Joining an impressive coterie of A-list stars including Gwyneth Paltrow, Mick Jagger and Tilda Swinton,*Beyoncé has just finished her first tour of The Menil Collection.
No horde of excited fans were in her wake as is usually the case on the music superstar's*Houston touchdowns. The museum is closed on Tuesdays and this was a specially-arranged private tour for Beyoncé, who was accompanied by sister Solange Knowles, mom Tina Knowles and three young friends. Menil curator Toby Kamps escorted the group through the museum before Menil communications director Vance Muse took over and escorted the ladies to the upstairs treasure rooms.
Muse reports that they were particularly taken with Yves Klein's blue paintings. A happy coincidence, "Celebration in Blue" is the theme of The Menil's 25th anniversary gala in November and Klein's blue paintings will be on view.
The women also focused closely on*Magritte’s surrealist paintings, Max Ernst bronzes and zeroed in on work by lesser-known surrealist Victor Brauner.*
Beyoncé told Kamps that she is about to start recording a new album but not before her merry band visits Marfa to view the Donald Judd and Dan Flavin works at the Chinati Foundation.
Among the stars that have visited The Menil are Ethan Hawke, Val Kilmer, Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Stockard Channing and Drew Barrymore.