TWO MUSEUMS
Director Heinz Emigholz
Countries Germany
Duration 18 min
Synopsis
The film juxtaposes/compares two museums: The Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel, which Samuel Bickel (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 Bickel‘s construction was the direct model for Piano, who adopted for his construction at the request of its patroness Dominique de Menil.
The film juxtaposes/compares two museums: The Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel, which Samuel Bickel (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 Bickel‘s construction was the direct model for Piano, who adopted for his construction at the request of its patroness Dominique de Menil.