Max Ernst shown in the “Garden

What better to cheer up our 401k shrunk, sorry selves than Ernst at the Menil? John and Dominique de Menil began purchasing art by Max Ernst in 1934, the year he painted Dominique’s portrait. Enlightened, sustained patronage is devoid of surface sentiment, but it is fun to imagine that Mrs. de Menil had a tiny crush on Ernst. Women found him powerful. Today, the Menil’s Ernst collection is the most extensive and art historically significant in the United States.