Menil Drawing Institute

Artnet: Get a Sneak Peek at the Menil Collection’s New Drawing Institute Before It Opens Next Month

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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.

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Get a Sneak Peek at the Menil Collection’s New Drawing Institute Before It Opens Next Month

The new Menil Drawing Institute, part of the Menil Collection, opened up to the public on Saturday, Nov. 3. According to the Menil, the Institute is the first free standing museum built expressly for ...

Ten years after it was founded, the Menil Drawing Institute will finally open the doors to its own freestanding building on Saturday, November 3. Designed by Los Angeles-based architecture firm ...

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Houston Chronicle: The new Menil Drawing Institute a marvel of light and lines

The new Menil Drawing Institute looks like a stealth jet of a building from Richmond Avenue, so sleek and low-slung that passersby might not notice it across the expanse of grass where the Richmont ...

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Artnet: The Menil Drawing Institute’s New $40 Million Building Opens in Houston With a Lofty Goal: To Redefine the Medium

In Houston’s newly opened Menil Drawing Institute, the exhibition “The Condition of Being Here: Drawings by Jasper Johns” features all of the titular artist’s signature motifs: American flags, targets ...

The Menil Drawing Institute’s New $40 Million Building Opens in Houston With a Lofty Goal: To Redefine the Medium

Hyperallergic: The New Menil Drawing Institute Is Perfect for a Medium So Intimate

The Menil Drawing Institute, Houston (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) HOUSTON — After six years in the making and $40 million in investment, the Menil Drawing Institute (MDI) building ...