Menil Bookstore

The new publication "Angelbert Metoyer: The Afrofuturist Impulse" explores the Houston-born artist's practice, which weaves ancestral narratives, memory, and social history with philosophy, religion, and imaginative visions of the future.

Find copies at the Menil Bookstore—the shop is open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

Among the new titles at the Menil Bookstore are these books exploring aspects of architecture.

Through personal narratives and interviews, "Black Architect" examines the challenges that Black architects face in the United States and highlights why the field—as a mode of thinking, designing, and living—matters to everyone. "Claying Architecture" presents essays, interviews, and projects interrogating the role of clay and how it is reimagined in 3D printing, fabrication, and innovative construction techniques.

Brighten your day with a new shelf buddy from among a rotating menagerie of soft, colorful animals at the Menil Bookstore. Each purchase supports the museum.

Explore the traditions, histories, and communities behind quilting, embroidery, and fiber-related mediums through these titles available at the Menil Bookstore.

Stop by the store and browse art, architecture, design, and other books. The store is open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

Available at the Menil Bookstore is "Terry Winters: The Printed Work—a Catalogue Raisonné."

The comprehensive volume presents the artist's print works from the past four decades through more than 800 images and foldout sections that contextualize Winters's print work with his painting and drawing practice.

"Terry Winters: Vitalized Geometry" opens this Friday at the Menil Collection. Explore the 44 prints and works on paper on display in the main building, then visit the bookstore to purchase the book.

Shop local at the Menil Bookstore and browse Menil publications and merchandise, including tote bags, baseball caps, and water bottles. All purchases support the museum.

Among the new children's titles at the Menil Bookstore are these richly illustrated books. Find a variety of books celebrating art, histories, and communities for readers of all ages.

French photographer François Prost profiles Japan and the United States by training his lens on the kitsch and taboo.

The volume "Love Hotel" captures the escapist and fantastical exteriors of Japanese roadside lodging, while "Gentlemen's Club" features strip club facades from Miami to Los Angeles—with almost all photographed in harsh daylight. "I'm drawn to the aesthetic of these places and how their cades reveal something about the people who inhabit or frequent them."

Visit the Menil Bookstore to purchase these titles. The shop is open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

Browse these enduring titles at the Menil Bookstore highlighting women in Homeric narratives.

Madeline Miller's celebrated novel "Circe" reimagines the sorceress's life as she defines her identity and crosses paths with the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, Medea, and Odysseus. "Sappho—Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments" presents the poet's songs and works as she summons the Muses, recasts the Trojan War from a woman's perspective, and depicts elegant evocations of love and passion.

Purchase these books at the Menil Bookstore. The shop is open today, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

Opening this Thursday, September 10, at the Menil Collection is Jitish Kallat's site-specific wall drawing. Kallat, through his multifaceted practice, probes the intersections of the intimate and the immense.

The volume "Jitish Kallat: Integer Study" reproduces a portfolio of the artist's 365 drawings recorded daily in 2021. Throughout the year-long ritual, three sets of numbers—global human populatino, births, and deaths at a specific moment—evoke themes of climate, extinction, evolution, and decay.

See Kallat's monumental wall drawing in the Menil Drawing Institute, then stop by the Menil Bookstore to purchase "Integer Study."