Menil Collection

The Menil Collection is the name of a museum in Houston (Texas, USA), which exhibits the private art collection of founders John de Menil and Dominique de Menil.

The building, designed by Renzo Piano museum was opened in June 1987. The collection includes 20th-century art, including more than 15,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books. Among the artists include Yves Tanguy, René Magritte, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and wolf. Also represented are Pop Art and Contemporary Art of Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly. In addition, the museum's permanent collection shows Byzantine, medieval and primitive art.