Scope and Contents ouble Vision Delves Into the Lives of John and Dominique de Menil Susie Tommaney | March 7, 2018 | 4:00am Facebook Twitter email Print ArticleAAHear the name de Menil or Schlumberger and thoughts immediately turn to philanthropy, wealth, power and the Renzo Piano-designed cypress, steel and glass museum over on Sul Ross. So perhaps one of the most surprising scenes in Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de...

Scope and Contents Everybody loves Austin. As much as I, a die hard Dallasite, would like to hate Austin, I love it. I hate how much other people love it and don’t appreciate the fact that Dallas’ arts scene is actually way better, but whatever, I still love Austin. And, like I said, so does everybody.It’s bursting at the seams – and it’s about to get a huge influx of visitors for SXSW, which starts Friday.If you’re one of the festival goers headed to town this weekend, allow me to...

Scope and Contents Thursday, March 8• From Thursday through Sunday, Cirque Du Soleil performs six shows of Corteo at the Toyota Center. Don’t miss OutSmart’s recent article featuring Maxwell Batista, Cirque Du Soleil’s openly gay publicist. Corteo tells the story of a clown who watches his own funeral unfold in a carnival-like atmosphere with 50 acrobats, singers, musicians, and actors. More info here.• Also from Thursday through Sunday, Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church stages...

Scope and Contents AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — The monumental new landmark “Austin,” may not be the kind of pilgrimage site Christians might think of visiting during Lent. Designed by Ellsworth Kelly, the American abstract painter best known for his fascination with line, form and color, the free-standing structure is described as a strictly secular project, conceived by a nonbeliever “without a religious program.”But then, how to explain the shape of the 2,715-square-foot building that forms...

Scope and Contents Kelly Grovier looks at how the colour black has illuminated and concealed, from early cave drawings to the square that hid a racist message. By Kelly Grovier 12 March 2018 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on StumbleUpon Share on Google+ Share by EmailAdvertisementBlack is where art begins. From the moment mankind felt an urge to scrawl on walls, it reached for black. Analysis of...

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Saving the best for last is fine in fireworks, but it can feel bittersweet in art. Ellsworth Kelly did not live to see the completion of Austin, the only building he ever designed. It opened to the public last month, two years after his death, on the University of Texas campus. Nevertheless, with the help of m

Scope and Contents A New Biography Spotlights the de Menil Family’s Art-Filled LifeWilliam Middleton’s book on legendary philanthropists Dominique and John de Menil shows how their interest in Modernist architecture began early on. By Wendy Goodman The River Oaks home. Balthazar Korab/Courtesy of Menil Archives, The Menil Collection, Houston March 22, 2018 11:23 am Share Tweet Pin It CommentWhen banker John de Menil and heiress Dominique Schlumberger married...

Scope and Contents n February 27, former President Barack Obama made a surprise appearance at a meeting at Chicago’s McCormick Place, the sixth public presentation on the plans for his presidential center in the city’s Jackson Park, currently under city and federal review for its impact on the historic landscape and environment.Obama’s unannounced speech seemed intended to calm the waters, which have become unexpectedly rough for what should have been smooth sailing: the first urban presidential...

Scope and Contents Some 30 years in the making, Ellsworth Kelly’s chapel Austin opened in early 2018 at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Austin Texas, where it greets visitors at the south corner of campus. Although Kelly did not live to see the chapel open, the late artist was able to approve every detail of the structure before his death, at age 92, in 2015.Kelly intended the non-denominational space to be a work of art first and foremost, but “he also wanted it to be a place that...

Scope and Contents Ellsworth Kelly may have been an atheist, but his chapel is undeniably spiritualBy Yonat Shimron, RELIGION NEWS SERVICE March 24, 2018 1 Ellsworth Kelly's "Austin" draws influences from Romanesque and Cistercian cathedrals. Photo: Molly GlentzerPhoto: Molly Glentzer Image 1 of 7 Ellsworth Kelly's "Austin" draws influences from Romanesque and Cistercian cathedrals.AUSTIN - The monumental new landmark "Austin" may not be the...