Two Museums (2014)

The film juxtaposes/compares two museums: The Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel, which Samuel Bickels (1909-1975) built there in 1948, and The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, built by Renzo Piano (b. 1937) 1986 . The method of natural lighting in Bickels‘s construction was the direct model for Piano, who adopted for his construction at the request of its patroness Dominique de Menil.

Released Jan. 22, 2014 17 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.architecture, tmdb.avant-garde, tmdb.ein-herod, tmdb.menil, mdblist.imdb-short

Production Companies: Filmgalerie 451

Country: United States
Production Countries: Israel, United States
Languages: German