# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lecture: Cy Twombly’s Art: Visualizing Silence, Painting Poetry, Calling on the Gods
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: 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
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- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, literary-art, exhibitions
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 241

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Houston
- **state**: TX
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1412 W Main St, Houston, TX 77006, United States
- **lat**: 29.73623
- **long**: -95.39685
- **full address**: 1412 W Main St, Houston, TX 77006, United States

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- **organizer**: The Menil Collection (https://allevents.in/org/the-menil-collection/1872929)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1412 W Main St, Houston, TX 77006, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Menil Collection
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, fine-arts, literary-art, exhibitions
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Lecture: Cy Twombly’s Art: Visualizing Silence, Painting Poetry, Calling on the Gods ?
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