Political graffiti

Menil Picasso vandal sentenced to two years in prison; plans eventual return to UH

By Whitney Radley

05.22.13 | 12:16 pm

It's been nearly a year since Uriel Landeros walked into the Menil Collection with a can of spray paint and stenciled a bull and bullfighter, along with the word "conquista," ...

Vivian L. Smith Foundation Symposium "Hearing Postwar Art"

The Menil Collection

05.10.13 - 05.11.13

This year's Vivian L. Smith Symposium takes a musical form celebrating John and Dominique de Menil's interest in avant-garde music. "Hearing Postwar Art" begins Friday evening wit

Booze News

A new bar with major music cred is opening by The Menil: Want to drink to Free Press?

By Whitney Radley

04.25.13 | 8:32 am

Like Free Press Houston's signature smart snark and the stiff drinks and good tunes at Fitzgerald's? Then you're in luck: Omar Afra (editor/publisher of the monthly ...

Painter, mystic, fisherman

The Code Talker: Visionary Texas artist Forrest Bess gets a fresh re-evaluation in Menil exhibit

By Tyler Rudick

04.21.13 | 12:30 pm

Painter, mystic, fisherman . . . Forrest Bess occupies a fascinating corner of American art, not to mention American history. A visionary artist who worked in virtual isolation from&n ...

CultureMap Video

A hidden Houston is revealed: 10 stories of the city that will surprise you

By Joel Luks

04.19.13 | 11:50 am

You can always count on Houston's Voice partners to deliver thoughtful video vignettes that spotlight tales from the city, anything from influentials doing what they do best to events that advo ...

Calendar Closeup

Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — chef corn throwdown included

By Joel Luks

04.17.13 | 5:07 pm

This week is all about haute corn, modern goods, lots of wine, culture outdoors, wondering dance and underground music. Click on the "deets" links below each event. There, you will fi ...

Gallery Talk with Michelle White and Sandra Zalman: Late Surrealism

The Menil Collection

06.06.13

In conjunction with the exhibition Late Surrealism, on view at the Menil Collection through Aug. 25, curator Michelle White and University of Houston art historian Sandra Zalman will use surrealist

Art opening: Late Surrealism

The Menil Collection

05.24.13

One of the most profound shifts in the history of modernism took place in New York City in the 1930s and '40s as artists from Europe took refuge in the United States. The radical forms of figur

Truth Telling

National travel writer calls Houston a much better trip choice than overrated, uptight Austin

By Tyler Rudick

04.09.13 | 12:41 pm

Yikes . . . Sorry, Austin. In a piece for the Huffington Post, travel writer David Landsel ranks the Lone Star capital No. 1 in his list of the world's 10 most overrated destinations. ...

2013 Menil Community Arts Festival & Houston Indie Book Fair

The Menil Collection

04.20.13

The Menil Collection and a group of surrounding arts organizations come together to host an afternoon of art and entertainment that will extend across the Menil campus. Highlighting the divers