Lecture: Cy Twombly’s Art: Visualizing Silence, Painting Poetry, Calling on the Gods

Name: Lecture: Cy Twombly’s Art: Visualizing Silence, Painting Poetry, Calling on the Gods
Start: 2026-04-16T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-16T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 1412 W Main St, Houston, TX 77006, United States

Schedule

Thu Apr 16 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1412 W Main St, Houston, TX 77006, United States | Houston, TX

Dr. Christine Kondoleon, Chair Emerita, Department of the Art of Ancient Greece and Rome, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, draws on her curatorial work for the exhibition "Making Past Present: Cy Twombly" in this lecture. Highlighting Twombly’s dialogue with antiquity across his collections and work, she offers new perspectives from the exhibition, and explores the role of silence, sound, poetry, and the divine in his legacy.
This program takes place at the Menil Drawing Institute, located at 1412 W. Main St.
As always, Menil programs are free and open to all.
Learn more: https://www.menil.org/events/lecture-cy-twombly-s-art-visualizing-silence-painting-poetry-calling-on-the-gods