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Menil Collection - Richmond Hall

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Richmond Hall used to be a grocery store. Now it houses the penultimate work by the Minimalist sculptor Dan Flavin. The installation features two rows of flourescent tubes stacked but not exactly on top of each other that creates a kind of visual doppler effect. Flavin was probably (with James Turrell) America's most important and innovative artist ever to work with light as his medium. Richmond Hall is set apart from the neighborhood's other two museums. It's on one of the busier border streets, Richmond, and it's next to a parking lot. Richmond Hall is an easy walk from both the Menil and the Twombly Gallery. And coming into the space from the urban hustle of Richmond renders the installation all the more startling and eerie and beautiful.

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    Menil Collection - Richmond Hall

    1500 Richmond Ave.
    Houston, TX 77006

    Phone: (713) 525-9400   |   Fax: (713) 525-9440   |   Official Website

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      01/01/06- Ongoing

      Dan Flavin Installation Menil Collection - Richmond Hall Dan Flavin Installation Presented by Menil Collection at Menil Collection - Richmond Hall January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Since November 1998, Richmond Hall has housed the penultimate work by the Minimalist sculptor Dan Flavin (1933–96), one of the most innovative artists of the second half of the twentieth century. Except for an installation in Bridgehampton, New York (created in 1985 by the Dia Art Foundation), Flavin’s work at Richmond Hall is the artist’s only permanent installation in the United States. Born in New York City, Flavin was virtually self taught as a visual artist....

      01/01/06- Ongoing

      Visit the Menil Collection Menil Collection - Richmond Hall Visit the Menil Collection Presented by Menil Collection at Menil Collection - Richmond Hall January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Permanent Collection

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    01/01/06- Ongoing

    Dan Flavin Installation Menil Collection - Richmond Hall Dan Flavin Installation Presented by Menil Collection at Menil Collection - Richmond Hall January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Since November 1998, Richmond Hall has housed the penultimate work by the Minimalist sculptor Dan Flavin (1933–96), one of the most innovative artists of the second half of the twentieth century. Except for an installation in Bridgehampton, New York (created in 1985 by the Dia Art Foundation), Flavin’s work at Richmond Hall is the artist’s only permanent installation in the United States. Born in New York City, Flavin was virtually self taught as a visual artist....

    01/01/06- Ongoing

    Visit the Menil Collection Menil Collection - Richmond Hall Visit the Menil Collection Presented by Menil Collection at Menil Collection - Richmond Hall January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Permanent Collection

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    04/14/10	John Butcher /Joe McPhee: Site-Specific Performances in Richmond Hall Menil Collection - Richmond Hall
    04/10/10	STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN! Family Concert: Percussion Class and Jazz Performance with Sam Dinkins Menil Collection - Richmond Hall