Titre et auteur:

Art and activism : projects of John and Dominique de Menil / edited by Josef Helfenstein and Laureen Schipsi ; [essays by] Suzanne Deal Booth [and others].

Publication:

Houston : Menil Collection ; New Haven, Conn. : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2010.

Description:

342 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.

Série(s):

Menil collection series

Notes:
"Selections from the Menil Archives Film and Media Collection": pages 320-323.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-327) and index.
Living to create : a memoir / Dorothea Tanning -- Aesthetics as a vocation / Pamela G. Smart -- On the nature of the de Menil Collections / Walter Hopps -- Two museums and two universities : toward The Menil Collection / William A. Camfield -- Living and learning with Mrs. D. / Suzanne Deal Booth -- Lessons in development : John and Dominique de Menil and the media arts / Gerald O'Grady -- The Menil advocacy for human rights : a personal account / Francesco Pellizzi -- John and Dominique de Menil and the Houston Civil Rights Movement / Alvia J. Wardlaw -- In good faith : remembering John de Menil / Deloyd Parker -- Losing one's head : John and Dominique de Menil as collectors / Kristina Van Dyke -- The Rothko Chapel : toward the infinite / Pia Gottschaller -- Regard the light : the Dan Flavin installation at Richmond Hall / Clare Elliott -- The Byzantine fresco chapel : Lysi in the art history of Cyprus / Annemarie Weyl Carr -- John and Dominique de Menil as patrons of architecture, 1932-97 / Stephen Fox -- Working with light : a portrait of Dominique de Menil / Renzo Piano -- The porosity of The Menil Collection / Richard Ingersoll -- Lightness and gravity : the Cy Twombly Gallery / Paul Winkler -- Matisse's Vence Chapel with John de Menil and Father Couturier / Christophe de Menil -- Dominique de Menil : sketch for a portrait / Bertrand Davezac -- From surprise to marvel : Dominique de Menil as curator / Simone Swan -- Memoranda : John and Dominique de Menil and the Dream of Black Mountain / Thomas McEvilley -- Mrs. D. and me / Mel Chin.

ISBN:

9780300123777 (hbk.)
0300123779 (hbk.)

Sujet:

Menil, John de Art collections.
Menil, Dominique de Art collections.
Menil, John de Art patronage.
Menil, Dominique de Art patronage.
Menil, Dominique de
Menil, John de
Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
Art Collectors and collecting Texas Houston.
Human rights workers Texas Houston.
Art Collectionneurs et collections Texas Houston.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme Texas Houston.
Art Collectors and collecting
Art Private collections
Art patronage
Human rights workers
Konstsamlare Förenta Staterna 1900-talet.
Konst och politik.
Texas Houston

Vedettes secondaires:

Helfenstein, Josef.
Schipsi, Laureen.
Booth, Suzanne Deal.
Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
Menil collection series.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 269338
Cote: BIB 201524
Statut: Disponible