Stories Christophe de Menil, art patron and heiress to the Menil Collection’s founders, has died, aged 92 Posted on August 13, 2025 by artNews As the firstborn daughter of the Franco Texan de Menils, Christophe grew up to continue the family's legacy of arts patronage ‘He considered war to be the culmination of anti-human power’: Ukrainian artist David Chichkan killed on frontline Collapse of Ancient Maya civilization coincided with 13-year-drought