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The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas, founded by John and Dominique de Menil.The interior serves not only as a chapel, but also as a major work of modern art: on its walls are fourteen paintings by Mark Rothko in varying hues of black.
The museum also maintains an extensive collection of pop art and contemporary art from Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg, Vija Celmins and Cy Twombly, Jr., among others. Also included in the museum's permanent collection are antiquities and works of Byzantine , Medieval and tribal art .
In 1987 philanthropists Dominique and John de Menil opened their vast art collection, which includes pieces by René Magritte, Henri Matisse, and Mark Rothko, with a museum designed by Renzo Piano.
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As a non-collecting museum, it strives to provide a forum for visual arts of the present and recent past and document new directions in art, while engaging the public and encouraging a greater understanding of contemporary art through education programs. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston opened in 1972, in a building designed by Gunnar Birkerts. [2]
In the summer of 2014, all four multiples were on display in the United States at the following locations: Rothko Chapel, Houston; Red Square, University of Washington, Seattle; Museum of Modern Art, New York City; and Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York. Art critic Robert Hughes, writing on Broken Obelisk in 1971, said:
[1] [2] [3] He was best known for the public buildings and houses he designed and co-designed in Houston, notably the Rice Museum (known locally as the "Art Barn") at Rice University [4] and the Alfred C. Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Art Houston [5] (both no longer standing), the Rothko Chapel, and Wortham Center.
The Munson Museum of Art loaned two of Mark Rothko’s paintings to a retrospective exhibition at the Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris. The show will run through April 24.