Premier Hospitality International 2.8
Welcome to the latest edition of Premier Hospitality International.
In this month’s issue we take a look at The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building; we check out Grand Park Hotel Rovinj; and we explore Chateau De Vignee.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), celebrated 2020 with a bang following the opening of The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. Designed by Steven Holl Architects especially for the display of the important and rapidly growing MFAH collections of 20th and 21st-century art, to which it dedicates more than 100,000 square feet of gallery space, the Kinder Building is the final component in the Museum’s eight-year project to expand and enhance its Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus in the heart of Houston.
Stock markets advanced this Friday, and expectations of the further stimulus also lifted crude oil prices to nearly $57 a barrel. Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) shares are trading again above $14, and the technical picture implies that the price could advance above $15 this February. Fundamental analysis: Kinder Morgan will continue to return value to […]
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Michelin-star chefs bringing Italian, French cuisine to MFAH
From left: Chefs Salvatore Martone, Jonathan Benno and Alain Verzeroli all Michelin star recipients are part of a team bringing two restaurant concepts to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 2021. (Shannon O Hara/Bastion Restaurants)
From left: Chefs Salvatore Martone, Jonathan Benno and Alain Verzeroli all Michelin star recipients are part of a team bringing two restaurant concepts to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 2021. (Shannon O Hara/Bastion Restaurants)
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Photo: Richard Barnes.
THIS PAST MAY, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, was briefly in the public eye for being the first major American museum to reopen after the initial wave of coronavirus-related lockdowns. Come November, the debut of the final component of a $450 million expansion project the Nancy and Rich Kinder building, which boasts 164,000 square feet of exhibition space dedicated to international modern and contemporary art coincided with the onset of what promises to be the pandemic’s deadliest season yet. Despite the grim winter forecast, museum leadership, armed with the blessing of Governor Abbott’s “Strike Force” team (of which Nancy Kinder is a member) to reopen Texas, blithely pushed through the launch of this game changer for the Houston art world. Thus, a highly curated behind-the-scenes press stratagem competed with Instagram posts by @ChangeTheMuseum that challenged official accou
Art at the heart of move to the Museum District
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Tim Kollatschny, standing and holding their 15-year-old dog, Chloe, and Stephen Goldberg pose for a portrait in the living room of their condo at The Mond at The Museums.Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Three pieces by Ellsworth Kelly decorate the dining room, and a pair of Heracleum chandeliers by Moooi hang over the table.Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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The dining room has a trio of pieces by Ellsworth Kelly, left, and a large-format abstract painting by Dion Johnson, right.Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less