About The Menil Collection
The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, showcases the important private art collection of its founders, John and Dominique de Menil. The building, which opened in 1987, was designed by the renowned architect Renzo Piano. Here you can admire a comprehensive selection of 20th-century art, made up of more than fifteen thousand paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books. The collection brings together works by celebrated artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Max Ernst, as well as representatives of Pop Art and contemporary art, including Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock. A permanent exhibition of Byzantine, medieval, and tribal art rounds out the offerings.
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- Museum › Art museums
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- Address
- 1533 Sul Ross St
77006-4729 Houston, USA - District
- Montrose
- Phone
- +17135259400
- Website
- www.menil.org
- info@menil.org
- Coordinates
- 29.73766° N · -95.39851° E
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- Identifier
- ID c78d5542-788…
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The private family collection of John and Dominique de Menil, consisting of 20th-century modern masterpieces. The museum building is the centerpiece of a neighborhood featuring satellite gallery spaces and related cultural institutions set in a park-like setting. It boasts a large group of surrealist works and includes a special room devoted to the objects that the Surrealists themselves collected, which inspired many of the works on view.
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