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In the Menil Collection's Surrealism galleries, see a new installation of art from the collection, including paintings by Mark Rothko, Kay Sage, and Max Ernst and a sculpture by Roberto Matta. #Menil #MenilCollection

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Inside the Menil Collection's model room, where curators play with galleries like dollhouses

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The Menil Collection on Instagram: "Édouard Manet’s illustrated masterpiece—published 150 years ago—depicts American writer Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem, “The Raven,” which is presented in Poe’s original English and a French translation by the poet and critic Stéphane Mallarmé. The Menil Library’s copy of “The Raven” is part of the William F. Stern Artist’s Books Collection, a bequest of William F. Stern in memory of his father, Joseph S. Stern, Jr. #Menil #MenilCollection"

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For Robert Rauschenberg, fabric evoked touch, presence, and the lived experience. Get a glimpse of "Robert Rauschenberg: Fabric Works of the 1970s" and visit the exhibition in the Menil Collection's main building. 🎥 Slate50 Studio | The Menil Collection

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Did you know that this untitled sculpture by Dan Flavin includes almost 250 fluorescent lamps? Watch as the Menil Collection's Conservation team replaces a few of the bulbs. See the artist's work at the Menil's Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall, home to one of the largest permanent displays of work by Flavin. | The Menil Collection

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Take a peek into the preparation of the smallest works featured in "Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss." Dating from the mid-late 19th century, these photographs are the oldest of the nearly fifty works on view. The exhibition is on view through May 31. | The Menil Collection

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Guided by their belief that photography’s accessibility offered a deeply humanist perspective on contemporary life, John and Dominique de Menil acquired a small yet powerful group of documentary images. See these moments in “Photography from the Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss,” on view now in the main building galleries. Admission is always free. | The Menil Collection

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It's final weeks to see "Lines of Resolution: Drawing at the Advent of Television and Video" at the Menil Drawing Institute. Exhibition co-curator Kelly Montana speaks about how drawing practices intersected with the "network era" of the late 1950s into the 1980s. Explore how artists scrutinized, utilized, and subverted television and video—revitalizing the practice of drawing in the process—in the exhibition, on view through Feb. 8. | The Menil Collection

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Édouard Manet’s illustrated masterpiece—published 150 years ago—depicts American writer Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem, "The Raven," which is presented in Poe’s original English and a French translation by the poet and critic Stéphane Mallarmé. The Menil Library’s copy of “The Raven” is part of the William F. Stern Artist’s Books Collection, a bequest of William F. Stern in memory of his father, Joseph S. Stern, Jr. | The Menil Collection

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In the Menil’s Surrealism galleries, see Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely’s “M.O.N.S.T.R.E.,” 1964. The kinetic sculpture is activated every hour, on the half hour. 🎨 Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely, “M.O.N.S.T.R.E.,” 1964. Cast steel, iron, painted newsprint and fabric over wire, electric motor, plastic, rubber, plastic toys, fabric, and twine, 92 7/8 × 60 3/4 × 40 in. (235.9 × 154.3 × 101.6 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston, Gift of the artists. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), N

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Plan an afternoon at the Menil Collection. The museum’s art buildings are open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m., while green spaces are open daily from dawn to dusk. Admission is always free. | The Menil Collection

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November 4 is Ask a Conservator Day. 💬 This year, the Menil's conservation team will answer your questions about the museum's outdoor sculptures and the work done to maintain them. The neighborhood is punctuated with artworks by Michael Heizer, Ellsworth Kelly, Jim Love, Max Neuhaus, and Mark di Suvero. Leave your questions in the comments below. We'll answer them next week on menil.org. | The Menil Collection

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Take a stroll around our green spaces today and find all of the Menil's outdoor sculptures on campus. Comment below and share your favorite. 👇 | The Menil Collection

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Explore the Menil Collection's galleries, installations, and exhibitions with us. Plan your next visit at menil.org/visit. 🖼️ | The Menil Collection

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A new installation of Modern and Contemporary art opens next month! Watch this sneak peek of our conservation team working on Robert Gober's "Untitled," 1999-2000, earlier this year. 🎨: Robert Gober, "Untitled," 1999-2000. Plaster, beeswax, human hair, cotton, leather, aluminum pull tabs, steel, and enamel paint, 50 3/4 × 47 × 26 1/4 in. (128.9 × 119.4 × 66.7 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston, Anonymous gift. © Robert Gober | The Menil Collection

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The Menil recently reinstalled the African art galleries, including a display dedicated to the representation of women in sculpture that features a figural veranda post from the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria. This object depicts a priestess or queen mother presenting two smaller figures, possibly twins, who carry offerings of a covered bowl and an animal. She carries another child in a wrapper on her back. Naturalistic or abstract, sculptural representations of women are one of the most common subje

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The Menil’s foyer installation pairs the work of Mildred Thompson and Takis, two artists who were fascinated by the intersection of art and science. The spindly, swaying, antenna-like works from Takis’s Signal series of the 1950s were inspired by radio and radar technologies. Like Thompson, Takis repeatedly explored themes of magnetism and the cosmos in his work. 💫 Discover our new display and plan your visit at menil.org/visit. | The Menil Collection

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