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The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 in San Antonio, is the first modern art museum in the U.S. state of Texas.The museum was created by Marion Koogler McNay's original bequest of most of her fortune, her important art collection and her 24-room Spanish Colonial Revival-style mansion that sits on 23 acres (9.3 ha) that are landscaped with fountains, broad lawns and a Japanese-inspired garden ...
Marion Koogler McNay (7 February 1883 – 13 April 1950), was an American painter, art collector, and art teacher who inherited a substantial oil fortune upon the death of her parents. She later willed her fortune to be used to establish San Antonio's first museum of modern art , which today bears her name . [ 2 ]
Matthew McLendon (born 1977) is an American museum director, art historian, and curator of modern and contemporary art. McLendon serves as Director and CEO of the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas. [1]
Chiego has overseen several publications highlighting the museum's history and its collections, including Modern Art at The McNay (2001), An Eye for the Stage: The Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts at the McNay Art Museum (2004), From Goya to Johns: Fifty Master Prints at the McNay Art Museum (2004), McNay Art Museum: An Introduction (2010), and ...
The "Brady Bunch" house, one of the most recognizable homes in TV history, is officially off the market. On Sept. 11, about four months after HGTV put it up for sale, the iconic home was bought.
Ruby City is a contemporary art center in San Antonio, Texas. Founded by Linda Pace and housing her collection of contemporary art, the museum opened in 2019. [1] [2] The building was designed by David Adjaye. [2] Entrance is free. [3] Ruby City's director is Elyse A. Gonzales. [4]
The Levine Museum of the New South has sold its uptown building for $10.75 million to a New York developer that plans to build luxury apartments on the site, the museum disclosed Thursday afternoon.
2013: Artists Looking At Art. MCNay Art Museum. San Antonio, TX. 2011: Etudes: A Daily Practice. Hite Institute for Art. ... 2010: Art Cloth: A Guide to Surface ...