- Houston
Fragments of Memory showcases works from the Menil's permanent collection, highlighting how the past influences the present.
See drawings by artists like Luc Tuymans and Jasper Johns that depict memory fragments, along with pieces by Sari Dienes and Gael Stack that layer objects and imagery from personal histories.
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Menil Collection Visit
- The Menil Collection houses approximately 17,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books
- Among the highlights of the museum are its Surrealist holdings, widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost collections of its kind
- Masterpieces from antiquity, the Byzantine and medieval worlds, the tribal cultures of Africa, Oceania, the American Pacific Northwest, and the twentieth century are particularly well represented
What's on
Portraits of Women from the Collection (Until 9 November 2024)
Tacita Dean: Blind Folly (Until 19 April 2025)
Fragments of Memory (Until 26 January 2025)
Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms (Until 26 January 2025)
Other exhibitions at The Menil Collection
The Menil Collection
The Menil Collection in Neartown Houston, Texas is a museum showcasing the private collection of John and Dominique de Menil. Inside you'll find some 17,000 paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, rare books, and drawings.
The collection features an impressive list of surrealist and contemporary masterpieces with works by some of the 20th century's biggest names like Picasso, René Magritte, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol. There's also pieces from antiquity and the medieval era, the tribal cultures of Africa, Oceania, and the American Pacific Northwest.