The Menil Collection

Referring both to the museum housing the private art collection of founders John de Menil and Dominique de Menil and the collection itself, The Menil Collection features an array of 20th-century art, including more than 15,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs and rare books. Designed by Renzo Piano, the museum opened to the public in June 1987. The collection includes the early to mid-20th century works of Yves Tanguy, René Magritte, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso among others and maintains an extensive collection of pop art and contemporary art from Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg, Vija Celmins and Cy Twombly. Also in the museum’s permanent collection are assorted antiquities and works of Byzantine, Medieval and Tribal art.

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