Menil Collection

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art museum museum campus nonprofit institution

The Menil Collection is a renowned art museum and campus in Houston, Texas, celebrated for its extensive modern and contemporary art holdings and its serene, light-filled buildings designed by architect Renzo Piano.

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Label Occurrences
Menil Collection canonical 19
Menil Collection building 1
Menil Collection endowment 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum ⓘ
museum campus ⓘ
nonprofit institution ⓘ
admissionPolicy free admission ⓘ
architect Renzo Piano ⓘ
architecturalStyle Modernist architecture ⓘ
buildingType museum building ⓘ
campusArea approximately 30 acres ⓘ
city Houston ⓘ
collectionSize over 17,000 works ⓘ
collectionType African art ⓘ
Byzantine art ⓘ
Pacific art ⓘ
antiquities ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
modern art ⓘ
surrealist art ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
foundedBy Dominique de Menil ⓘ
John de Menil ⓘ
foundingYear 1987 ⓘ
governingBody Menil Foundation ⓘ
hasCuratorialDepartment Ancient and Medieval Art Department ⓘ
Arts of Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas Department ⓘ
Modern and Contemporary Art Department ⓘ
hasPart Byzantine Fresco Chapel ⓘ
Cy Twombly Gallery ⓘ
Menil Drawing Institute ⓘ
Richmond Hall ⓘ
Rothko Room (Mark Rothko works) ⓘ
surface form: Rothko Chapel
knownFor integration of art, architecture, and landscape ⓘ
renowned modern and contemporary art holdings ⓘ
serene, light-filled galleries ⓘ
lightingDesign diffused natural light ⓘ
location Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas, United States
mission to make art accessible to the public ⓘ
name The Menil Collection ⓘ
neighborhood Montrose ⓘ
nonprofitStatus 501(c)(3) organization ⓘ
notableWorkHeld The Encounter (René Magritte) ⓘ
The Magician (Max Ernst) ⓘ
offers public programs ⓘ
research opportunities ⓘ
temporary exhibitions ⓘ
openingDate 1987-06-07 ⓘ
patron Dominique de Menil ⓘ
John de Menil ⓘ
roofDesignFeature innovative skylight system ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
typeOfOrganization private foundation ⓘ
website https://www.menil.org ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Renzo Piano → notableWork → Menil Collection ⓘ
Renzo Piano → designed → Menil Collection ⓘ
Renzo → notableWork → Menil Collection ⓘ
subject surface form: Renzo Piano
this entity surface form: Menil Collection building
Walter Hopps → employer → Menil Collection ⓘ
John de Menil → notableWork → Menil Collection ⓘ
John de Menil → coFounderOf → Menil Collection ⓘ
John de Menil → hasCollectionIn → Menil Collection ⓘ
Cy Twombly Gallery → operatedBy → Menil Collection ⓘ
Byzantine Fresco Chapel → operator → Menil Collection ⓘ
Byzantine Fresco Chapel → ownedBy → Menil Collection ⓘ
Byzantine Fresco Chapel → near → Menil Collection ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menil Collection main building
Menil Foundation → oversees → Menil Collection ⓘ
Menil Foundation → supports → Menil Collection ⓘ
Menil Foundation → governs → Menil Collection ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menil Collection endowment
Modern and Contemporary Art Department → partOf → Menil Collection ⓘ
Modern and Contemporary Art Department → parentOrganization → Menil Collection ⓘ
Ancient and Medieval Art Department → partOf → Menil Collection ⓘ
Ancient and Medieval Art Department → parentOrganization → Menil Collection ⓘ
Arts of Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas Department → partOf → Menil Collection ⓘ
Arts of Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas Department → locatedIn → Menil Collection ⓘ
Arts of Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas Department → parentOrganization → Menil Collection ⓘ
Montrose → hasCulturalInstitution → Menil Collection ⓘ
subject surface form: Montrose (Houston)