The Menil Drawing Collection in Houston has received a massive, 110-work gift from the holdings of two trustees, featuring an impressive collection of works by Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and other mid-Twentieth Century masters.  “I’ve never been a collector with a capital C,” says donor Louisa Stude Sarofim. “It’s just been a matter of looking, and loving art.” (more…)

Uriel Landeros, the Houston man accused of vandalizing Pablo Picasso’s Woman in a Red Chair, has surrendered to authorities at the United States-Mexico border near McAllen, TX.  Landeros allegedly defaced the painting while it was on view at the Menil Collection in Houston with spray paint.  “I don’t regret anything that I’ve done.”  He said in an interview last fall. (more…)