“Perhaps only silence and love do justice to a great work of art” – Dominique de Menil

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“…without explanatory wall texts, the gallery represents the de Menils’ philosophy of allowing unmediated and direct contact with the artwork on view, not conditioned by curators’ thoughts and opinions. “Perhaps only silence and love do justice to a great work of art,” Dominique de Menil once said.”

(Full article about Cy Twombly, the Menil Foundation, and a wonderful picture of Dominique de Menil and Cy Twombly here.)