Menil Collection
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The Menil Collection presents art within a low-rise museum campus set among trees and neighborhood streets in Houston.
The Menil Collection presents art in a low-rise museum campus among trees and neighborhood streets in Houston. Its holdings include a substantial Surrealist collection shaped by John and Dominique de Menil’s interest in artists such as Max Ernst, René Magritte and Victor Brauner.
Byzantine and related icons form another distinct part of the collection, alongside works from other periods and cultures. The relationship between galleries, architecture and green space is central to the campus setting. The campus includes separate buildings with their own opening arrangements.
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