2013 The Menil Collection Annual Report

2013 A N N UAL RE PORT

THE M ENIL C OLLECTION

Public Programs

C ONT ENTS FISCAL YEAR

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Director’s Review

25TH ANNIVERSARY Events & Projects AIA Award

COLLECTION & EXHIBITIONS

Permanent Collection Acquisitions Exhibitions Other Venues Loans of Art

SCHOLARSHIP

Conservation Publications Library & Archives Research & Recognition

COMMUNIT Y Public Programs Membership Education

FACTS & FIGURES Financials By the Numbers

SUPPORT Donors Members

Board of Trustees, Menil Council, & Founding Benefactors Staff

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DIRECTOR’S REVIEW

F Director Josef Helfenstein speaking at the 25th anniversary Celebration in Blue benefit

frontispiece: The Menil Collection north entrance

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iscal year 2013 was a watershed moment for the Menil Collection as the museum marked its 25th anniversary. The occasion provided an opportunity to celebrate the rich legacy of our founders, John and Dominique de Menil, to assess where the institution is today, and to look toward our future. As we reconnect with our history, I am reminded of how much the museum has grown. Since the Menil’s founding, the scope of its activities and donor base has expanded tremendously. Further to our growth as an institution, we feel it is important to share with you all that we are able to accomplish through your support. It therefore gives me great pleasure to present to you the Menil Collection’s first annual report.

The report strives to highlight our achievements and performance, provide greater transparency, and offer an overview of ongoing, behind-the-scenes activities, such as recent acquisitions and projects in our conservation lab. You’ll see that a number of memorable endeavors unfolded in fiscal year 2013.

Menil membership and visitor attendance reached record levels. We commemorated our 25th anniversary with a range of thoughtful exhibitions, public programs, and festivities. The exhibition Dear John and Dominique: Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives reminded us of the extraordinary range of artists, architects, curators, intellectuals, and social activists our founders corresponded with and supported. Conveying gratitude, awe, and delight, the assembled exchanges provided an intimate look at the

pioneering ideas that helped form the museum long before the building opened in 1987.

Implemented in fiscal year 2013, the ongoing Voices of the Menil: A Cell Phone Audio Walk enhances the visitor experience through access to audio clips from Menil curators, artists, and former students of Dominique de Menil, who share anecdotes about the history of artworks and the architecture of our buildings. Old and new friends from around the globe gathered for cocktails, dinner, dancing, and a silent auction for the Menil 25th anniversary Celebration in Blue. The museum’s largest fundraiser to date, the event raised over $2.2 million to benefit the Menil’s general operations, far surpassing our goal.

Alongside the celebratory programming, our curatorial team continued to organize outstanding, scholarly exhibitions drawing on our collection and introducing new artists to our audiences. In an unprecedented collaborative project, The Progress of Love—co-organized with the Centre for Contem– porary Art, Lagos, and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis—brought together the work of twentythree artists predominately from Africa, but also from Europe and America, whose work explores the legacy of courtly love and how contemporary society reacts to and reshapes these ideals.

Furthermore, the American Institute of Architects awarded the Menil their Twenty-five Year Award, confirming that Renzo Piano’s design for the museum has stood the test of time and putting it in the company of other architecturally significant institutions, such

as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

Please take this report as part of our continued effort to strengthen and improve the Menil Collection and your experience as a visitor and patron. I am honored to serve as director of the Menil Collection, alongside talented colleagues who have chosen Houston as their home and the museum as the beneficiary of their considerable expertise. Together, with you, we serve as stewards of this remarkable institution, committed to its philosophy of inclusion, allegiance to creative enterprise, and position as a singular destination for art, architecture, and civic vitality.

Sincerely,

Josef Helfenstein Director

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Menil25 Voices of the Menil A Cell Phone Audio Walk

 Voices of the Menil: A Cell Phone Audio Walk

Ongoing from August 10, 2012 This interactive audio presentation allows visitors to stroll the Menil’s campus accompanied by the recorded words of John and Dominique de Menil, Renzo Piano, and others whose descriptions illuminate the outdoor sculpture and architecture.

 Dear John and Dominique: Letters and

Drawings from the Menil Archives August 10, 2012–January 6, 2013 This 25th anniversary exhibition celebrated the Menil’s founders through letters they exchanged with artists, curators, museum directors, family members, architects, and intellectuals who were their friends.

Yo-Yo Ma in Concert at the Menil  Tuesday, September 11, 2012 The world’s most celebrated cellist, Yo-Yo Ma performed in the museum to a sold-out room for a benefit evening in honor of the Menil Collection’s 25th anniversary.

pp. 4–5: Neighborhood children celebrate at the Menil’s 25th birthday party

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25th ANNIVERSARY

left and below left: Kashmere Reunion Stage Band right: Houston City Council member Ellen Cohen with Director Josef Helfenstein

Menil Birthday Party  Saturday, September 22, 2012 Visitors to this free public program enjoyed birthday cake and ice cream on the Menil lawn as they gathered to hear music from the Kashmere Reunion Stage Band.

Houston City Council member Ellen Cohen presented a Mayor’s Proclamation honoring the Menil to Director Josef Helfenstein.

Making a Museum, with Calvin Tomkins Wednesday, October 17, 2012 New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins, who for over three decades has reported on the art milieu of Dominique and John de Menil, recalled their world in a conversation with Josef Helfenstein in this free public program.  Poems for a Quarter Century Saturday, November 3, 2012 During this free public program, Sasha West—poet, professor, and literary editor—curated an evening of poetry readings about art, museums, and the artists whose work hangs in the Menil Collection, including poems by Houston schoolchildren who visited through Writing at the Menil, a collaboration with Writers in the Schools.

Calvin Tomkins and Director Josef Helfenstein

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Philip Glass in Performance  Sunday, December 2, 2012 During this free public program, American composer Philip Glass performed an original composition for solo piano, Etude No. 17, one of a series of études likened to Bach’s Inventions, commissioned by the Menil to commemorate the museum’s 25th anniversary.

A standing-room-only crowd attended the free solo piano performance of Philip Glass

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Menil 25th Anniversary Celebration in Blue

Friday, November 30, 2012 Chaired by Franci Crane, Isabel Lummis, Susan de Menil, Karen Pinson, and Sara Paschall Dodd, with honorary chairs Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, the Ambassador of France to the United States Francois Delattre, Paal Kibsgaard, and Jasper Johns, this gala fund­ raiser gathered friends of the Menil from around the globe to celebrate the museum’s 25th anniversary with cocktails, a seated dinner, dancing, and a silent art auction. The event raised over $2.2 million to benefit the Menil’s general operations, far surpassing its $1.5 million goal.

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Bleu Electrique

Saturday, December 1, 2012 The Menil Contemporaries celebrated the museum’s 25th anniversary in posh style at the young patrons group’s first fundraising soiree. Members and invited guests from across the city gathered for cocktails, music, and dancing. The event was co-chaired by Isabel and Danny David, Kelly and Russell Hamman, and Linsay and Jeremy Radcliffe.

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AIA Award

American Institute of Architects Twenty-five Year Award

The Menil Collection and Renzo Piano Building Workshop accept the AIA award in Denver. Left to right: Mary Katherine Lanzillotta, FAIA; Robert Ivy, FAIA; Josef Helfenstein, Menil Director; Shunji Ishida and Mark Carroll, Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Sheryl Kolasinski, FAIA, Menil Deputy Director and COO; and Mickey Jacob, FAIA

In January 2013, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) named the Menil winner of its Twenty-five Year Award, confirmation that Renzo Piano’s design for the museum has stood the test of time with other modern masterpieces. Described by the jury as “timeless” and “a monument of 20th Century architecture that still resonates today,” the award puts the Menil in the company of such other architecturally significant institutions as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Louis Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth), and Josep Lluís Sert’s Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona). In June 2013, Menil Director Josef Helfenstein and Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Kolasinski attended the AIA’s annual convention in Denver to accept the award.

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PERMANENT COLLECTION

Antiquities Gallery

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ohn and Dominique de Menil’s private collection of art remains the primary basis for the Menil Collection, an unconventional and non-encyclopedic museum focused on four major areas: antiquities; Byzantine and medieval art; arts of Africa, Pacific Islands, and the Americas; and twentieth-century and contemporary art with an emphasis on European modernism, Surrealism, and American postwar periods. Works of art are on rotating display within a minimal and generous space allowing the visitor room for contemplation. Faith in the power of art, respect for the individual artist’s intention, and assurance of the viewer’s unmediated experience in the gallery are core values of the Menil Collection. That viewing experience is enhanced by the intimate quality of space and light at the Menil, and its restrained aesthetic of display.

left: Mask/Headdress, Upper Cross River people, possibly Ukelle, southeast Nigeria, possibly Ogoja

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pp. 14–15: Byzantine Things in the World, installation view

right: Cy Twombly Gallery

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ACQUISITIONS

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n its collecting activities, the Menil is committed to the work of living artists and to expanding its holdings of works by artists already in the collection.

Notably in fiscal year 2013, the Menil added to its collection a major new site-specific work by Richard Serra, Two Corner Cut: High Low, created for the 2012 exhibition Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective.

The Menil is committed to collecting the work of a select number of individual artists in depth to further scholarship and understanding of an individual artist or period. In fiscal year 2013, the Menil acquired works by RenÊ Magritte, David Novros, Robert Rauschenberg, and Cy Twombly, expanding the museum’s already important collections of works by these significant twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists.

Wallace Berman Untitled, 1956–57 Collage on canvas: ink and shellac on torn parchment paper on primed canvas 19½ x 19½ inches Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps Mel Chin Untitled, 1977 3-panel screen: glass, concrete, wood, paint, adhesive, and film possibly wedged between glass 57¾ x 22 inches (each panel) Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps William Copley Untitled Needles, 1962 Paint on canvas with paper, plastic, and metal 18 x 24 inches Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps Ben Culwell Youth Meeting Maturity, 1942 /44 Block print, ink, wax crayon, and tempera with egg white and incised lines on paper 13⅞ x 8⅜ inches Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps Suzan Frecon 3 Reds Composition, 2002 Watercolor on agate-burnished ledger paper 4¾ x 6½ inches Gift of Nancy and Robert Mollers Joe Goode Untitled, 1969 Suite of six lithographs 23⅝ x 19¼ inches (each) Gift of the artist in honor of Franklin Sirmans

Frederick Hammersley, Topple, 1953

Frederick Hammersley Topple, 1953 Oil on canvas with artist’s frame 16 x 24 inches Purchased with funds from an anonymous donor George Herms Bessie Smith, 1962 Half-tone photograph, paintbrush, shell, string, and nail on wood 22 x 16½ x 3 inches (variable) Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps Edward Kienholz George Warshington in Drag, 1957 Oil paint and wood on plywood 38¼ x 42 inches Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps

George Krause Portrait of Louis Kahn, 1970, printed 2012 Photograph Sheet: 22 x 17 inches; image: 17 x 11 inches Gift of the artist Lois Long Mushroom Drawing (upper left: Lepiota americana [reddening lepiota]; upper right: Cortinarius; middle: Agaricus arvensis; bottom: Lycoperdon perlatum), ca. 1950s Watercolor and graphite on paper 23 x 14½ inches Gift of Ruth Fine in honor of William F. Stern Mushroom Drawing (Agaricus campestris), ca. 1950s Watercolor and graphite on paper 23 x 14½ inches Gift of Ruth Fine in honor of William F. Stern

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ACQUISITIONS

RenĂŠ Magritte, Souvenir de Voyage III (Memory of a Journey), 1951

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René Magritte Souvenir de Voyage III (Memory of a Journey), 1951 Oil on canvas 319/16 x 25⅝ inches Gift of Adelaide de Menil Carpenter in honor of John & Dominique de Menil Mark Manders Silent Head on Concrete Floor, 2011 Painted wood, epoxy, and canvas; offset print on paper; concrete and wood 27⅝ x 23⅜ x 34¼ inches Henri Matisse Etudes pour l’Aiguille du Chapelle du Rosaire des Dominicaines de Vence (Studies for the Spire of the Chapelle du Rosaire des Dominicaines de Vence), 1950–51 Ink on paper 10½ x 8¼ inches Gift of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Robert Morris Blind Time I, 1973 Graphite on paper 40 x 26 inches David Novros Study for Room 3, 1974 Watercolor, ink, pencil, charcoal, and oil paint on Arches paper mounted on 3 wood panels 21 x 31 x 3 inches (each panel) Gift of the artist in memory of Harris Rosenstein Menil Notebook, 1973–74 Notebook with beige-color linen cover 9¾ x 12¾ x ½ inches Gift of the artist in memory of Harris Rosenstein

Philip Pearlstein Untitled, 1970/71 Graphite on paper 18¾ x 23½ inches Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps Robert Rauschenberg Preview from the series Hoarfrost Editions, 1974 Offset lithograph and screenprint on fabric and paper bags 69 x 80½ inches Gift of Lee and Nancy Bondurant

Menil Notebook, 1973–74 Notebook with leather (?) cover 63/16 x 411/16 x ¾ inches Gift of the artist in memory of Harris Rosenstein

David Novros, Study for Room 3, 1974

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Fred Sandback Untitled (Four-part Vertical Construction in Two Colors), 1987 Acrylic yarn Ceiling height x 20 feet, 8 inches Purchased in loving memory of Marion Barthelme with funds provided by The Brown Foundation, Inc., Louisa Stude Sarofim, Franci and Jim Crane, Michael Zilkha, Janet and Paul Hobby, William F. Stern, David and Anne Kirkland, Janie C. Lee and David B. Warren, and Tom and Marcy Taub Wessel Untitled, ca. 1980–81 Pink, rust gray, and white pastel on gray paper 9⅞ x 12¾ inches Gift from the estate of Fred Sandback Untitled (Study for Münster), ca. 1987 Ink on paper 8¼ x 5⅝ inches Gift from the estate of Fred Sandback Julian Schnabel Night in Boystown, 1978 Charcoal, graphite, and paint on paper 72 x 120 inches Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps Richard Serra Two Corner Cut: High Low, 2012 Paintstick on Belgian linen 38 x 16½ feet (left panel); 38 x 16 feet (right panel) Mark Di Suvero For Lady Day, 1990, ed. 44/50 Lithograph on paper 30⅞ x 47⅝ inches Gift of the artist opposite: Fred Sandback, Untitled (Four-part Vertical Construction in Two Colors), 1987

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Andy Warhol, Dominique de Menil, 1969

Luc Tuymans The Valley, 2012, ed. 45/75 Screenprint in 7 colors on paper 28 x 28½ inches Cy Twombly Untitled, 1952 Cut paper and watercolor on board 8⅝ x 11 inches Gift of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Andy Warhol Dominique de Menil, 1969 Acrylic on canvas 83/16 x 81/16 inches Gift of Margaret R. Henry and Ruby Linton

Cyprus The Christ with Babes, 19th century Oil on board 17 x 13 inches

The Saviour Jesus Christ Ecce Homo, 20th century Carved wood 16½ x 12½ inches

Icon of St. Helen, 18th century Tempera on board 27¼ x 17¼ inches St. John the Baptist, 1954 Tempera and casein on cloth, mounted on board 41¾ x 21½ inches Epitafios (Pieta), late 17th century Tempera and casein on board 30 x 43¼ inches All gifts of the Holy Archbishopric of Cyprus

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EXHIBITIONS

Danny Lyon leads a gallery tour of his photography exhibition

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he exhibitions in fiscal year 2013 displayed the strengths of the permanent collection, spotlighted contributions from contemporary artists, and provided insight into the museum’s unique history through archival material. This offering of presentations also featured a number of new works commissioned by the Menil.

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The World Is Not My Home:  Danny Lyon Photographs March 30–July 29, 2012 This exhibition was generously supported by Michael Zilkha; David and Anne Kirkland; Mark Wawro and Melanie Gray; H-E-B; the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; and the City of Houston.

Silence ďƒŚ July 27–October 21, 2012 This exhibition was co-organized by the Menil Collection, Houston, and University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

It was generously supported by Louisa Stude Sarofim; Fayez Sarofim; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Leslie and Shannon Sasser; Michael Zilkha; The Four Seasons Hotel Houston; Paul and Janet Hobby; Ann and Henry Hamman; Lea Weingarten; proceeds from Men of Menil; and the City of Houston.

Joseph Beuys, Da Schweigen (The Silence), 1973. Alfred and Marie Greisinger Collection, Walker Art Center, T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 1992

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Dear John and Dominique: Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives August 10, 2012–January 6, 2013 This exhibition was generously supported by Baker Botts L.L.P., William F. Stern, and the City of Houston.

Claes Oldenburg: Strange Eggs  September 20, 2012–February 3, 2013 This exhibition was generously supported by Leslie and Shannon Sasser; Janie C. Lee and David B. Warren; and the City of Houston.

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Alexander Calder, sketch caricatures of John and Dominique de Menil, 1959 and 1964 (respectively), Menil Archives

The Progress of Love  December 2, 2012–March 17, 2013 This exhibition was a collaborative project with the Menil Collection, Houston; the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA, Lagos); and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis. It was generously supported by The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis; Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Bill and Sara Morgan; David and Anne Kirkland; Mark Wawro and Melanie Gray; Michael Zilkha; Bérengère Primat; Clare Casademont and Michael Metz; Haynes Whaley Associates, Inc.; Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.; Gensler; proceeds from Men of Menil; Carriage Glass & Co.; and the City of Houston.

Untitled (Structures):  A New Film Installation by Leslie Hewitt in collaboration with Bradford Young January 26–May 5, 2013 Commissioned by the Menil Collection, Houston, with the support of Jereann and Holland Chaney, in collaboration with the Des Moines Art Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

Zanele Muholi, Miss D’vine II, 2007

This exhibition was generously supported by The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Sentinel Trust Company; UBS; Jereann and Holland Chaney; and the City of Houston.

Leslie Hewitt in collaboration with Bradford Young, Untitled (Structures), 2012, installation view

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Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible  April 19–August 18, 2013

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This exhibition was generously supported

by The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Ann and Henry Hamman; Bérengère Primat; Michael Zilkha; Baker Botts L.L.P.; Bank of America; Peter J. Fluor/ K.C. Weiner; Christy and Lou Cushman; and the City of Houston.

Forrest Bess, Dedication to van Gogh, 1946.

Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Gift of Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection

 Late Surrealism:

Drawings from the Collection May 24–August 25, 2013

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This exhibition was generously supported

by Taub Foundation: Marcy Taub Wessel, Henry J. N. Taub II, and H. Ben Taub; and the City of Houston.

 Byzantine Things

in the World May 3–August 18, 2013

This exhibition was generously supported by David and Anne Kirkland; Louisa Stude Sarofim; Anne and Bill Stewart; Still Water Foundation; Baker Hughes Foundation; W.S. Bellows Construction Corporation; and the City of Houston.

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OTHER VENUES

Visitors viewing The Whole World Was Watching

The Whole World Was Watching: Civil Rights-Era Photographs from Edmund Carpenter and Adelaide de Menil, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, September 21, 2012–January 6, 2013.

The Progress of Love, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, October 13, 2012–January 27, 2013; and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, November 6, 2012–April 20, 2013.

This World Is Not My Home: Danny Lyon Photographs, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: de Young Museum, September 29, 2012–January 27, 2013; and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, February 16–June 2, 2013.

Untitled (Structures): A New Film Installation by Leslie Hewitt in collaboration with Bradford Young, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, September 21, 2012– January 27, 2013.

Silence, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, January 30–April 28, 2013.

Wols: Retrospective, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany, April 13–August 11, 2013. This exhibition was organized

by The Menil Collection and Kunsthalle Bremen.

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LOANS OF ART

During fiscal year 2013, the Menil loaned 247 works to 48 institutions in nine countries.

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan

Museum Ludwig, Cologne

Albertina, Vienna

Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna

Albertinum, Dresden

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas

The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas

National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

National Portrait Gallery, London

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California

Dia: Beacon, New York Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: de Young Museum Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland Fondazione Roma Museo – Palazzo Cipolla, Rome Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain Institute of International Education, Houston Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany LACMA, Los Angeles The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis The Morgan Library & Museum, New York Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Musée du quai Branly, Paris Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Philadelphia Museum of Art The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Rice Media Center, Rice University, Houston San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive University of St. Thomas, Houston Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Japan Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan

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SCHOLARSHIP

Electricians restoring the Dan Flavin exterior installation at Richmond Hall

Dan Flavin Installation Restoration In March 2013, the Menil completed the restoration of the Dan Flavin exterior installation at Richmond Hall. The installation of these new fixtures was the culmination of over one and a half years of research to identify and evaluate suitable replacements for the original components, many of which were no longer commercially available and had to be fabricated to the original specifications. Steve Morse, exhibition coordinator and conservator for the Dan Flavin Studio, came to Houston to oversee the installation and to join objects conservator Shelley Smith and chief conservator Brad Epley on Wednesday, March 27, in a public presentation on the preservation of Flavin’s work. The building’s exterior was repainted to complement the overall restoration. pp. 32–33: Prints and drawings storage

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New fixtures, more resistant to climate extremes, helped restore the Flavin exterior installation

Conservation

Artists Documentation Program In October 2012, the Menil and partner institutions the Whitney Museum of American Art and Harvard Art Museums completed the processing of six new interviews for inclusion in the Artists Documentation Program (ADP) archive and for publication on its website, adp.menil.org. Richard Serra, Danny Lyon, and Suzan Frecon were interviewed at the Menil; Glenn Ligon and Wade Guyton were interviewed at the Whitney; and Gary Schneider was interviewed at Harvard. Following the interviews’ publication on the ADP website, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation approved a twelve-month extension of the existing project grant to enable the institutions to undertake an additional three interviews. The three artists chosen, Robert Gober, Doris Salcedo, and Terry Winters, were interviewed in late spring 2013, and their interviews are currently in production and archival processing.

Richard Serra

Danny Lyon and paper conservator Jan Burandt

Suzan Frecon and chief conservator Brad Epley

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Silence

Toby Kamps and Steve Seid, with a contribution by Jenni Sorkin. 112 pages. 104 illustrations. Published by The Menil Collection, Houston, and the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

The Progress of Love

Edited by Kristina Van Dyke and Bisi Silva, with additional contributions by Elias K. Bongmba, Francesca Consagra, and Banning Eyre. 188 pages. 141 illustrations. Published

by The Menil Collection, Houston, and The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis.

Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible

Clare Elliott, with a contribution by Robert Gober. 112 pages.

71 illustrations. Published by The Menil Collection, Houston.

Byzantine Things in the World

Edited by Glenn Peers, with additional contributions by Charles Barber, Stephen Caffey, Henri Franses, Caitlin Haskell, James Rodriguez, Richard Shiff, Shannon Steiner, Susan Sutton, and Robin K. Williams. 192 pages. 106 illustrations. Published by The Menil Collection, Houston.

RenĂŠ Magritte: Newly Discovered Works

Catalogue RaisonnĂŠ VI: Oil Paintings, Gouaches, Drawings Edited by Sarah Whitfield. 164 pages. 167 illustrations.

Published by Mercatorfonds, Brussels, in association with the Menil Foundation, Houston, and the Magritte Foundation, Brussels.

Cy Twombly Gallery

Edited by Julie Sylvester and Nicola Del Roscio, with contributions by Paul Winkler and Carol Mancusi-Ungaro.

220 pages. 103 illustrations. Published by the Cy Twombly Foundation, New York, and The Menil Collection, Houston.

Menil books are distributed by Yale University Press.

Menil members receive a discount in our Bookstore.

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wo books published this year epitomize the Menil’s aims of complementing the direct encounter with art and contributing to scholarship.

Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible is the first monograph since the 1980s on this cyclically popular artist. Fifty-five carefully selected paintings and new research and insights shed light on Bess’s art and its alternating obscurity and renown. The book and traveling loan exhibition should help put Bess on the art world’s map as never before.

Byzantine Things in the World counterpoints images of artworks, installations, and architecture chosen specifically for the book with short texts and essays by ten scholars. It interprets editor/ curator Glenn Peers’s art historically innovative thesis that seeing ancient Byzantine things alongside artful, functional, and ritual analogues from other times and places could help us understand how Byzantine material things are saturated with meaning. The book’s organization and graphic design help the reader to engage art, ideas, and materiality in fresh and illuminating ways.

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Library & Archives

SCHOLARSHIP

Menil Library The Menil Library acquired 610 new books in fiscal year 2013. Among the highlights of these new acquisitions were purchases made possible through the generosity of the Menil’s Friends of the Library affinity group.

Funds raised through this group are used exclusively for the purchase of rare and important material that supplements the Menil’s Special Collections. This year, the Menil purchased André Breton’s L’amour fou (1937), with photography by Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï, Dora Maar, and others, moving the library toward completing its collection of first editions of this very important Surrealist writer. The library also acquired a copy of the catalogue of Richard Serra’s first solo gallery show, Richard Serra, held at the Galleria La Salita, Rome, in May 1966, making the Menil only the sixth library in the world to have this very rare title.

Library reading room

Menil Archives

Rosalind Constable Collection, Menil Archives

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Holdings from the Menil Archives were featured in two Houston exhibitions: Dear John and Dominique: Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives, part of the Menil’s own 25th anniversary celebration; and Raid the Archives: The de Menil Years at Rice, shown at the Rice Media Center.

Raid the Archives featured documents, posters, and photographs from nineteen exhibitions organized by John and Dominique de Menil for the Institute for the Arts and shown at the Rice Museum during the 1970s.

Fiscal year 2013 saw the implementation of a new Records Retention Program, which preserves institutional history through the identification and transfer of perma­ nent records from Menil Foundation departments to the archives. The archives received inactive records from Facilities, Communications, Advancement, Membership, and Administration. The collections registrar transferred to the archives two groups of records: administrative and de-accession documents. The archives also received the remaining records from the Byzantine Fresco Foundation.

Research & Recognition

Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement In November 2012, independent curator Cuauhtémoc Medina was chosen as the sixth recipient of the biennial Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement. Widely acknowledged as one of the key figures behind the rise to international prominence of contemporary art from Mexico City, Medina has organized both large survey exhibitions and projects developed with individual artists. He was most recently head curator of the Manifesta 9 biennial in Belgium (2012). Medina accepted the award and delivered a public lecture at the Menil Collection on Monday, June 10, 2013.

Established in 2001 in honor of Menil Founding Director Walter Hopps (1932–2005), the award recognizes curators in early to mid-career who have made significant contributions to the field of contemporary art; it confers a stipend of $15,000.

Cuauhtémoc Medina, Walter Hopps Award recipient

Vivian L. Smith Foundation Symposium Hearing Postwar Art The 2013 Vivian L. Smith Foundation Symposium, Hearing Postwar Art, took place in the former Byzantine Fresco Chapel on Saturday, May 11. Organized by Smith fellow Melissa Warak, the symposium brought together scholars interested in the intersection of twentieth-century postwar art, music, and sound, and included two concerts of experimental music by composers Benjamin Patterson and Cornelius Cardew.

Funding from Houston’s Smith Foundation enables the Menil Collection and the University of Texas at Austin to advance the relationship between the academic and museum worlds of art history.

Vivian L. Smith Foundation Symposium, Hearing Postwar Art

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Jean-Claude Carrière performs The Mahabharata

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of the epic Sanskrit poem The Mahabharata filled the museum foyer.

The Artist’s Eye, a program that over ten years brought one hundred artists to speak about a work in the collection, was replaced by A Common Language, a conversation that brings together three artists from different disciplines.

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James Salter’s Inprint reading at the Menil

he Menil had an extraordinarily full and varied year of public programs in 2012.

In addition to the 25th anniversary celebrations, there was the establishment of the annual Marion Barthelme Lecture Series and a music-filled Vivian L. Smith Foundation Symposium. It was a year in which the spirit of American composers John Cage and Philip Glass was never far away.

The exhibitions Silence and The Progress of Love each had their own film series, and dance and musical performances. Now in its fifth year, the annual Menil Community Arts Festival again joined the Houston Indie Book Fest to bring a large and hungry crowd (and exceptional food trucks) into the neighborhood. Inprint presented readings by poets Terrance Hayes and Kim Addonizio and by esteemed fiction writer James Salter to packed houses. Legendary French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière’s performances—his first in this country—

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On Saturday, September 15, 2012, the Menil Collection, in collaboration with Da Camera, presented Houston’s first John Cage “Musicircus,” a concert with a wide range of musical styles performed simultaneously. The program was a component of the Silence exhibition, which featured Da Camera percussionists (above) and Maori performers (left).

Houston Indie Book Fest, a component of the Menil Community Arts Festival

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Toby Kamps leads the Menil Contemporaries on a gallery tour of Silence

uring fiscal year 2013, Menil member­ship reached record numbers, with 1,621 households contributing nearly $1 million in unrestricted support to the museum’s operations.

Menil Society membership has achieved remarkable growth of 18 percent in revenue over the past five years, raising $818,306 in fiscal year 2013, a record total from this leadership group of members.

Pursuing an ongoing initiative to attract more supporters in their twenties and thirties, the Menil Contemporaries reached an all-time high of 370 members, continuing a steady pattern of growth that began in 2008 when membership stood at just eighty-one members.

In addition to their membership support, many Menil members increased their commitment to the museum with gifts to the annual fund. Annual fund contributions increased by 32 percent over the previous year. And the Menil was pleased to achieve a significant increase of 70 percent in donations given onsite due to an enhanced effort to encourage a specific donation amount from visitors.

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Rice MBA Collaboration During spring 2013, the Advancement Office partnered with a team of six MBA students from Rice University’s Jones School of Business on a semesterlong project to conduct a survey of the Menil’s members and visitors. Key findings from these surveys show that members and visitors alike are happy with their involvement and experience. The majority of member respondents (80 percent) indicated that they would “Very Likely” or “Likely” renew their membership, and almost half (46 percent) indicated they would “Very Likely” recommend membership to others. Additionally, among visitors to the Menil, an overwhelming 75 percent responded that they were “Very Pleased” with their experience, and over 60 percent indicated that they are “Very Likely” to revisit the museum. Findings gathered from the surveys enable the staff to better understand the Menil’s constituents and help shape effective strategies for enhancing the visitor and membership experience.

Education University Architecture Students Twenty-five years after it opened, Renzo Piano’s building continues to inspire a new generation of architects.

During fiscal year 2013, students from four schools of architecture toured the campus with Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Kolasinski (also an architect) to learn from the Menil’s signature neighborhood of art. The students explored unique aspects of both the collection and the building, toured the Treasure Rooms to understand the intimate interaction of scholar and artwork, and studied large-scale models of the galleries to observe the effect of different kinds of shades, scrims, louvers, baffles, and roof constructions on natural light.

The University of Houston adopted the Menil’s collection storage as a studio design project, while Arizona State University, Prairie View A&M University, and the University of Texas at Austin concentrated on the Menil Drawing Institute (MDI). The students took on the challenge of designing not only the building itself, but also specifying the placement of the building in the site, along with all the real-world aspects of new parks and streets.

Deputy Director and COO Sheryl Kolasinski shares her expertise on museum design with Arizona State University architecture students (above), who celebrate their Menil visit (below)

Writing at the Menil A fundamental component of Writers in the Schools’ (WITS) yearlong arts education program, Writing at the Menil provided fifty-three visits to the museum during fiscal year 2013, benefiting approximately 6,252 students in 194 classrooms across thirty-one schools in Houston. Students presented their work to the public at the annual Young Writers Reading, a juried competition that took place at the Menil Community Arts Festival on April 20, and at the Watchful Eye on May 23. Ninety percent of the children served by Writing at the Menil attend Title 1 schools, and seventy percent never have visited a museum before.

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FISCAL YEAR 2013

FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30, 2013

Sources of Funding $ 14.7 Million

62%

CONTRIBUTIONS

3%

EARNED INCOME

11%

NET RENTAL INCOME

24%

ENDOWMENT DRAW

3% OTHER

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Operating Expenditures $ 14.7 Million

14% ADMINISTRATION

11%

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

15%

ADVANCEMENT (FUNDRAISING & MEMBERSHIP)

The data are derived from the financial statements of Menil Foundation, Inc. as of June 30, 2013, which have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP. A complete set of Menil Foundation, Inc. audited financial statements for 2012–2013 is available upon request.

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MUSEUM DEPARTMENTS

Contributions $ 9.1 Million $10 Million

$9M

$8M

$7M

FUNDRAISING EVENTS

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FOUNDATIONS

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INDIVIDUAL

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MEMBERSHIP & ANNUAL FUND

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ARTWORKS from the collection treated or examined by conservators

41,650 TOTAL SQUARE FEET of gallery space

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PEOPLE

119 EMPLOYEES

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40 VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS

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ENDOWMENT VALUE

DONORS (Institutional, Corporate, Individual)

ENGAGEMENT

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VISITORS to Menil exhibitions on view at other venues

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VISIBILITY

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NEW MENIL BOOKS published and distributed worldwide

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The Menil Foundation Inc. salutes those individuals, foundations, and corporations listed over the following pages who have supported the museum with gifts, grants, pledges, and matching gifts of $250 or more during fiscal year 2013 (July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013). These dollars and in-kind services help offset operating costs associated with programming, exhibitions, and special events; they also underwrite scholarly research and enable the museum to be free to the public. For more information on how you can make a gift, or to discuss a planned gift or memorial gift, please contact the Advancement Office at 713-525-9469. $500,000+ The Brown Foundation, Inc. Louisa Stude Sarofim $200,000–$499,999 City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance The Wortham Foundation $100,000–$199,999 The Cullen Foundation The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Houston Endowment Inc. Fayez Sarofim $50,000–$99,999 Anonymous The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation Neil Kreitman Foundation Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Trust National Endowment for the Arts Karen and Harry Pinson Mr. and Mrs. James William Stewart Jr. Michael Zilkha $25,000–$49,999 Anonymous (3) Peter H. and Anne S. Brown Charles Butt / H-E-B Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Cushman Adelaide de Menil Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Francois de Menil Ms. Virginia Dwan Melanie Gray and Mark Wawro

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Mr. and Mrs. David Grimes Janet and Paul Hobby David and Anne Kirkland Janie C. Lee and David B. Warren Meredith and Cornelia Long Kathrine G. McGovern The Oshman Foundation Bérengère Primat Allison Sarofim Leslie and Shannon Sasser Vivian L. Smith Foundation Stedman West Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tudor III Thomas and Marcy Taub Wessel The West Endowment $10,000–$24,999 Anonymous Mrs. Nancy C. Allen Laura and John Arnold Marcia E. Backus Susan and Raymond Brochstein Mary Ann Smothers Bruni Clare Casademont and Michael Metz Dr. and Mrs. Georges de Menil The Charles Engelhard Foundation Diane Lokey Farb Nijad and Zeina Fares The George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hamman Russell and Diana Hawkins Fund Joan Hohlt and J. Roger Wich Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George B. Kelly Kinder Foundation Stephanie and Ed Larsen Linbeck Family Charitable Trust Ms. Beth Madison

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Lisa and Will Mathis Rotraut Klein Moquay and Daniel Moquay Mr. and Mrs. John Moriniere Cris and Elisa Stude Pye Tricia Quick Wilhelmina Robertson Courtney and Christopher Sarofim Sandra K. Silver Mrs. Mary S. Stern Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Stern William F. Stern* The Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust Lea Weingarten $5,000–$9,999 Anonymous (2) Nancy and Mark Abendshein Allison and David Ayers Denise and Philip Bahr W.S. Bellows Construction Corporation Ben Bourgeois Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Breen Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brad Bucher The Burk Family Mike and Diane Cannon Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cavnar Jereann and Holland Chaney Mr. and Mrs. Rogers Crain Mr. and Mrs. James Crane Mr. and Mrs. James W. Crownover Mary and Roy Cullen Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Curran Mr. and Mrs. Jamal Daniel Frances Dittmer The Honorable and Mrs. Edward P. Djerejian Marita and JB Fairbanks H. Fort Flowers Foundation, Inc. Heiner Friedrich Andy Fullen Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Gerry III Eileen Guggenheim Mr. and Mrs. Pablo Henning Holthouse Foundation for Kids Dr. Marjorie G. Horning Hovnanian Enterprises Lynne James Hudson Olive M. Jenney

Fariha de Menil Karimnia and Bahman Karimnia Ms. Molly Kemp and Mr. Vance Knowles Sissy and Denny Kempner Isabel and Ransom Lummis Laurie and Paul MacCaskill Mr. Lester Marks and Dr. Penelope Marks Frances Marzio Poppi Massey Cynthia and Robert McClain Mary Hale Lovett McLean Melissa and Michael Mithoff Betty Moody / Moody Gallery Elizabeth Moore-Arnold Mr. and Mrs. M. Peter Morris Steven Murray Edward T. Nahem Evelyn and Roy L. Nolen Geraldine and Christopher Ordway Mr. and Mrs. Dan Pollock Mr. J. Randall Powers and Mr. William Caudell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pyne Mr. and Mrs. John T. Raymond Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Ruiz Mr. Andrew C. Schirrmeister Carey C. Shuart Kelly and Nicholas Silvers Dr. and Mrs. John Thrash Emily Leland Todd Craig Watson $1,000–$4,999 Anonymous (3) Laurie and Randy Allen James Bell Mrs. Rosamond Bernier Blaisdell Foundation Fred Brazelton Catherine Bolton Brown Bettie Cartwright Lois Chiles Mr. and Mrs. David A. Cockrell The Cooper Union School Judy Cox Susie and Sanford Criner Isabel and Danny David Ms. Victoria de Menil Jen and Steve Dolman

WITS students writing at the Menil

Lacey Neuhaus Dorn and Tucker Dorn Jessica and Jay Earnest Genna and Jon Evans Carolyn Grant Fay Nanette and Jerry Finger Jeff Fort Helen Winkler Fosdick Gregory E. Fourticq Jr. Cece and Mac Fowler Deborah and William Fowler Dr. Katy French-Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Aziz Friedrich Cullen K. Geiselman Edward J. Gibbon Jr. Elizabeth Glassman Glen Gonzalez Emelie and Will Graham Kelly and Russell Hamman John and Terri Havens Charly Herscovici Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Herzog Ms. Fredericka Hunter and Mr. Ian Glennie Kerry F. Inman Mr. Jerry Jeanmard and Mr. Cliff Helmcamp Joan and Marvin Kaplan Nicole and Evan H. Katz

Jenny and Jay Kempner Page Kempner The Kirkpatrick Family Fund Ben Kitchen Fund Ms. Katherine Kaim Kitchen and Mr. Paul Kovach Christopher L. Knapp Alexandra and Brady Knight Luba Kobrinsky-Bigman and Alan Bigman Mr. and Mrs. Masoud Ladjevardian Mrs. Joan Schnitzer Levy Mr. and Mrs. Jeb Ligums The Mach Family Meg Malone Mr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Martha Turner Properties Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Mena Audrey and Lee Mitchell Ginni and Richard Mithoff Mr. and Mrs. Brad Morgan Kimball and David Moriniere David and Carol Neuberger Mr. and Mrs. Roy S. O’Connor Dr. Maureen O’Driscoll-Levy Cabrina and Steven Owsley Dr. Claude L. Parker *Asterisk indicates deceased.

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Mr. John E. Parkerson Erin and Adrian Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Phillips James L. Phillips The Powell Foundation Noylan and Eric Pulaski Linsay and Jeremy Radcliffe Mr. and Mrs. Risher Randall Mr. Rob G. Reasoner Noelle and Eric Reed Mr. and Mrs. Rick Reynolds Denise Rich Winifred and Carleton Riser Laura and Will Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Roff Glen Rosenbaum Ellen and David Ross Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Vanessa and Eduardo Sanchez Vanessa and Tony Sanchez III Beth and Rick Schnieders Singleton Cooksey LLP Eliza and Stuart W. Stedman Caroline Stender Aliyya and Herman Stude Mr. Mike S. Stude Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Susman Joshua Tanzer Dr. David K. Vassar and Mrs. Claudia Gee Vassar Vaughan Nelson Investment Management LP Glen Waltrip Ms. Delise Ward and Mr. Craig Lidji The Watson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Whaley Shelby White The Honorable and Mrs. William White Dr. and Mrs. George Willeford III Wallace S. Wilson Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Lynn Wyatt Liana Yaroslavsky Elizabeth and Barry Young Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Zuber

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$500–$999 Anonymous Ms. Barbara J. Amelio John and Stacy Andell Liz and David Anders Georgina and Thad Armstrong Lindley and Jason Arnoldy Ms. Ann Griffith Ash Hattie and Aaron Ball Ms. Elisabeth A. Bates Mr. Jeff O. Beauchamp Kristen and John Berger Gina and Devinder Bhatia Ryan Boehner Kristy and Chris Bradshaw Louis-Alexis Bret Divya and Chris Brown Val and Martial Burguieres Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Caroline and Mark Dannenbaum Cristina and John Deboben Gayle and Mike DeGeurin Nina Delano Julie Dokell Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Echols Mr. and Mrs. Ian Fay Katie Flaherty Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Fleming Sarah and Carey Ford Kelly and Will Garwood Gabriela Gerhart Eleanor and Dan Gilbane Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hansen Mr. and Mrs. David Hartland Caroline Huber Leslie and Mark Hull Mr. and Mrs. Richard Husseini Dr. Robert R. Ivany Mark and Jenny Johnson Mavis P. Kelsey III Samantha and David Kennedy Susanna Kise The Klosek Family Phillips Karen Lantz and Andrew Farkas Jennifer and Christopher Laporte Caroline and Jared LeBlanc Stephanie and Robert E. Lee III Megan Light Mr. and Mrs. Ian Macpherson Matthew and Meg Mallay Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Marks

Devin and Ryan McCord Katie and R. Whitney Mears Matilda B. Melnick, MD Joshua Newcomer and Tejal Shah Mr. Kent Nouri Judy and Scott Nyquist Wendy S. and Robert C. Orth Genevieve and Shawn Patterson Mary and Ben Patton Katherine and Bill Phelps Jessica Phifer Mr. H. Russell Pitman Mr. and Mrs. Steve Putman Meredith Riddle James and Carolyn Robertson Laura and Irby Rozelle Brian and Stephanie Sauer Jennifer and Justin Segal Mr. Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Kelly and Michael Sklar Heidi and Marcus Smith Mr. and Mrs. Cheves M. Smythe, MD Carolyn and Garry Tanner Claire and Rick Thielke Tootsies Payson Eliot Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Vaughan Ms. Fabené J. Welch Mr. and Mrs. Welcome W. Wilson Katherine and Mark Yzaguirre Mr. John L. Zipprich II $499 and below Mr. Bob Ackerley R. Edwin Allday and Francey Pengra Ms. Dina Al-Sowayel and Mr. Anthony R. Chase Claire and Doug Ankenman Matthew Barré Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian and Mr. John Heghinian Lisa and Kolby Beich Hilary C. Borow Brian and Samantha Brantley Sarah Bray Mr. and Mrs. George Britton Richard L. and Robin Brooks Kristen and David Buck Bruce and Gayle Buhler Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cabes

Panelists Julie Kinzelman, Cynthia Toles, and Eleanor Williams advise members at A Series of Introductions, “Buying Smart: The Basics of Collecting,” moderated by Michelle White

William A. and Virginia A. Camfield Bruce E. Campbell III Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carter C. Taylor Chalmers Maria Chamness Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Cockrell Mr. and Mrs. Taylor V. Cooksey Mrs. Sarah Cotting Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Crawford Patrick Curphey Ms. Reece Davenport Valerie Palmquist Dieterich Mr. Dan O. Dinges and Ms. Lacy Baird Michael and Tricia Dinh Betsy Eason Mr. Luis Elizondo-Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Steve Erikson The Fanning Family Mr. and Mrs. Mike Feinberg Sarah Flournoy Mr. James Furr Dr. Osama Gaber Jay and Mary Howell Gann Liz and Tom Glanville Mr. and Mrs. Roland Glowinski Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Goerl Ryan Gordon Nora Grossman Dr. Teruhiko Hagiwara Guy Hagstette Ann Hamilton Toby Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Hamner Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hanka­mer

Josef Helfenstein and Dorothee Sauter Helfenstein David Hendricks and Lorraine McKenna Mr. and Mrs. Thad Hill Mr. and Mrs. Ty Hoffer Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Hogan Jr. Mrs. Patricia Hubbard Dr. Robert R. Ivany Mr. and Mrs. Steve Jones Mrs. Elise Elkins Josef Mr. and Mrs. Ardon B. Judd Jr. Tracy and Brian Kapiloff Dana and Neil Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Mavis P. Kelsey Jr. Emilie Kilgore Sheldon Kramer Ms. Bryn K. Larsen Mary Hammon Lee Tracy Leibovitz Mrs. Elizabeth Lester Erica and Benjy Levit Qing Ma Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Mafrige Jr. Louis E. Magne Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Jean Marston Craig and Tatiana Massey Libbie J. Masterson Mr. and Mrs. Scott McCool J. Bustos Merideth Mr. and Mrs. Dan Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Paul Murphy Andrew Nairn Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Nelson

Solkem N’Gangbet Mr. and Mrs. Josh Oren Patricia and Robert Pando Mr. and Mrs. William Perkins III Elizabeth and Gary Petersen Jim E. Petersen Jr. Emily Pfeiffer Nicholas Phillips Amy Pincu Prestige Builders, Inc. Stuart Rosenberg Melanie Rothwell Royal Road Tours Jenny Schlief and Gene Morgan James Sivco Mr. and Mrs. Jason Stabell Annina Stefanelli Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Stokes Jr. Timothy Sturm Megan Sutton-Reed and Chris Reed Mrs. Lucie Wray Todd Chantal Van Riet John S. Wall Jr. Paula J. Webb Larry Whaley Callie and Sean Wheeler Jennifer Wheler Clinton T. Willour Aline and Collett Wilson Mrs. Lorraine Wise

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Rice University President David Leebron delivers the keynote address at Corporate Conversations V

CORPORATE PARTNERS

CORPORATE DONORS Grants and Event Supporters

The Menil is grateful to our investors from the corporate community in fiscal year 2013 (July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013).

$50,000+ Schlumberger Limited

Corporate Leader $50,000+ Bank of America Corporate Benefactor $25,000+ Jackson and Company Corporate Investor $15,000+ Baker Botts LLP Christie’s H-E-B Lazard Frères & Co., LLC Skadden, Arps Corporate Patron $10,000+ Baker Hughes Foundation Gensler Norton Rose Fulbright Russell Reynolds Associates W.S. Bellows Construction Corporation

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$25,000+ Baker Botts LLP Gagosian Gallery Northern Trust Bank $15,000+ Bank of America Christie’s Goldman, Sachs & Co. Haynes Whaley Associates, Inc. H-E-B Linbeck Family Charitable Trust Momentum Audi Sentinel Trust Company Sotheby’s Texas Crude Energy, LLC $10,000+ Fieldland Investment Co.

$5,000+ BBVA Compass Bracewell and Giuliani LLP Frost Bank Gensler Iberiabank Oiltanking Partners, LP Phillips Pondicheri Salient Partners Sicardi Gallery Vhernier W.S. Bellows Construction Corporation $2,500+ Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Argo Group US Eagle Global Advisors Martha Turner Properties Weingarten Group Zilkha Biomass Energy

GLASS KEY SOCIETY Anonymous (2) Anonymous* Toni* and Jeff Beauchamp Louis B. Cushman Julie Tips Dokell Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Alex Heylen and Monika Lybeer

Marjorie G. Horning William F. Lassiter Marc Melcher Laurie Newendorp Louisa Stude Sarofim John L. Zipprich II

RenĂŠ Magritte, La clef de verre (The Glass Key), 1959

FRIENDS of the LIBRARY Antiquarian $500 Bettie Cartwright Exquisite Corpse Booksellers Kathy and Karl Kilian Geraldine Cahill Ordway Michael Zilkha Scholar $250 Cece and Mack Fowler Nora Grossman Josef Helfenstein and Dorothee Sauter Helfenstein Karen and Bernardo Lastre Ginni and Richard Mithoff Andrew Nairn George and Elizabeth Passela Stephanie K. Smither Emily Leland Todd Clint Willour

Bibliophile $100 Geraldine Aramanda Ann Griffith Ash Kristen and Rick Casey Doug Childers and Charlott Card Brian T. Harrington D. J. Krchnak Richard A. Levy Poppi Massey Kay McKeough Ms. Shelby Miller and Mr. David Courtwright Mr. and Mrs. Duncan E. Osborne Robert and Patricia Pando Patricia Restrepo Laureen Schipsi and Thomas N. Bolling Sarah Shackleton and Michael McKeogh Betsy Strauch and Lonnie Hoogeboom Aline and Collett Wilson

25th ANNIVERARY GALA ARTWORK DONORS Dawolu Jabari Anderson Larry Bell Maurizio Cattelan Vija Celmins Mel Chin William Christenberry Christo David Zwirner Gallery, New York Walter De Maria Mark Di Suvero Marlene Dumas Olafur Eliasson Mark Flood Suzan Frecon Robert Gober Joe Goode Michael Heizer Sharon Kopriva Jim Love Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York Danny Lyon Brice Marden Matthew Marks Gallery, New York and Los Angeles David McGee Moody Gallery, Houston Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York Edward Ruscha Richard Serra James Surls Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York Luc Tuymans Steve Wolfe Zach Feuer Gallery, New York

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THE MENIL SOCIETY Benefactor $10,000 Anonymous Henrietta Alexander Eddie Allen and Chinhui Juhn Suzanne Deal Booth and David G. Booth Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Brown Charles Butt Bettie Cartwright Clare Casademont and Michael Metz Mr. and Mrs. James Crane Lou and Christy Cushman Julie Dokell Barbara and Michael Gamson Janet and Paul Hobby Olive McCollum Jenney Stephanie and Ed Larsen Janie C. Lee and David B. Warren Mr. Matthew Marks Morgan Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. John Moriniere The Oshman Foundation Bérengère Primat Allison Sarofim Louisa Stude Sarofim Leslie and Shannon Sasser Mr. and Mrs. James William Stewart Jr. Mr. Mark L. D. Wawro and Ms. Melanie Gray Morris Weiner Ann and Mathew Wolf Michael Zilkha Friend $5,000 Anonymous (2) Brad and Leslie Bucher Mike and Diane Cannon Robert J. Card MD and Karol Kreymer Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Carney Jereann Chaney Mr. and Mrs. Gary T. Crum Sara Paschall Dodd Ms. Anne F. Farish Heidi and David Gerger Mrs. Clare A. Glassell Karsten and Claudia Greve Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hamman

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July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013 Ann and James Harithas Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hepper Mr. and Mrs. Ardon B. Judd Jr. George and Linda Kelly Mr. and Mrs. J. David Kirkland Jr. Michael and Jeanne Klein Dillon A. Kyle Cornelia and Meredith Long Beth and Greg Looser Marley Lott Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lummis Ms. Beth Madison Mr. and Mrs. John L. Marion Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClain Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Moquay Judy Nyquist Geraldine and Christopher Ordway George and Elizabeth Passela Mr. and Mrs. William E. Pritchard III Lillie Robertson Andrew Schirrmeister Dr. and Mrs. W. Richard Schmeal Martha Claire Tompkins Timothy and Adrienne Unger Lea Weingarten Tom and Marcy Taub Wessel Lettalou Garth Whittington Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Wilcox Mr. Wallace S. Wilson Lynn Wyatt

Mr. Harrison Itz and Ms. Debra M. Waite Jill and Dunham Jewett Mr. and Mrs. Harris L. Kempner Jr. Mrs. Nancy Reddin Kienholz David A. Lang and Donna Drennen Nancy McGregor Manne and Neal Manne Gaye and Ed McCullough Fund Marc Melcher Bill and Cristina Moore Fan and Peter Morris Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Newton Robert and Patricia Pando John E. (Sandy) Parkerson Ms. Vidisha Prasad Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III Dr. Nansen G. Saleri John Sapp Lisa and Jerome B. Simon Reggie and Leigh Smith Amy L. Sutton and Gary W. Chiles Jim and Cindy Thorp Ann Wales Delise Ward and Craig Lidji Fabené Joan Welch Wells Design/Jerry Jeanmard Dr. Kirk R. Wilhelmus John L. Zipprich II

Fellow $2,500 Anonymous (2) R. Edwin Allday and Francey Pengra Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Allen Anne H. Bass Kenneth E. and Mary B. Bentsen Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bres Catherine Bolton Brown Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cordúa Lacey Neuhaus Dorn and Tucker Dorn Krista and Mike Dumas Jenny Elkins Cece and Mack Fowler Josef Helfenstein and Dorothee Sauter Helfenstein Dorene and Frank Herzog Fredericka Hunter and Ian Glennie

Associate $1,000 Anonymous (2) Gail and Louis Adler Stanford and Joan Alexander Ms. Dina Al-Sowayel and Mr. Anthony R. Chase Paolo and Surpik Angelini Ann Griffith Ash Carol and Les Ballard Ilene and Paul Barr Dr. Barbara Bass and Mr. Richard Marshall Elisabeth A. Bates Jeffery Beauchamp Laura Bellows Mr. Walter Bering Marilyn Biles Mrs. Janet Blocker Ms. Brigitte Bosarge

Richard L. and Robin Brooks Mr. Julian Brown and Ms. Daryl Koehn Cindy and Larry Burns Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Michael Caddell and Cynthia Chapman William A. and Virginia A. Camfield Mr. and Mrs. William H. Caudill Mike Chesser Ching-Wu and May Chu Mr. Ben Conner and Ms. Carmen Bonmati C. C. Conner and David Groover Mr. and Mrs. Taylor V. Cooksey Steven L. Cowart Susie and Sanford Criner Julie and Markley Crosswell Elizabeth and Steven Crowell Rania Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Davidson Jeremy* and Helen Davis Gayle and Mike DeGeurin The Honorable and Mrs. Edward P. Djerejian Norman E. Duncan* Nancy S. Dunlap Rachel and Jim Dunlap Mr. Robert Durst Virginia Dwan Roger Eichhorn John and Annette Eldridge Ralph and Mary Ellis Sissy Farenthold Nanette and Jerry Finger Mary Sapp Fischer Mr. and Mrs. David Fitch Bill and Carol Fort Jeff Fort Mr. Stephen Fox Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Gerry III Mr. and Mrs. L. Henry Gissel Jr. Larry and Louise Glenn Mr. Timothy G. Green Mrs. Joyce Greenberg Trey and Blakely Griggs Albert and Melissa Grobmyer Laurie C. Haley Bill Hamilton John and Sarah Hastings G. G. Hsieh and Mark Hausknecht Dawn and Robert Hawley

Ms. Olive Hershey and Dr. A.C. Conrad Patrick H. Hickey Jr. Marjorie G. Horning Demaris and Hank Hudspeth International Flow Services LP/ Puffer-Sweiven LP Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Evan Jones Mr. Jesse H. Jones II Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Joseph Susan and Richard Keeton Mr. and Mrs. Mavis P. Kelsey Jr. Neale W. Kempner Page Kempner Mr. and Mrs. John G. Kennedy III Dr. Samia Khalil Mr. and Mrs. Albert N. Kidd Emilie Kilgore Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Knight Carla Knobloch Ms. Nancy Kornegay Drs. Alicia Kowalchuk and R. Benjamin Saldaña Carolyn and Paul Landen Jordan and Clemencia Larimore Mr. Alfred Lasher III Douglas L. Lawing and Guy Hagstette Daria B. Lee Leo E. Linbeck Jr.* Kim and David Lindsey Lucas/Eilers Design Associates LLP Mari and Greg Marchbanks Mr. Lester Marks and Dr. Penelope Marks Poppi Massey Mariquita Masterson Dr. Malcolm and Jackie Mazow Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mary Hale Lovett McLean Matilda B. Melnick MD Anthony Milam Ginni and Richard Mithoff Mr. and Mrs. David A. Modesett Mr. and Mrs. H. Dixon Montague Betty Moody Mrs. S. I. Morris Terence Murphree Andrew Nairn Carol and David Neuberger Mrs. Ben Neuhaus

Dr. Susan O’Brien Brian O’Donnell Maureen O’Driscoll-Levy MD Larry Patchell, MD Carrie and Al Pepi Charles Perlitz Virginia and Jean R. Perrette Mr. and Mrs. Geoffroy Petit Ms. Nancy Pittman Julie Rich and Blake Pratz Ashley and Steve Putman Mrs. Eliza Lovett Randall Ms. Helen Wicks Randall Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Rollins Ellen and David Ross Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Ruiz Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scanlan Dr. and Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe Jr. Bryan S. Scrivner Charles R. Seligman II Mariana Servitje Carey C. Shuart María Inés Sicardi Kelly and Nicholas Silvers Anna Marie Simon Hinda Simon Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Josephine and Richard Smith Stephanie K. Smither Janet and John Springer Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Stedman William F. Stern* Mr. Myron Steves and Ms. Rowena Young Dorothy Carsey Sumner Jane and Gary Swanson Mr. Tadd Tellepsen Lucile B. Tennant Emily Leland Todd Iris and Anderson Todd Rebecca S. Trahan Mary Van Kerrebrook Joseph M. Villarreal Angela K. Westwater Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Whaley Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Wilson I. Peter Wolff Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Shirley C. Wozencraft Beth and Jeff Wray

*Asterisk indicates deceased.

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Patron $500 Anonymous Bill Arning and Mark McCray Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian and Mr. John Heghinian Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bernstein Ms. Nancy Bolduc Christine Bourget and Andrew Zipper Berry Dunbar Bowen Jill Weaver Brown Dr. and Mrs. C. Glenn Cambor Barbara Cauble Mr. and Mrs. James R. Cravens Jr. Michael Dale Norman and Christina Diekman Kelli Dokos Mr. Nevin Dolcefino Drs. Patricia Eifel and James Belli Dr. E. Burke Evans Carlos and Sara Fernandez Helen Fosdick Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Frederick Ed Gibbon Dr. and Mrs. Alasdair Gilchrist James H. Greer Greg Haas Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hansen Scott Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Helm Ms. Tina Hollingsworth Dr. and Mrs. William W. Ishee Jr. Dr. Robert R. Ivany Mr. and Mrs. David King Kate Sayen Kirkland Katie Kitchen and Paul Kovach Fund Dr. Michael Klebuc and Ms. Betty Ann Welter Richard and Christine Knight Elyse Lanier Bill and Margaret Larkin Peggy and David Matthews Michael McElmurry Genevieve and Shawn Patterson Mr. and Mrs. James L. Phillips Kathryn and Richard Rabinow Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison Reed Jr. James and Carolyn Robertson Leslie and Russ Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Roff Mr. George McCall Secrest Jr. Douglas Shiell

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Mr. James Sidbury C. Richard Stasney, MD Caroline Stender Douglas Stephens David R. Stevenson Ms. Doris Taylor Harold Taylor Patricia Troncoso and William Pugh Ann and Richard Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wainberg Ms. Jill Wilkinson Janne Williams Richard H. Wright Sponsor $250 Anonymous (4) Lynne V. Abruzzo Rick Adams and Elizabeth McClintock Eric S. Anderson Claire and Doug Ankenman David and Bennie Flores Ansell David Archer Susie and David Askanase David Aylsworth and Paul Forsythe Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barnett Hailey and Brent Bechtol Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bellows Bennett Design Group Rita Bergers and Joel Abramowitz Henry P. Bethea Peter W. Birch Ms. Jody Blazek and Mr. David Crossley Mrs. Pauline Bolton Hilary C. Borow John Bradshaw Jr. Ed Branstetter Bill Brosius Katherine T. Brown Arturo C. Cabezut Caroline and Charles Callery Cristina Cardenas Ms. Maude Lenoir Carter Patricia L. Casey Kevin Cassidy Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Chapman Terry and Anthony Chavez Doug Childers and Charlott Card Tonia and Bob Clark

Peter F. Cohen and Jeffrey S. Sposato Elinor and Martin Colman Ms. Sara Cromie Ms. Susan Cronk Barbie Davis Jonathan and Barbara Day Stephen M. Derry Connie Devine The Honorable and Mrs. David Dewhurst Margaret Dinerstein Thomas and Joell Doneker Paul and Sara Doyle Ruth Dreessen and Thomas J. Van Laan Frederick and Porchja Duncan Mrs. Miriam Edelman Jane L. Eifler Keith and Kathleen Ellison Cissie Ferguson Mary Alice and Ken Fields Richard and Susanna Finnell Ron and Nancy Fischer Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Fleming Jolene Friedman and Harold Eisenman Kerry Anne Galvin Tamara Gibbs Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gilbert Ms. Evelyn M. Goebel Mr. and Mrs. Bert H. Golding Gayle Goodman and Kenneth Adam Lance and Lenja Gould Caroline C. Graham Mrs. Julie Greenwood Debra and Mark Gregg Jonathan and Nonya Grenader Mr. and Mrs. Ben Guill Dr. Robert W. Guynn Mr. and Mrs. Michael Harkness David Hendricks and Lorraine McKenna Perla and Alex Herrera Leonard and Nova Higgs Mrs. Richard P. Hogan, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Hogan Jr. Mrs. Linda Holcomb Benjamin Holloway and Amanda McMillian Mr. Lonnie Hoogeboom and Dr. Betsy Strauch

Mr. Kirk Hopper Thomas E. Hughes Charles and Barbara Hurwitz Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Husak Rene Ibarra and Troy Campa Kerry F. Inman Barbara Jackson and Charles Wade Jay Jackson and Barbara Waugh Mr. and Ms. Kyle S. Jackson Dr. George H. Johnson Jr. Ndanga Kamau Charles and Mary Kamps Mr. and Mrs. David P. Kapiloff Tracy and Brian Kapiloff Catherine Karmel and Cyril Tawa Ms. Anne L. Kinder Frazier King Dr. Anne Klein and Dr. Harvey Aronson Stephanie Knight and Richard Duschl James G. Kralik Ms. D. Jean Krchnak Quin D. Kroll Jr. Aivars and Christa Krumins K. Sampath and Sowmya Kumar Karen and Bernardo Lastre Guillermo F. Leguizamón Dr. and Mrs. Ernst Leiss Michel Letko Richard A. Levy and Dinah Chetrit Richard Lewis Carol Kazmer Liffman Victoria and Marshal Lightman Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lorenzo John H. Louton Richard Lummis Dorothy Mackey Lurie PhD Mr. Louis E. Magne Katherine E. Manthey Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Markey Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Marks Graeme and Edgar Marston Ann Martin Kristi S. Martin Ms. Rebecca Marvil and Mr. Brian Smyth Craig and Tatiana Massey Chong Ok Matthews Maria Matuszczak Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. May Jr.

R. Scott and Rebecca McCay Ms. Anna B. McCullough Yana McFatter Joel H. McGlasson II Robert and Nancy Mollers Mr. and Mrs. John Monroe Ms. Celia Morgan Mr. Clayton Morgan Ms. Frances E. Mount James A. Murtha Dr. Cesar Nahas Carter Ness Jr. Kathryn G. Neuhaus Ms. Laurie Newendorp Katie O’Harra Mari Omori Mr. and Mrs. Duncan E. Osborne Walter and Frances Pagel Mr. and Mrs. John Pappajohn Norman W. Parrish Mr. and Mrs. José R. Pérez Jr. M. Michael Perez Jan-Claire Phillips and Jerome Kendall Michael Phillips H. Russell Pitman Gary and Esther Polland Dr. Karen Powers Kathleen and Townes Pressler Mr. Peter Ragauss and Mrs. Jennifer Smith Ragauss Eric Ratliff Natalya Read Sally and Norman Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ritchie Andy Robertson Mrs. Minnette Robinson Josephine W. Rodgers Richard and Margot Rodriguez Mrs. Jane S. Root Mr. and Mrs. David A. Rose John Roven Ms. Mary Ann Ryerson Frank Rynd Joyce and Mohammed Salhoot Franca B. Sant’Ambrogio Greg Schenck Mr. and Mrs. Luc Schlumberger Sara Shackleton and Michael McKeogh LeRoy and Adelle Shaw

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Shedd Carrie and Ed Shoemake Charles P. Siewert Franklin and Jessica Sirmans Trish and Fielding Smith Andy Spheeris Dr. Alana R. Spiwak Mrs. Carol T. Stamatedes Uwe W. Steiner Brian Stephens N. L. Stevens III and Nancy D. Williams Doreen Stoller and Dan Piette The Reverend Dr. Henry W. Strobel Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Susholtz Ms. Mimi Swartz and Mr. John Wilburn Mary Lou Swift Heinrich and Gabrielle Taegtmeyer Dr. and Mrs. Demetrio P. Tagaropulos Sandy and Larry Timte Cynthia A. Toles Ellie and Jon Totz Nicola F. Toubia June Trammel Jana Vander Lee Michael Vischak William V. Walker Frederic C. Warner Jr. Randal Weber Mr. and Mrs. Jack Weingarten Michael Weller Anne Whitlock and Michael Skelly Dr. Walter M. Widrig Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wight Joanne G. Wilson Eric Wolf and Amy Kurlander John and Robin Wombwell Mr. and Mrs. Milton J. Young Stephen and Lois Zamora James T. Zebroski

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MENIL CONTEMPORARIES Friend $5,000 Frost Bank Nicole and Evan H. Katz Fellow $2,500 Anonymous Kristy and Chris Bradshaw Isabel and Danny David Dr. Katy French-Bloom Associate $1,000 Ryan Boehner Russell and Kelly Hamman Alexis Harrigan and Brendan Morgan Anatol Helfenstein Julian Helfenstein Sheldon Kramer Libbie J. Masterson Michael Naul and Stephen Schwarz Adrian Patterson Michael Stoeger

Patron Couple $750 Allison and David Ayers Mr. Bruce E. Campbell III Julie Kinzelman and Christopher Tribble Stuart Krohn Surena and Misty Matin Lisa and Mike Mount Wendy S. Orth and Robert C. Orth Jim E. Petersen Jr. Michelangelo Sabatino and Serge T. Ambrose Mr. Chester J. Urban and Ms. Aysha Kassim-Voronoff Stephanie and Gerry Willinger Katherine and Mark Yzaguirre

Curator Michelle White leads a Menil Contemporaries gallery tour

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Patron $500 Elliott Anderson James M. Bell Brian Byrne Peter Cazamias Wendy D’Attilio Bevin and Daniel Dubrowski Cathy Eng Kevin J. Foyle Cullen K. Geiselman Greenwood King Properties–Kirby Linda King John S. Martin Dallas McNamara Meg and Nelson Murray Troy Porter Juan C. Sanchez Scott Sparvero David Timmermeyer Justin Vandenbrink

Sponsor Couple $400 Anonymous Sara Abdolpour and Jake Mase Liz and David Anders Helen and Brendan Bechtel Emily and Elliott Doyle Eleanor and Dan Gilbane Robert and Lauren Gray Daniel Hall and Robanna Ogden Holly Holmes and Paul Otremba Coble and Jeff Jorgensen Shelley and Alex Kaplan Dr. Christine K. Kim and Mr. Christopher Kutac Karen Lantz and Andrew Farkas Joshua Newcomer and Tejal Shah Capera and Igor Noryenski Jose Wentworth Noyes Jr. and Shabana Qaiser Elizabeth and Grant Quasha Linsay and Jeremy Radcliffe Juli and Heath Rehfuss Jason and Summer Rudd Michael and Gretchen Sammons Jenny Schlief and Gene Morgan Sarah Beth and Paul Seifert Rhonda Maxine Sigman Meredith and Garth Sloan Mary and John Steen Dr. David K. and Ms. Claudia Gee Vassar Andrés F. Zuluaga and Veronica Leautaud

Sponsor $250 Anonymous Beverly Barrett Timothy Britton Tei Carpenter Lauren Chapman Christopher Clark Katie and Kevin Dalrymple Bradley and Kimberly Dennison Dora Dillistone Katherine and Tyler G. Doyle Anne Ekblad Jennifer Ford Michael Freedman Dr. Alinda Gary Jeanette Geron Elizabeth Glassell Matthew Goossen Meaghan Gorman Tate Greer Joshua I. Hansel Brad and Laura Hipps Ina Honke Kristina Hornberger Robert L. Hunziker Jana Jolly Madeline Kelly Melodie Kentshire Matthew Kim L. L. Susanna Kise Tama and John Klosek Sorcha Landau Stephanie Linder Simone Maher Zéna A. Majdalani Audra Martin Zooey Martin Joe Matula

Jeryn Woodard Mayer Kristina N. Mays Adrian Melendez Sari Miettinen Bryan Miller John Montgomery Jennifer Nelsen Solkem N’Gangbet Dr. Barbara O’Brien Louisa Ordway Mary H. Pappas Reema Parappilly Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Parker Jessica Phifer P. Hunter Port Dr. Amy Powitsky Nancy Kate and Mark Prescott Stephanie Rau Alexander Regier Christopher F. Schaefer Gregory Shannon, MD Julia Shur Amber and Stephen Smith Tiffany Smith Claudia Solís Debra Stevenson Elizabeth Supley Stacey Thompson Jussi Tinnemeyer Ann Trione Caroline Walker Emily Walter and Alex Barlow Kristin Weikel Emilee Dawn Whitehurst Blythe Whittenburg Morgan Womack Kyle Wright Adrienne Johnson Yost Tom Young

Members at the Sponsor level and above during the fiscal year 2013 (July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013) are listed. Names have been listed as requested by each member. Every effort has been made to ensure that this list is accurate. If errors or omissions have occurred, please accept our sincere apologies and notify Darla Berry (713-525-9490 or dberry@menil.org).

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Menil Foundation, Inc. and The Menil Collection BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MENIL COUNCIL

FOUNDING BENEFACTORS

Officers

Henrietta Alexander Ed Allday Chinhui Juhn Allen Judy Ley Allen Patrice Boissonnas Suzanne Deal Booth William Cannaday Adelaide de Menil Carpenter Bettie Cartwright Clare Casademont Taylor V. Cooksey Louis B. Cushman Francois de Menil Daniel R. Dubrowski David Fitch Jeff Fort Ann Hamman Paula Harris Russell B. Hawkins Thomas Iannacone I. H. Kempner III Greg Looser Isabel Lummis Nancy McGreger Manne Mary Hale McLean Marc Melcher John Moriniere Judy Nyquist Patricia Belton Oliver Geraldine Ordway Francesco Pellizzi Bénédicte Pesle Courtney Lanier Sarofim Leslie Elkins Sasser Jerome B. Simon Louis Sklar George Stark Emilee Dawn Whitehurst Sarah Whiting

Sylvie and Eric Boissonnas The Brown Foundation, Inc. Edmund and Adelaide de Menil Carpenter The Cullen Foundation Dominique de Menil Susan and Francois de Menil Margaret W. and J. A. Elkins Jr. The Charles Engelhard Foundation Fayez Sarofim & Co. Fariha and Heiner Friedrich Hobby Foundation Houston Endowment Inc. Caroline Wiess Law The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Annalee G. Newman Susan E. and Roy S. O’Connor Louisa Stude Sarofim Scaler Foundation, Inc. Annette Schlumberger The Wortham Foundation

Louisa Stude Sarofim, Chairman Harry C. Pinson, President and Treasurer Janet Hobby, President-Elect Mark Wawro, Vice President William F. Stern (1947–2013), Secretary

Trustees Anne S. Brown Franci Crane Benjamin de Menil Aziz Friedrich J. David Kirkland Janie C. Lee Rick Lowe Roy L. Nolen Marilyn Oshman Bérengère Primat Leslie Elkins Sasser James William Stewart Jr. Marcy Taub Wessel Michael Zilkha Miles Glaser (1925–2004), emeritus

As of June 30, 2013

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STAFF Administration

Advancement

Museum Departments

Director’s Office Josef Helfenstein, Director Madeline Kelly, Assistant to the Director

Nichole Barnes, Assistant Manager of Special Events Darla Berry, Manager of Development Services Caroline Brantley, Corporate Relations Associate Elsian Cozens, Manager of Special Events Stephanie Darling, Membership / Visitor Desk Attendant Alexis Harrigan, Acting Director of Advancement Jennifer Hennessy, Membership Coordinator Peter Hyland, Director of Development Monique Jordan, Development Services Associate Alexis Pennington, Assistant to the Director of Advancement Lajeanta (Shay) Rideaux, Visitor / Membership Associate Amanda Shagrin, Manager of Membership Programs Thelma Smith, Visitor / Membership Associate

Archives Geraldine Aramanda, Chief Archivist Lisa Barkley, Archival Assistant

Deputy Director’s Office Earline Gray, Assistant to the Deputy Director / Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Kolasinski, Deputy Director / Chief Operating Officer Human Resources Patrice Ashley, Benefits Coordinator Suzanne Maloch, Director of Human Resources Finance Jocelyn Bazile, Accounts Payable Annie Byerley, Business Office Intern Michael Cannon, Chief Financial Officer Melanie Crader, Budget and Project Manager Lisa DeLatte, Staff Accountant Shiow-Chyn (Susie) Liao, Accountant Sharon McGaughey, Controller

Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings Eileen Costello, Editor / Project Director Kimberly Costello, Bibliography Researcher Caroline Gabrielli, Senior Project Associate Hallie McNeill, Research Assistant Bernice Rose, Chief Curator Emerita / Chief Editor, Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonne of Drawings Christian Wurst, Researcher / Project Associate

Art Services Tobin Becker, Art Preparator Tony Rubio, Art Preparator Tom Walsh, Head of Art Services Bookstore Charlott Card, Bookstore Assistant Paul Forsythe, Bookstore Manager Anne Regan, Bookstore Assistant Communications Vance Muse, Director of Communications Gretchen Bock Sammons, Communications Assistant Conservation Adam Baker, Matter / Framer Katrina Bartlett, Assistant Painting Conservator, Special Projects Janice Burandt, Paper Conservator Bradford Epley, Chief Conservator Judith Hastings, Administrative Assistant, Conservation Megan Peck, Artist Documentation Program (ADP) Archivist Erin Stephenson, Mellon Fellow for Painting Conservation Shelley Smith, Objects Conservator Curatorial Clare Elliott, Assistant Curator Tessa Ferreyros, Administrative Assistant, Curatorial Department Charles Q. (Toby) Kamps, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Susan Sutton, Curatorial Assistant Michelle White, Curator Melissa Warak, Vivian L. Smith Foundation Fellow

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Exhibition Design Brooke Stroud, Exhibitions Designer Eric Zimmerman, Exhibitions Design Assistant Facilities & Security Chris Akin, Gallery Attendant Kent Barker, Gallery Attendant Delana Bunch, Gallery Attendant Sabina Causevic, Gallery Attendant Nick Cedillo, Custodian William Cuevas, Control Room Monitor Bridget Eldredge, Gallery Attendant Ernest Flores, Maintenance Assistant Latisha Gilbert, Gallery Attendant Jamarcus Gilmore, Gallery Attendant Vera Hadzic, Gallery Attendant Earl Harris, Control Room Monitor Shawnie Hunt, Control Room Monitor Anthony Igwe, Gallery Attendant Alem Imru, Receptionist / Mail Room Clerk Brian Lantz, Assistant Gallery Attendant Supervisor Guillermo Leguizamon, Gallery Attendant Sylvester Martinez, Gallery Attendant Steve McConathy, Manager of Facilities & Security Erma McWell, Gallery Attendant Getachew Mengesha, Gallery Attendant Supervisor Kathleen Oria, Gallery Attendant Jack Patterson, Relief Control Room Monitor / Gallery Attendant

Timothy Quaite, Control Room Monitor Brittany Shepherd, Gallery Attendant Mirzama Sisic, Gallery Attendant Konjit Tekletsadik, Gallery Attendant Richard Thompson, Gallery Attendant Tim Ware, Facilities Engineer Cheryl Williams, Gallery Attendant IT Oliver (Buck) Bakke, III, Information Technology Manager Library Rita Marsales, Catalog Librarian Eric Wolf, Head Librarian Public Programs Karl Kilian, Director of Public Programs Tony Martinez, Programs Coordinator Publications Joseph Newland, Director of Publishing Sarah Robinson, Assistant Editor Registration Anne Adams, Chief Registrar Erh-Chun (Amy) Chien, Rights and Reproductions Manager Mary Kadish, Collections Registrar (retired April 30, 2013) Heather Schweikhardt, Associate Registrar Julie Thies, TMS Administrator Â

Properties Mario Antunez Jr., Maintenance/ Landscaping Oretha Basey, Bookkeeper Alejandro Benito, Groundskeeper Jose Buenrostro, Landscaping Juan Buenrostro, Driver / Grounds Oscar Buenrostro, Groundskeeper Ramon Castillo, A/C Tech Martin Cerna, A/C Tech Ralph Ellis, Real Estate Manager Cesar Flores, Make Ready Roberto Gonzalez, Maintenance Supervisor Gloria Joseph, Property Manager Susan Kmetz, Assistant to the Manager of Real Estate / Bookkeeper Georgina Molina, Leasing Agent Felipe Ortiz, Make Ready Jose Soriano Salazar, Maintenance / Landscaping Javier Verduzco, Groundskeeper Ricardo Victorio Salas, A/C Tech Jodi Widaski, Leasing Agent

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Copyrights

Saman Ahmadi, Kendall/Heaton Associates: p. 13 (top) Jenny Antill: p. 58

Works by Joseph Beuys © 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Cameron Blaylock: p. 7 David A. Brown: pp. 4–5, 6 (left), 8 (top left and right, middle), 9, 13 (bottom), 24 (bottom), 29 (top), 40–41, 42, 46–47, 64, 69 Dave Einsel: p. 42 (bottom) Yvonne Feece: pp. 43 (bottom), 55 Marta Galicki: pp. 52–53 Thomas Hartman: p. 45 (top and middle) Eric Hester: pp. 2, 10 (top), 11, 14–15, 25 (bottom), 28 (bottom), 29 (bottom), 38 (top), 57 Paul Hester: pp. 16 (bottom), 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26 (bottom), 27 (bottom), 30 (top), 32–33 Hickey-Robertson, Houston: cover, p. 16 (top), 59 George Hixson, Houston: pp. 8 (bottom), 10 (bottom left and right), 44 Eric Kayne: p. 67 Nathan Keay: p. 29 (top) Kevin Keim: p. 17 Menil Archives: pp. 6 (top), 26, 45 (bottom) The Menil Collection, Houston: pp. 39, 43 (top) Don Quaintance: p. 38 (bottom) Runaway Productions: p. 43 (middle) J. Griffis Smith / TxDOT: pp. Contents, 34 (bottom) Shelley Smith: pp. 34 (top), 35 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis: p. 25 (top) Michelle Watson, Catchlight Group: p. 12

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Works by Alexander Calder © 2013 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Works by Frederick Hammersley copyright Frederick Hammersley Foundation Works by Leslie Hewiit in collaboration with Bradford Young courtesy of the artists and BURO-GDS Works by Yves Klein © 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Works by René Magritte © 2013 C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Works by Zanele Muholi © 2013 Zanele Muholi Works by David Novros © 2013 David Novros / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Works by Fred Sandback © 2013 Fred Sandback Archive Works by Richard Serra © 2013 Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Works by Andy Warhol © 2013 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Photo p. 29 (top) © 2013 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Photo p. 71 © Houston Chronicle. Used by permission.

Copyright © 2013 Menil Foundation, Inc. Published by the Administration Office Annie Byerley and Melanie Crader, editors Thanks to Geraldine Aramanda, David Aylsworth, Tedd Bale, Darla Berry, Caroline Brantley, Michael Cannon, Amy Chien, Clare Elliott, Brad Epley, Jennifer Hennessy, Peter Hyland, Toby Kamps, Madeline Kelly, Karl Kilian, Suzanne Maloch, Tony Martinez, Sharon McGaughey, Vance Muse, Joseph Newland, Sarah Robinson, Gretchen Sammons, Heather Schweikhardt, Amanda Shagrin, Michelle White, Eric Wolf, and Eric Zimmerman.

Polly Koch, copyediting Public Address Design, graphic design Cover: Yves Klein, Requiem (RE20), detail, 1960. The Menil Collection, Houston

Chief conservator Brad Epley

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