Can you please give a brief description of your course? Alice Schwarz (AS): Each semester, the course is an exploration of works of art from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection through drawing ...
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.
When I first heard the Menil Collection was planning to devote a new building to the study, conservation and display of drawings, my reaction was tepid. As ambitions go, it seemed worthy enough, just ...
The Menil Collection will present "Draw Like a Machine: Pop Art, 1952–1975," an exhibition that features over 30 drawings that upend the traditionally assumed connection that drawing has to the hand ...
While Houston’s Menil Collection is best known for eclectic art holdings—from medieval sculpture to Surrealism and contemporary works—it’s also notable for visionary leadership. When the museum opened ...
With over 300 works on paper, plus paintings, sculptures, and furniture, The Way I See It: Selections from the KAWS Collection includes work by artists of every stripe. I don’t care about his pedigree ...
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 ...
It is with particular pleasure that we present Art Treasures, Gracefully Drawn, James Bowdoin III and America's Earliest Drawing Collection, the first online scholarly catalogue to be developed by the ...
Germany has restituted the 14th and what is believed to be final work of art from the notorious trove of Cornelius Gurlitt, whose art-dealer father, Hildebrand, worked with the Nazis beginning in 1938 ...
Drawing the works of art is done in a loose and uninhibited way, working quickly and energetically, with a focus on expressive line and "note-taking" through sketching. Both new and returning students ...