Dallas’ Museum for Contemporary Art. Always Different. Always Free.
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Liu Xiaodong has spent thirty years depicting everyday life in China. A show opening this weekend at @DALcontemporary features paintings he made on a 2019 trip along the US-Mexico border. Read more about it in our guide to essential upcoming museum shows: bit.ly/3bV7NvQ
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#YoshitomoNara's two forthcoming museum surveys are highlighted in @WSJ. Read more about the presentations at @DALcontemporary and @LACMA: wsj.com/articles/the-unsettl…
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Join artist and educator Chesley Antoinette for a virtual workshop at @DALcontemporary. She'll explore the history of Louisiana’s Tignon Law of 1786--a law created to force all women of African descent to wear a headscarf. Photo: JD Moore bit.ly/3mkj0HM #artsminute
dc_drop_01-- featuring items by #YoshitomoNara + #RichardPhillips + #FrancescoClemente + #CharlesSmithII goes live on dallascontemporary.org at noon cst on 24 nov
dc_drop, a seasonal ecommerce collaboration with artists + friends benefiting @DALcontemporary
We just dropped a digital profile on artist #dougaitken + his 2019 project “new horizon” curated by pedro alonzo — it features a new video short + photo documentation of the project.
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ALT Doug Aitken, New Horizon, 2019, Hot air balloon with reflective surface and kinetic light sculpture, multiple locations across Massachusetts. Image courtesy of the Artist and the Trustees of Reservations; Photo by Carmen Ellis
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Artist @WEEMSCarrie's #Covid19 public art and awareness campaign is extending its reach into the greater #Dallas and #FortWorth communities. @barronsonline reports on how @DALcontemporary and a consortium of museums are spreading the word: barrons.com/articles/carrie-…
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.@artnet details this week's cant-miss events, from tonight's @hirshhorn lecture with artist #JordanCasteel and @SeanKellyNY's conversation with #ShahziaSikander ahead of her fall show to @WEEMSCarrie's RESIST COVID/ TAKE 6 talk at @DALcontemporary: news.artnet.com/art-world/ed…
support dallas contemporary for #NTxGivingDay and directly contribute to our mission to present the art of our time to the public through exhibitions, publications, and learning programs for visitors of all ages. always different. always free. thank you!
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Sam Durant spoke with us for the newest edition of Beyond the Border.
Read it in full here: dallascontemporary.org/sam-d…
ALT Sam Durant, Durham 2018, 2018, Graphite on paper. Photo by Joshua White. Photo courtesy of the artist and Library Street Collective.
New Interview posted to Beyond the Border, featuring @lonnieholley
Read it in full here: dallascontemporary.org/lonni…
ALT Silencing the Roots (View 1), 2017. Tree roots, African mask, fencing foil, twine, and wire. Fredrik and Erin Brauer. Courtesy of Marlborough, New York.
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.@DALcontemporary will simultaneously mount four exhibitions when it reopens in January 2021. @dallasnews reports on how these shows will highlight "the museum’s longtime preoccupations with high art, politics, fashion and immersive experiences." dallasnews.com/arts-entertai…
Call to artists! Dallas Contemporary’s Learning Department is seeking proposals for public programs relating to our core values and responding to current social issues. Artists of all mediums are encouraged to apply.
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Ilya and Emilia Kabakov spoke with us for the latest edition of our artist interview series, Beyond the Border.
Read it in full here: dallascontemporary.org/kabak…
ALT Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, The Three Milkmen #2, 2020. Oil on canvas.
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.@DALcontemporary's Carolina Alvarez-Mathies Is Trying to Save Her Museum While Settling Into Her New Dallas Townhouse - read on with @artnet: news.artnet.com/art-world/ca…
Miya Ando spoke with us for the latest edition of our artist interview series, Beyond the Border. Read it in full here: dallascontemporary.org/miya-…
ALT Miya Ando, 72 Ko (Seasons), 72 paintings (pigment and urethane on aluminum) to represent the ancient calendar of Japan which had 72 seasons in the year.
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Texans, have you seen the new public awareness billboards cropping up across the Dallas-Fort Worth region? @PaperCityMag has the story on artist @WEEMSCarrie's new campaign, a collaboration between @DALcontemporary and other area institutions. papercitymag.com/arts/dallas…
#PeterSaul spoke with us for the latest edition of our artist interview series, Beyond the Border. Read it in full here: dallascontemporary.org/peter…
ALT Icebox Number 9, 1963. Oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fractional and promised gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lenox, Dallas.
NEW #YoshitomoNara print drops on our website today at 12.00pm CDT
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Dallas Contemporary is honored to be partnering with 5 other DFW museums in presenting RESIST COVID/TAKE 6! Launched by @WEEMSCarrie, the project spreads messaging on how to combat the spread of the virus among people of color.
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We’re excited to announce the opening of our online store. Visit to explore our collection of books, prints and plates by artists including Yoshitomo Nara, Richard Phillips and Paolo Roversi. Explore: dallascontemporary.org/shop