Poll Results- Cy Twombly Gallery Wins

exterior of the Cy Twombly Gallery and detail of the natural light roof structure, Renzo Piano

Results From the Poll: Best Menil Collection Satellite Art Space?

Cy Twombly Gallery- 42%

the Joanna- 19%

Rothko Chapel- 14%

Dan Flavin at Richmond Hall- 9%

Byzantine Fresco Chapel- 9%

Houston Center for Photography- 4%

Well Renzo Piano should be happy, his museum-building services are in high demand, his international reputation is astronomical, and now in a little poll on a little blog his Cy Twombly Gallery is the most popular art space within a four-block radius- besides the other one he designed next door. I still must insist on the lighting being a big, big factor in why people like art spaces; the Twombly space is also a retrospective of the artist's many periods every day of the year (can you find that anywhere else?) and the resonance of his painting with many of the outsider and folk influences that already exist in Houston is likely cause for additional swooning. Maybe it's just the boosters, but alternative space the joanna Gallery comes in second place-beating out Mark Rothko's opus Chapel and Dan Flavin's kinda-gay roller-rink installation. They're having their second opening ever this Saturday the 21st, check out the Party show of self-portraits featuring Michael Jones McKean, Patrick Phipps, Jenny Schlief and more. The rest round out to be the Byzantine Fresco Chapel (more of a niche art space) that everyone should see for its weightless architecture and heavy concrete and HCP, the Orphan Annie of the group. Is it just the lighting?