As Frescoes Lift Off, De Menil Posits New Uses for the Menil’s Second Chapel of Emptiness
On March 6, workers unscrewed the conveniently removable lid of theMenil’s Byzantine Fresco chapel to remove the sacred bits and Culturemap’s Tyler Rudick was on hand, with a photographer, to interview architect Francois de Menil, Dominique’s son and designer of the frosted glass fantast that has supported the 13th century fragments during their stay in [...]
Byzantine Frescos to Go-Go as Chapel Closes Sunday, March 4.
March 4 will be the final day to see the Byzantine frescoes currently nestled in their frosted glass framework at the Menil’s Byzantine Fresco Chapel. The works, which the Menil rescued, then borrowed from the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, are being returned at the conclusion of a 28-year loan. Explorations are underway on how best [...]
Space-Age Chapel Will Need New Art: Menil’s Byzantine Frescos a Go-Go Going
The Menil Collection announced yesterday that the frescoes on loan from the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus, displayed since 1997 at the Byzantine Fresco Chapel on the Menil campus, will return to Cyprus next year after the loan period concludes in February. Menil Director Josef Helfenstein sent a letter to the museum’s supporters about the [...]