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building in Paris, to come up with a design that would fit her vision for the museum. "I dreamed of preserving some of the intimacy I had enjoyed with works of art," she wrote. "We would show only portions of the
Collection at a time, but displayed in generous and attractive space... The public would
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echoed the architecture of the surrounding bungalows, which had been painted gray by the Menil
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was dedicated on Menil
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as its director; she curated several groundbreaking exhibitions, including "The Sphere of
Mondrian" and "Totems Not Taboo: An Exhibition of Primitive Art." In 1954 they founded the Menil Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the "support and advancement of religious, charitable,
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for a two-week residence in Rome in JuneâJuly 1970 for daily work with
Rossellini, conceiving a film about cosmology that did not advance to filming but that was published in 1975 as a personal memoir of a life discovering the universe. Other filmmakers who visited the Media Center included
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ethos in which they understood art as a central part of the human experience. Their collection was motivated by their shared interest in the many ways individuals over different cultures and eras reveal through art their understanding of what it means to be human.
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paintings, sculptures, and works on paper. Designed by Renzo Piano, the permanent gallery echoes some of the architectural features of the Menil
Collection, such as the use of diffused natural light, while retaining its own, separate identity.
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Houston, in the 1950s and 1960s the de Menils promoted modern art through exhibitions held at the Contemporary Arts Association (later the
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Houston near the Rothko Chapel. Kahn did produce some preliminary drawings, but the project was suspended in 1973 after John de Menil's and Kahn's deaths less than a year apart.
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and would have the rare joy of sitting in front of a painting and contemplating it... Works would appear, disappear, and reappear like actors on a stage." Piano's understated design for the
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for an ecumenical chapel intended for the
University of St. Thomas as a space of dialogue and reflection between faiths. After undergoing revisions by several architects, including
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in particular. In 1960 they launched the ambitious scholarly research project "The Image of the Black in Western Art," directed by art historian
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clergy at the University of St. Thomas, in 1969 the de Menils moved the art departmentâincluding the art history facultyâand Media Center to
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as a partial gift to the city of Houston in 1969, on the condition that it be dedicated to the recently assassinated
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convention, held in Houston that year, and worked with photographers such as
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to the United States of America. They maintained residences in
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to design a museum campus on Menil Foundation property in the
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and developed an interest in filmmaking, which took her to
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Art and Activism: Projects of John and Dominique de Menil
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leaders, scholars, and musicians from four continents.
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Tehran: Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy, 1977.
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