craven

Friday, September 4 12–12:30 p.m.
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Jitish Kallat at the Menil Drawing Institute, Houston. Photo by Sarah Hobson (1)

Artist Talk: Jitish Kallat

Thursday, September 10 7–8 p.m.
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Minnijean Brown Trickey: Activism is a Way of Life

Thursday, September 17 7–8 p.m.
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Menil Society Opening

Menil Society Preview: Terry Winters: Vitalized Geometry

Thursday, September 24 6–7 p.m.
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Hung Truong (1)

Member Opening: Terry Winters: Vitalized Geometry

Thursday, September 24 7–8:30 p.m.
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Member Noontime Talk: Southern Outsider Artists with Natalie Dupêcher

Friday, September 25 12–12:30 p.m.
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Curator Talk: Kelly Montana on Fragility

Sunday, September 27 3–3:30 p.m.
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Papermaking Workshop with Yvette Grutter

Saturday, October 3 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
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Taylor and Gregory Scott Brown; Vinh Son Nguyen and Lydia Sobhi

Menil Contemporaries Cocktails with a Curator: Fragility

Tuesday, October 6 6–7:30 p.m.
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Cultural Sites & Museum Collections: A Conversation with World Monuments Fund

Thursday, October 8 7–8 p.m.
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John Akomfrah The Hour Of The Dog, 2026, at the Menil Collection, Houston. Photo Paul Hester (10)

Member Noontime Talk: John Akomfrah: The Hour Of The Dog with Michelle White

Friday, October 9 12–12:30 p.m.
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Hung Truong

DACAMERA Stop, Look, and Listen!

Saturday, October 10 3–4 p.m.
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Party in the Park

Thursday, October 15 7–10 p.m.
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Sounds to Live By

Sunday, October 18 3–7 p.m.
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Jitish Kallat at the Menil Drawing Institute, Houston. Photo by Sarah Hobson (3)

Member Noontime Talk: Wall Drawing Series: Jitish Kallat with Eduoard Kopp

Friday, October 23 12–12:30 p.m.
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Artist Ann Hamilton stands in front of the Menil Collection's main building

Artist Talk/Performance: Ann Hamilton

Thursday, November 5 7–8 p.m.
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The Artist's Eye: Li(sa E.) Harris

Sunday, November 8 3–3:30 p.m.
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Menil Society Conservator’s Choice: Mark Rothko’s “The Green Stripe”

Tuesday, November 10 6–7:30 p.m.
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Terry Winters, Marginalia, 1988

Performance: Vitalized Vitalized

Thursday, November 12 7–8 p.m.
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Terry Winters, Morula III, 1983–84

Member Noontime Talk: Terry Winters: Vitalized Geometry with Sophie Asakura

Friday, November 13 12–12:30 p.m.
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