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FILTER RESULTS ►Inside the Houston Home of Philanthropist Dominique de Menil — Lonny Magazine
Throughout their lifetime, Dominique de Menil and her husband John amassed one of the world's finest private collections of 20th-century art, which later became Houston's Menil Collection. But in 1948, they were just a young couple looking to building a home for their growing family. Show More Summary
Texas Roundup Part 4: “The Progress of Love” at the Menil Collection
by Johnathan Blaustein The day after my three hour “War/Photography” marathon, I paid a visit to the Menil Collection. It’s located on a beautiful little side street with grandiose trees and well-kept sidewalks. Tow-headed little Texan kids frolic on large public sculptures jutting up out of the grass-covered park next door. It was downright serene. [...]
Woman Vandalizes Iconic Delacroix Painting at the Louvre
What is it with art vandalism these days? First there was the Picasso at the Menil Collection last summer, then the Rothko at the Tate Modern. Now a woman has defaced Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People" at an outpost of the Louvre. Is this some kind of weird, terrible trend?
How Not to Handle an Art Controversy
Earlier this month, the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, removed a small oak tree from its sculpture garden—a story of little to no note, right? But just as the mighty oak grows from a tiny acorn, from that oak sapling springs a tale of art controversy of massive consequences. Show More Summary
"Mouton De Laine" from the collection Of Adelaide De Menil and Edmund S. Carpenter to be offered at Christie's
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie?s announced that it will offer property from the distinguished collection of Adelaide de Menil and Edmund S. Carpenter as a highlight of its fall sales season. On November 14, 2012, the most important flock of...Show More Summary
"Dear John & Dominique": Letters and drawings from the Menil archives on view at the Menil Collection
HOUSTON, TX.- Architect Philip Johnson referred to the couple as ?my first clients, my best clients, the clients who found all my other clients, founders of my career, good friends, good critics, and courageous appreciators of art.?Show More Summary
ArtSmart Roundtable: The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas
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Beginning in 1971, with the opening of the Rothko Chapel, the de Menil family had big plans for this neighborhood in Houston, Texas. The Chapel is a structure designed to house the paintings of Abstract Expressionist artist, Mark Rothko and a place for reflection and spirituality, regardless of your god. Show More Summary
Exhibition at the Menil Collection explores the realm of silence in modern and contemporary art
HOUSTON, TX.- ?Whether experienced as a source of inspiration, enigmatic force, or unsettling limbo zone, silence is elusive in today?s world. Inspired by John Cage?s 1952 groundbreaking composition 4?33? (and the 100th anniversary of...Show More Summary
Houston man charged with vandalizing 1929 Picasso at the city's Menil Collection
HOUSTON (AP).- Houston police are searching for a man now charged with vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act that was caught on video. Uriel Landeros of Houston was charged Friday with felony graffiti and criminal mischief for spray painting the artwork titled "Woman in a Red Armchair" at the city's Menil Collection. Show More Summary
Picasso Painting Vandalized At Houston's Menil Collection
Art vandalism isn’t anything new. Raphael’s previously defaced and whitewashed erotic frescos inside the Papal Apartments at the Vatican come to mind. However, last week, a slightly less scandalous painting - Pablo Picasso’s 1929 “Women in a Red Armchair” - was vandalized at Houston’s The Menil Collection. [ more › ]
The Evolving and Bizarre Story of Houston's Vandalized Picasso
Poor Picasso. His "Femme au fauteuil rouge (Woman in a Red Armchair)" (1929) was vandalized last week at Houston's Menil Collection and the artist claiming responsibility for the action, Uriel Llanderos, has essentially been bragging about his bravado on his rather sparse Facebook page. But the story doesn't stop there.
Picasso painting vandalized at Menil Collection could be saved
The Menil Collection in Texas is attempting to save a painting by Pablo Picasso that was vandalized recently with spray paint. The incident, which was captured on video and posted to YouTube, involved a man using black spray paint to deface Picasso's 1932 "Woman in Red Armchair."
Picasso: The Art Vandal's Choice
Picasso's 1929 painting "Conquista La Bestia" ("Conquer the Beast") was vandalized last week at Houston's Menil Collection by a man with a can of spray paint. According to the city's Local 2 news, he stenciled the image of a bullfighter killing a bull with the word "conquista" underneath.
The Story of Houston's Beer Can House Well-Designed Travel
I spent this past weekend in Houston, reveling in some of the city's more artistic sites. I meandered around The Menil Collection and its surrounding campus, taking in its fantastic contemporary art collection and enjoying the beautiful grounds. Show More Summary
Menil Collection selects short list of four architecture firms to design the new Menil Drawing Institute
HOUSTON, TX.- Josef Helfenstein, director of the Menil Collection, today announced that the Board of Trustees has narrowed the international search for an architect to design the Menil Drawing Institute (MDI), the first major building project under the museum?s ambitious long-range plan. Show More Summary
Dueling Pencils: 4 Firms to Compete for Project at Menil Collection in Houston
The firms will be competing to design a building for the Menil Drawing Institute and Study Center.
Menil Collection Announces Architects Shortlisted for Menil Drawing Institute
Michael Heizer’s “Isolated Mass/Circumflex (#2)” (1968–72), an “earth sculpture” embedded into the front lawn of the Menil Collection in Houston. (Photo: The Menil Collection)
In 1945, while on a business trip to New York, John de Menil...Show More Summary
Menil names Sheryl Kolasinski as Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer
HOUSTON, TX.- Concluding a national search, Josef Helfenstein, director of the Menil Collection, has named Sheryl Kolasinski as the museum?s Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer. In this position ? a new one at the Menil ? Ms....Show More Summary
The Modern Art Notes Podcast: Richard Serra
This week’s Modern Art Notes Podcast features Richard Serra, our greatest living sculptor. A retrospective of his drawings has just opened at its originating institution, The Menil Collection. It will be on view through June 10. The exhibition was previously at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It was [...]
Landmark exhibition of Richard Serra's drawings opens at the Menil Collection in Houston
HOUSTON, TX.- Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective, which concludes its national tour at its organizing institution, the Menil Collection, this spring, was made possible in part by a grant of $50,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Show More Summary
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