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Found 2 blog entries for November 2012.

rothko_012_400My husband and I were recently looking for something different to do on a Sunday afternoon.  We decided to visit the Rothko Chapel, located at 3900 Yupon Street in Houston.  He had read an article about interesting buildings and art in a Texas Montly Magazine.  I really didn't know what to expect but I do know that what I saw was way beyond anything I could have possibly imagined.  Now, that's neither good nor bad.  I'll leave it up to you.  Here's a little background information on the Chapel:

Frenchmen Dominque Schlumberger and John de Menil left France during WWll and ended up in Houston.  They were civil and human rights advocates as well as leaders in Houston's cultural life, with particular interest in architecture and art.  In 1964, they…

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