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Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss

Opens Friday, December 12

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Robert Rauschenberg: Fabric Works of the 1970s

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Lines of Resolution: Drawing at the Advent of Television and Video

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Wall Drawing Series: Gladys Nilsson

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4th–18th Century Europe

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Events

Public Opening Reception: Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss

Thursday, December 11 6–8 p.m.

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Drawing Workshop: Manual Glitches of Drawing

Saturday, December 13 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

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Member Noontime Talk: Byzantine Galleries with Paul R. Davis

Friday, December 19 12–12:30 p.m.

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Brassaï, Mask of Bread, 1936–37

Member Noontime Talk: Photography from the Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss with Michelle White

Friday, January 9, 2026 12–12:30 p.m.

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Curator Talk: Kelly Montana on Lines of Resolution: Drawing at the Advent of Television and Video

Sunday, January 11, 2026 3–3:30 p.m.

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Transferring Traditions: A Rauschenberg Workshop

Saturday, January 17, 2026 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

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Artist Talk: Joan Jonas

Thursday, January 22, 2026 7–8 p.m.

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Member Noontime Talk: History Bound: Rare Antique Books at the Menil Library with Donna Török-Oberholtzer

Friday, January 23, 2026 12–12:30 p.m.

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Brassaï, Girl Playing Snooker, Montmartre, 1933, 1933, printed 1973

On Photography and the Menil: Wendy Watriss and Michelle White in Conversation

Thursday, January 29, 2026 7–8 p.m.

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DACAMERA Stop, Look, and Listen!

Saturday, January 31, 2026 3–4 p.m.

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Robert Rauschenberg

Curator Talk: Sophie Asakura on Robert Rauschenberg Archival Materials

Sunday, February 1, 2026 3–3:30 p.m.

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Menil by Moonlight

Thursday, February 5, 2026 6–8 p.m.

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Transferring Traditions: A Rauschenberg Workshop

Saturday, February 7, 2026 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

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Robert Rauschenberg, Bucket (Hoarfrost), 1974

Panel Discussion: Unfolding Rauschenberg

Thursday, February 12, 2026 7–8 p.m.

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Member Noontime Talk: The History of Yves Tanguy's "Neither Legends nor Figures" with Natalie Dupêcher and Sara Kornhauser

Friday, February 20, 2026 12–12:30 p.m.

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DACAMERA Stop, Look, and Listen!

Saturday, February 28, 2026 3–4 p.m.

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Menil Contemporaries Cocktails with a Curator: Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 6–7:30 p.m.

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Hopps Duchamp Chess

Lecture: Groundwork for a Retrospective: Duchamp in California

Thursday, March 5, 2026 7–8 p.m.

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Member Noontime Talk: From the Sea with Michelle White

Friday, March 6, 2026 12–12:30 p.m.

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Bruce Davidson, VOTE marcher, Selma, Alabama, 1965

Curator Talk: Michelle White on Photography from the Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss

Sunday, March 8, 2026 3–3:30 p.m.

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