THE LATEST CULTURAL NEWS COVERING ALL ASPECTS
OF THE ARTS IN NORTH TEXAS: NE W EXHIBITS, NE W
PERFORMANCES, GALLERY OPENINGS, AND MORE.
01 AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
A solo exhibition featuring Carroll Harris
Simms runs through April 15, and Oshun by
Latoya M. Hobbs continues through April
30. Opening May 10, African Amedia: An
Art Exhibition and Performance Piece features
satirical works addressing stereotypes by
mixed-media artist Adu. Through Oct. 31.
amdallas.org
02 AMON CARTER MUSEUM
OF AMERICAN ART
Lone Star Portraits features distinctive artists’s
self-portraits alongside those of their friends
and colleagues through May 10, and Benito
Huerta: Axis Mundi v. 2 is shown through May
17. Esther Pearl Watson created Pasture Cows
Crossing Indian Creek specifically for the Amon
Carter’s atrium, featured beginning May 19.
Remington and Russell explores the American
West through May 24. From May 23–Aug.
23, the museum will participate in a national
tour organized by the Terra Foundation for
American Art with a showing of Samuel F.B.
Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre. Image: Esther
Pearl Watson, Pasture Cows Crossing Indian
Creek, Comanche, Texas, 2014, acrylic and
glitter on panel, 120 x 162 in. Courtesy of
the artist. cartermuseum.org
03 ANN & GABRIEL
BARBIER-MUELLER MUSEUM
The Samurai Collection boasts its status as
the most complete and largest museum in
the world devoted to samurai objects, and
the only venue outside of Japan to focus on
the armor of Japan’s military elite. Each
Thursday, the museum offers Lunchtime
Talks led by the staff, and Saturday Family
Days encourage kids of all ages to learn
about samurai culture through hands-on
activities. samuraicollection.org
04 CROW COLLECTION
OF ASIAN ART
At the Crow Collection, Mystical Arts of
Tibet is a weeklong artist residency program
welcoming Tibetan Buddhist monks from
the Drepung Loseling Monastery as they
construct a Tantric Buddhist mandala and
sand painting. Visitors are invited to witness
the process, April 25–May 3. After Dark:
Tibetan Tales is held April 17, and
31 Days of
Asia features new events and activities each
day in May in celebration of Asian-Pacific
Heritage Month. crowcollection.org
05 DALLAS CONTEMPORARY
An eponymous show, Nate Lowman explores
urban decay and pop-culture through his
edgy paintings, intriguing sculptures, and
installations. Shown concurrently, David
Salle’s Debris features the artist’s figurative
paintings that blend formal composition
with contemporary elements in his works
that resist classification, April 9–Aug. 23.
Image: David Salle, Swamp Music, 2013, oil
on canvas, acrylic and silkscreen on ink on
metal, 75 x 65 in. dallascontemporary.org
06 DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
The Wartime Escape: Margaret and H. A. Rey’s
Journey from France continues through June 20,
chronicling the couple’s flight from Nazi-
occupied France with their manuscript
for the Curious George series in tow.
Get Curious at Klyde Warren Park is held in
conjunction with the exhibition on May 3.
dallasholocaustmuseum.org
07 DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART
Changing notions of selfhood and self-representation as depicted via digital
technology and the Internet are explored
in Concentrations 59: Mirror Stage–Visualizing
the Self After the Internet. The exhibition
features an international roster of artists,
running April 10–Dec. 6. On April 11, the
DMA hosts Art Ball 50: Self-Portrait chaired
by Nancy Carlson. The luxury auction and
dinner benefits the museum. Inca: Conquests of
the Andes explores the dynamism of cultural
convergence surrounding the development
of state expansion and imperial conquest.
May 15–Nov. 15. dma.org
08 GEOMETRIC MADI MUSEUM
Voyage: New Work by Ronald Watson addresses
eternal questions, considering ultimate
causes of existence and the source of order
in the cosmos, through April 5.
geometricmadimuseum.org
09 KIMBELL ART MUSEUM
Family Festival: Stars, Squares, and Circles
invites guests of all ages for an afternoon
of art-making and demonstrations inspired
by colorful shapes in abstract compositions,
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