HOUSTON, TX.- The jury of the International Art Book and Film Festival of Perpignan, France, has announced that Art and Activism: Projects of John and Dominique de Menil has been selected as 2010’s best book on an art collection. Josef Helfenstein, director of the Menil Collection in Houston and co-editor of the book with Laureen Schipsi, will accept the award at the festival this weekend. From the jury’s statement: “The de Menils moved to Houston, Texas from France, fleeing Nazism. They were friends with the finest artists of their time and built one of the most important collections of the XXth century. This book is the first monograph dedicated to them. It examines the de Menils’ significant contributions to education, the building of the Rothko Chapel, their work with filmmakers such as Jean-Luc Godard, and how they amassed the great collection of art that is now housed in the Menil Collection, the Texas