La Colombe D OR

La Colombe D OR

  • 3410 Montrose Blvd
  • Houston, Texas
  • 77006-4329

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The Menil Collection , which opened in 1987 to preserve and exhibit the collection of Houston philanthropists and collectors-extraordinaire John and Dominique de Menil, consists of 15,000 paintings, prints, drawings, photographs and books and is one of the most important privately assembled collections of the 20th Century. Set in a stunning modern structure designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, the 23-acre Menil campus also encompasses the Cy Twombly Gallery, Richmond Hall, housing a multi-colored Dan Flavin light installation, meditation-haven The Rothko Chapel and the stunning Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, designed by the Menils’ son, architect Francois de Menil, to showcase the only intact Byzantine frescos in the Western Hemisphere.

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