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James Ensor (1860-1949), “Untitled (Masked Ball)” ca. 1890. Oil on canvas. From The Menil Collection.

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Review: “Robert Rauschenberg”at the Menil Collection, Houston | Glasstire

Jillian Wendel writes about Robert Rauschenberg’s influential bodies of work in fabric, on view at the Menil Collection in Houston.

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The Rothko Chapel, 2018.

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Victor Brauner (Romanian, 1903-1966)

#Bird Leaf (Oiseau feuille), 1964

Oil on canvas, 28 5/8 × 23 5/8 in. (72.7 × 60 cm)

Menil Collection

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Equestrian Portrait of Dauphin Henri II, François Clouet, ca. 1543

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If you have ever been to the Menil collection, then you have seen the suspended sculpture, right outside of the building. It is a beautiful site to see in Houston, Texas

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Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) "Saint Rosalia interceding on behalf of the plague victims of Palermo" (1624) Oil on canvas Baroque Located in the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, United States Rosalia (1130–1166), also called La Santuzza, or "The Little Saint," and in Sicilian as "Rusulia", is the patron saint of Palermo in Italy, Camargo, Chihuahua, and three towns in Venezuela: El Hatillo, Zuata, and El Playon. She is especially important internationally as a saint invoked in times of plague. In 1624, a plague beset Palermo. During this hardship Rosalia reportedly appeared first to a sick woman, then to a hunter, to whom she indicated where her remains were to be found. She ordered him to bring her bones to Palermo and have them carried in procession through the city. The hunter climbed the mountain and found her bones in the cave as described. He did what she had asked in the apparition. After her remains were carried around the city three times, the plague ceased. Rosalia was then venerated as the patron saint of Palermo, and a sanctuary was built in the cave where her remains were discovered. Her post-1624 iconography is dominated by the work of the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, who was trapped in the city during the 1624–1625 quarantine.

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René Magritte, Belgian, 1898 - 1967 | A Rare Old Vintage Picasso (Un Picasso de derrière les fagots), 1950. Oil paint on glass bottle. 12 × 2 7/8 (diameter) in. (30.5 × 7.3 cm). 3-D Object/Sculpture. Gift of Alexander Iolas. CA 5104, Menil Collection