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— her favorite color combination — were inspired by similar floors at the Havana Riviera (now the Hotel Habana Riviera by Iberostar), a historic 1957 resort hotel in Cuba that Massey visited some years ago. She promised herself that she'd build a new house one day with those floors. "I love the geometry of it all," she says. "It just makes me happy." An a t t o r n e y a n d p o l i t i c a l activist, Massey is also a contemporary art collector and philanthropist. Art League Houston named her Texas Patron of the Year in 2016, and she's recently co- chaired fundraising galas for the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and Houston Center for Photography. Her new house is an ideal spot to host big crowds, and in January, Massey opened the doors to her new residence for CAMH's annual fundraiser, A n o t h e r G r e a t N i g h t . She travels to Art Basel and the Venice Biennale to buy art, and her walls are covered with works by significant artists such as Kehinde Wiley, Isaac Julien, Malick Sidibé, Trenton Doyle Hancock, James Surls, and Keith Haring. She likes art that's fun on the surface but also has underlying social commentary, like Tim Berg and Rebekah Myers' twin popsicle sculpture — one frozen and the other melted, an observation on climate change. She doesn't take herself or her collection too seriously. "I can't really call what I have a collection. That implies there's some thought and direction behind it," she says. "I'm sure someone can walk through and find a theme, but it's whatever I fall in love with." Massey likes to have fun, and this house is full of unexpected and amusing details. The broad soffits under the roof are covered in photographs of She likes art that's fun on the surface but also has underlying social commentary, like Tim Berg and Rebekah Myers' twin popsicle sculpture — one frozen and the other melted, an observation on climate change. 67