Menil Bookstore

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The summer solstice in the northern hemisphere is this Sunday. Celebrate the season and cool down at the Menil Bookstore...
06/16/2026

The summer solstice in the northern hemisphere is this Sunday. Celebrate the season and cool down at the Menil Bookstore with children's titles, art and architecture books, and more.

The shop is open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

Visit the Menil Bookstore soon and browse cards and gifts. All purchases support the museum.
06/12/2026

Visit the Menil Bookstore soon and browse cards and gifts. All purchases support the museum.

Formed in 1960, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) participated in and organized peaceful, direct-acti...
06/11/2026

Formed in 1960, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) participated in and organized peaceful, direct-action protests, from sit-ins at segregated lunch counters to voter registration in the American South.

Find these titles examining the SNCC's history at the Menil Bookstore:
📖 "SNCC: The New Abolitionists" by Howard Zinn
📖 "In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s" by Clayborne Carson
📖 "The River of No Return: The Autobiography of a Black Militant" by Cleveland Sellers

A series of free programs this summer at the Menil Collection explores the SNCC's legacy through the lens of Houston's Civil Rights history and the broader African Diaspora. Learn more at menil.org/events.

The publication "African Art from The Menil Collection" catalogues more than 100 pieces among the Menil's holdings, from...
06/10/2026

The publication "African Art from The Menil Collection" catalogues more than 100 pieces among the Menil's holdings, from Lega ivories to Dogon sculpture to Benue bronzes.

Learn about the formation of the museum's African art collection, drawn primarily from North Africa and the Sahel, Coastal West Africa, and Central and East Africa, through photography and texts by leading scholars. The Menil publication is available for purchase at the Menil Bookstore and online.

Dive into the life and practice of Yves Klein, whose story is paired with black-line illustrations and touches of the ar...
06/09/2026

Dive into the life and practice of Yves Klein, whose story is paired with black-line illustrations and touches of the artist's signature color in "Yves Klein Painted Everything Blue and Wasn't Sorry."

Check out children's titles in your next visit to the Menil Bookstore. Swing by Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

Explore the q***r alternative history of modernism through the volume "Q***r Modernism, 1900–1950." The volume presents ...
06/05/2026

Explore the q***r alternative history of modernism through the volume "Q***r Modernism, 1900–1950." The volume presents the visual worlds, languages, and aesthetics of artists across Europe and the Americas, alongside histories of q***r lives during war, persecution, and resistance.

Purchase a copy at the Menil Bookstore. The shop is open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

The Menil Collection opened to the public on this day in 1987.Available in the Menil Bookstore is the dual biography "Do...
06/04/2026

The Menil Collection opened to the public on this day in 1987.

Available in the Menil Bookstore is the dual biography "Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil." The book, by journalist and editor William Middleton, "goes into much detail about how [the couple] were able to so clearly put their stamp on Houston," the Houston Press wrote in a review. "The de Menils' story doesn't just belong to Houston or Paris or London; the story belongs to the world."

Inspired by the oak trees across the Menil Collection's campus? Bring a touch of nature into your home and sprout a new ...
06/03/2026

Inspired by the oak trees across the Menil Collection's campus? Bring a touch of nature into your home and sprout a new oak tree through an acorn vase, now available at the Menil Bookstore.

Visit the shop to browse a curated selection of gifts. The store is open today, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

In 1977–78, Cy Twombly produced a "painting in 10 parts," inspired by Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's "Iliad."Av...
06/02/2026

In 1977–78, Cy Twombly produced a "painting in 10 parts," inspired by Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's "Iliad."

Available at the Menil Bookstore is "Cy Twombly: Fifty Days at Iliam," a color reproduction of the artist's 10 large canvases evoking moments from Homer's epic poem.

Visit the shop—the store is open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

Among the new titles available at the Menil Bookstore, find "Notes to a Black Woman" by Françoise Ega and "Diasporic Thr...
05/29/2026

Among the new titles available at the Menil Bookstore, find "Notes to a Black Woman" by Françoise Ega and "Diasporic Threads: Black Women, Fibre & Textiles" by Sharbreon Plummer.

In "Notes to a Black Woman," Ega chronicles the experiences of domestic workers lured from their Caribbean homes to France, exposing their unjust living and working conditions and defending the dignity of migrant laborers. The zine "Diasporic Threads" surveys the history of Black women's contributions to art and history through fiber-related media, spotlighting five artists and their practices amid the intersections of race, art, and cultural memory.

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1524 Sul Ross Street
Houston, TX
77006

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Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 7pm
Sunday 11am - 7pm

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