Art and activism :  projects of John and Dominique de Menil / 
edited by Josef Helfenstein and Laureen Schipsi ; [essays by] Suzanne Deal Booth [and others]. 
 - 342 pages :  illustrations (some colour) ;  31 cm. 
 - Menil collection series .
 - Menil collection series. .
<br/><br/>Includes filmography. "Selections from the Menil Archives Film and Media Collection": p. [320]-323. Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-327) and index. 
<br/><br/> Living to create :  a memoir /  Aesthetics as a vocation /  On the nature of the de Menil Collections /  Two museums and two universities :  toward The Menil Collection /  Living and learning with Mrs. D. /  Lessons in development :  John and Dominique de Menil and the media arts /  The Menil advocacy for human rights :  a personal account /  John and Dominique de Menil and the Houston Civil Rights Movement /  In good faith :  remembering John de Menil /  Losing one's head :  John and Dominique de Menil as collectors /  The Rothko Chapel :  toward the infinite /  Regard the light :  the Dan Flavin installation at Richmond Hall /  The Byzantine fresco chapel :  Lysi in the art history of Cyprus /  John and Dominique de Menil as patrons of architecture, 1932-97 /  Working with light :  a portrait of Dominique de Menil /  The porosity of The Menil Collection /  Lightness and gravity :  the Cy Twombly Gallery /  Matisse's Vence Chapel with John de Menil and Father Couturier /  Dominique de Menil :  sketch for a portrait /  From surprise to marvel :  Dominique de Menil as curator /  Memoranda :  John and Dominique de Menil and the Dream of Black Mountain /  Mrs. D. and me /  Dorothea Tanning --  Pamela G. Smart --  Walter Hopps --  William A. Camfield --  Suzanne Deal Booth --  Gerald O'Grady --  Francesco Pellizzi --  Alvia J. Wardlaw --  Deloyd Parker --  Kristina Van Dyke --  Pia Gottschaller --  Clare Elliott --  Annemarie Weyl Carr --  Stephen Fox --  Renzo Piano --  Richard Ingersoll --  Paul Winkler --  Christophe de Menil --  Bertrand Davezac --  Simone Swan --  Thomas McEvilley --  Mel Chin. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0300123779 9780300123777 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010926780 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Menil, John de--Art collections.<br/>Menil, Dominique de--Art collections.<br/>Menil, John de--Art patronage.<br/>Menil, Dominique de--Art patronage.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arts--Collectors and collecting--Texas--Houston<br/>Human rights workers--Texas--Houston
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N576.H68  / A95 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>708.009227641411