John de Menil
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John de Ménil was a Franco-American businessman, philanthropist, and art patron. He was the founding president of the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) in New York. With his wife, Dominique de Menil, he established the Menil Collection, a free museum designed by Renzo Piano and built in 1986 to preserve and exhibit their world-class contemporary art collection.
John de Menil with Andy Warhol, Montreal, 1968
Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk in front of the Rothko Chapel, Houston
Dominique de Menil
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Dominique de Menil was a French-American art collector, philanthropist, founder of the Menil Collection and an heiress to the Schlumberger Limited oil-equipment fortune. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1986.
Dominique de Menil
De Menil with gallery model, Houston, 1973
Strake and Jones Halls, designed by Philip Johnson, University of St. Thomas, Houston
Southeast corner of the Menil Collection, Houston