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Cy Twombly Dies at 83 In Rome   3 comments

Cy Twombly at Cy Twombly Gallery in Houston in front of the gallery’s largest painting,
“Say Goodbye, Catullus, to the Shores of Asia Minor.” — Source: NY Times

One of my favorite art museums is the Menil Collection, in Houston and home of the Cy Twombly Gallery. “A collaboration between the Menil Collection, the Dia Foundation, and the artist himself, the Cy Twombly Gallery reflects not only the de Menil family’s commitment to working with key contemporary artists, but also to a standard of presentation that provides visitors an intimate, unmediated experience of an artist’s work. The works on view in the Cy Twombly Gallery comprise a veritable retrospective of the artist’s career that includes a number of large canvases, sculptural works, and suites of paintings and drawings.” Cy Twombly, dead at 83 in Rome. . . read more.

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