Menil Collection Floor Plan

Each time they would be seen with a fresh eye dominique de menil.

Menil collection floor plan. If you visit our green spaces please follow our policies and practice social distancing by staying 6 feet apart. 1533 sul ross st. To support the menil please consider making a donation or becoming a member. The fifth art building to join the menil neighborhood the menil drawing institute opened to the public on saturday november 3 2018.

A retrospective 2012 and lee bontecou. In order to allow uniform daylighting in the gallery spaces and achieve the architectural form desired arup developed a system to supply air to the galleries from below now known as displacement ventilation. Main building the menil collection main building features galleries of the museum s permanent collection and changing exhibitions. The menil collection is one of the first modern buildings in the united states to use a floor air supply system.

The menil collection s glossy dark floor as seen in 1987 before the museum opened. Paintings sculptures decorative objects prints works. Please visit our welcome back page for additional details and to reserve your free timed entry. The menil is known for displays that allow the objects and works of art to speak for themselves there are no didactics on the wall or media in the galleries the menil philosophy is to foster each individual s direct personal encounter with works of art.

Engineer peter rice architect renzo piano dominique de menil and her son francois de menil checked out a new. Silent head on concrete floor 2011. Exhibited on site in sky lit galleries and stored upstairs in treasure rooms the collection continues to grow. The menil collection opened in 1986 in houston tx dominique de menil heiress to the schlumberger oil company fortune and her husband john de menil became a power couple in the houston art.

The menil collection the menil collection. Opened in 1987 the menil collection houses a world of art from the prehistoric to the present day. The menil drawing institute was established in 2008 to further the study of modern and contemporary drawings and since that time it has organized important traveling exhibitions including richard serra drawing. The menil collection located in neartown houston texas refers either to a museum that houses the private art collection of founders john de menil and dominique de menil or to the collection itself of approximately 17 000 paintings sculptures prints drawings photographs and rare books.

Menil collection commentary art collector dominique de menil was thinking not simply of a new home for her growing collection but also of a centre for music literature theatre and cultural educational activities when she planned this new building in a small park surrounded by low residential housing. While the bulk of the collection is made up of a once private collection menil foundation inc. 70 2 59 4 87 cm. The menil collection in houston texas.