The Menil Collection recently unveiled What Drawing Can Be: Four Responses, peeling the curtain back on one of art’s many complexities.
Tony Lewis, “Relatively Submerged,” (graphite powder, tape and paint on paper, 2025); Tony Lewis, “Charlatan Slightly Muffled,” (screws, string, graphite powder and graphite spray, 2025)
Running through Aug. 10, the exhibition showcases the work of four contemporary visionaries as they explore this thought-provoking question through site-specific installations. “Rejecting conventional limitations of material, scale and permanence, the four artists in this exhibition make a case for the continuing relevance, agility and vitality of drawing and how it remains a generative area of investigation,” shares the Menil Drawing Institute’s associate curator Kelly Montana. “It’s been a joy to present each installation, though vastly different, in conversation with one another.”
Teresita Fernández, “Scorched Earth (Lament),” (charcoal, 2025)
Photography by: COURTESY OF THE MENIL DRAWING INSTITUTE
