Scope and Contents Take In Tilda Swinton’s Wisdom With This Beautiful Speech From The Rothko Chapel Take In Tilda Swinton's Wisdom With This Beautiful Speech From The Rothko ChapelPeter KnegtFeb 10, 2015 2:48 pmAn eloquent, fluid and downright gorgeous speech that Tilda Swinton made last year when she was presented with the Rothko Chapel Visionary Award at the The Rothko Chapel in Texas has been making the social media rounds (thanks to this blog), and it’s definitely worth...

Scope and Contents "The Infinity Machine" Starts the Menil's Byzantine Fresco Chapel Reinvention Kelly Klaasmeyer | February 24, 2015 | 8:00am Facebook 299 Twitter email Print ArticleAAIn Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller's installation "The Infinity Machine," a cluster of mirrors dangles from the ceiling, slowly rotating in the darkened interior of The Menil Collection's Byzantine Fresco Chapel. There are oval mirrors, gilt mirrors, beveled mirrors,...

Scope and Contents Menil's new 'Infinity' exhibit is a surreal space experience Photo of Molly Glentzer Molly Glentzer Feb. 1, 2015 Updated: Feb. 1, 2015 11:57 a.m. More Comments Print 9 1 of 9(l-r) Artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller with there installation at the Menil Collection's Byzantine Fresco Chapel Tuesday January 27, 2015. George Bures Miller and Janet Cardiff are known for their immersive, environmentally scaled works that combine sound with a variety of mediums. In this installation - the...

Scope and Contents In a city of exuberant excess, the campus surrounding the Menil Collection has always been an anomalous island of serene good taste. Dreamy live oaks. Manicured lawns. Sleek modern public structures interspersed by huge contemporary sculptures and vintage bungalows painted a uniform sober earth-gray.I've always thought of these Montrose blocks as Menil World, a land apart. Here the pared modern vision of the late John and Dominique de Menil flourishes ever so quietly around the...

Scope and Contents Paul McCartney couldn't keep record players working in his London home in the late 1960s, but a sculpture by the Greek artist Takis must not have taxed him as much.Some people thought the piece was a burglar alarm, Barry Miles wrote in a 1998 McCartney biography, "Many Years From Now." Consisting of two aircraft wing lights (one red, one white) welded to military tank antennas, the spindly sculpture also looked like it might capture radio signals.It was from a large...

Scope and Contents Salman Rushdie has earlobes, even if genies in his new book don't After memorable experiences here, author returns to discuss latest work in which city has cameo Photo of Kyrie O’Connor Kyrie O’Connor Nov. 6, 2015 More Comments Print 15 1 of 15CHELTENHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 10: Salman Rushdie, writer, at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 10, 2015 in Cheltenham, England. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)Photo: David Levenson, Contributor 2 of 15CHELTENHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER...

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Individual media articles referencing the Rothko Chapel are listed here

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Individual media articles referencing the Rothko Chapel are listed here

Scope and Contents Da Camera's artistic and general director prepares Rothko concert Pianist and Da Camera general manager Sarah Rothenberg prepares music dedicated to artist Mark Rothko Photo of Andrew Dansby Andrew Dansby Nov. 23, 2015 Updated: Nov. 23, 2015 10:49 a.m. More Comments Print 14 1 of 14Sarah Rothenberg, a virtuoso pianist and fine arts programer who runs Da Camera, has a new CD out called Rothko Chapel on ECM. Rothenberg is photographed at Da Camera, across the street from the Rothko Chapel,...

Scope and Contents Glamorous crowd at The Menil celebrate Tom Ford Stylish candlelight event raises more than $100,000 for the museum, toasts store openingBy Joy Sewing Updated 1:43 pm CST, Monday, November 16, 2015 Guests dine with candlelight at the exclusive Tom Ford dinner at the Menil Collection. Photo: Kirsten GilliumPhoto: Kirsten Gillium Image 1 of 9 Guests dine with candlelight at the exclusive Tom Ford dinner at the Menil Collection.A parade of...