Drawings, which have long been a strength of the storied Menil Collection, will step into the spotlight when the Houston museum unveils its new 30,000-square-foot Menil Drawing Institute next month.

Menil Collection Director Josef Helfenstein has announced he is stepping down after a twelve-year tenure. Vance Muse is with the Menil Collection. He says Helfenstein has left a lasting impression.

With the recent appointment of architecture firms Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and Johnston Marklee, the Menil Collection slowly moves forward with its plan to enhance and expand the museum’s ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A portion of the Menil Collection will be closed for eight months while its pine floors are sanded and refinished, according to a spokesperson at the museum. After 30 years of ...

This story has been updated. When she worked as a volunteer at The Menil Collection after college in 1988, Rebecca Rabinow had no way of knowing she'd be returning nearly three decades later to run ...

Many exhibitions around the country will showcase artists’ responses to political and social movements, and to their own histories. By Morgan Malget In the artist’s first major U.S. museum survey, she ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. On November 3, 2018, the Menil Drawing Institute will open in Houston on ...

Editors’ note: As we approach our fiftieth anniversary, in February 2023, each week we’ll highlight an important story from our past and offer some perspective on it. While much had been written on ...

On Saturday, the Menil Collection’s main building will reopen after six months of renovations and a major reinstallation of the permanent collection. Return visitors to the Houston museum will ...

February marks the 30th anniversary of the Cy Twombly Gallery, a part of the Menil Collection, in Montrose. A monumental gift from the Cy Twombly Foundation in Italy helped the museum celebrate a ...

On November 3, 2018, the Menil Drawing Institute will open in Houston on the campus shared with spaces including the Menil Collection, the Rothko Chapel, and a site-specific Dan Flavin installation at ...