Montrose’s Menil Collection reaches maturity
by Rich Arenschieldt
Longtime Houstonians living here in the mid-1980s remember the changes—all the little gray “artist” bungalows on a large plot of land bounded by Mandell and Yupon were somewhat suddenly relocated. Something was happening in the neighborhood, and it was significant.
Twenty-five years later, the realization of a mid-century dream by Schlumberger heiress and longtime artistic doyenne Dominique de Menil and her husband, John, has made Houston a must-see destination for the world’s art lovers. The Menil Collection opened on June 4, 1987, with festivities attended by an international gallery of notables.