Meet the eye-opening curator behind hundreds of modern art exhibitions
Walter Hopps was a visionary and — long before Instagram — an influencer. The Menil Collection in Houston is showing works by 70 artists Hopps spotted, acquired, encouraged or enabled as a curator.
I wish I'd known Walter Hopps. I was in Washington when he was director of from 1967 to 1972. He clearly was a fascinating visionary, who garnered many adjectives in life and death. When he died in 2005, said that he was "sort of a gonzo museum director —elusive, unpredictable, outlandish in his range, jagged in his vision, heedless of rules." I tend to like people like that. When they're not making me crazy.
