Scope and Contents The legendary Houston socialite Lynn Wyatt likes to describe her couture gowns as “old friends.” The sentiment refers to her penchant for re-wearing the same custom outfits on multiple occasions — and the fact that many of the dresses were designed by close friends. This week, Wyatt, 80, will auction off 17 of her most iconic couture outfits from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s — including designs by Chanel, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent and Givenchy — on Paddle8. A portion of the proceeds will go...

Scope and Contents Live Like Lynn Wyatt Via This Once-in-a-Lifetime Charity Auction The legendary Houston style-setter has donated art, couture fashion and more from her closet and her friends to benefit the Rothko Chapel.By Sarah Rufca Nielsen 2/15/2016 at 3:17pm AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Facebook31Share to TwitterShare to Google+Share to Pinterest1Share to SMSShare to EmailShare to Print Lynn wyatt collage hcbmxoSix of the 37 items up for auction from the world of Lynn...

Scope and Contents f Fashion / Style File Lynn Wyatt Opens Her Closet Famed Style Icon is Auctioning Off Precious Pieces In a Once-in-a-Lifetime Moment BY Anne Lee Phillips // 02.15.16 1 25Lynn Wyatt in couture at the Dan Flavin exhibition at the Menil Collection. Photograph by Robert Polidori, courtesty of the artist and Paul Kasmin Gallery.On set at the inimitable Lynn Wyatt’s house last July, as we photographed her on the occasion of her 80th birthday and as chair of the Museum of...

Scope and Contents Rusty Obelisk Removed for Restoration from Rothko Chapel by Glasstire February 6, 2016 0 menil rothkoImage via Menil Collection Conservation DepartmentBarnett Newman’s masterful Broken Obelisk sculpture, which sits in a reflecting pool outside the Rothko Chapel, has been temporarily removed for conservation, according to the Houston Chronicle. The sculpture has been shipped back to its original fabricator in North Haven, Connecticut for restoration over the next 10...

Scope and Contents The Legend of Lynn Wyatt, the Best Little Socialite in Texas Having recently celebrated her 80th birthday, and preparing a benefit auction of some of her most treasured possessions, the indomitable Texan shows no signs of slowing down. by James ReginatoJanuary 10, 2016 8:00 pm BIRTHDAY GIRL Lynn Wyatt flanked by Peter Copping (Oscar de la Renta’s creative director, who designed her dress) and Nicky Haslam on the occasion of her belated 80th-birthday celebration at...

Scope and Contents The Art of Reflection Within the Rothko Chapel This chapel elevates Rothko's canvas as deity. SHARE TWEETPhotos by Hickey-Robertson courtesy The Rothko ChapelFourteen deep purple and velvety black Mark Rothko paintings hang within an octagonal-shaped chapel. The large-scale Rothkos were made especially for an interfaith sanctuary dedicated to spiritualty and human rights in Houston, Texas. The Rothko Chapel was founded and conceived by...

Scope and Contents Houston: Everything—Art Included—Is Bigger in Texas Andrew Richdale8.19.2015From the October 2015 issue Save Share this article SaveOriginal open uri20150819 22018 1torejx?1440008620?ixlib=rails 0.3 The Rothko ChapelOne of the richest stashes of art in America is found deep in the heart of Oil Country: The 1.5-mile radius of Houston’s Museum District is home to 19 places to interact with art. And in 2016, several...

Scope and Contents This fall, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the sole American venue for the retrospective of Mark Rothko (1903-1970); he and Jackson Pollock are considered the most important abstract painters of the modern era. A half-century ago, patrons Dominique and John de Menil recognized Rothko’s greatness and commissioned a series of paintings for the Rothko Chapel, which opened in 1971, inaugurating what would become the campus of The Menil Collection. Catherine D. Anspon talks with the artist’s...

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