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Attractions in Dallas

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Getting comfy with art (and the artists)


In the mix of Dallas' many art galleries, museums and exhibition spaces, there's nothing else like the Bath House Cultural Center. And on their richly varied calendar of art shows featuring local artists, there's nothing like the annual invitational exhibition, Salon du FIT.

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Fifty-nine works by approximately forty artists make up Salon du FIT 4, which opens tomorrow evening with an artists' reception in its trademark ...

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Only Hours Left to See This One


ONE OF THE PLEASURES of living in a city with excellent commercial art galleries is the occasional bonus exhibition of works by historically significant contemporary artists. One pops up every now and then.

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Such a show closes Saturday at Dunn and Brown Contemporary in Dallas, with works by mostly living legends: John Chamberlain, Jim Dine, Isamu Noguchi (who died in 1988), Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen, Joel ...

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

The Un-Domesticated Art of Ellen Frances Tuchman


Like the anatomically-correct Visible Man I glued together as a kid, my art displays what I wouldn't otherwise choose to show in public. And I've come to believe most artists, if they work with a measure of honesty and intentionality, will reveal something of their own innards.


"Kilowatt" (2006), mixed media on mylar, 15.5" x 20.0"

I see such transparency at play in Ellen Frances Tuchman's show of mixed ...

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

Not your Padre's Arte de la Imprenta


Julie Taymor's 2002 biopic, "Frida", might have left many with the impression that all 20th Century Latin American art could be bunched with either of two headliners: a) The ethnographic slash socialist murals of Diego Rivera or, b) The surrealist auto-vivisections of Frida Kahlo. But if I'm right, a little gem of a show now at Dallas' Latino Cultural Center may raise a few unibrows.


Jose Luis Cuevas ...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

Jazz in Dallas



Looking for a great place to hear live jazz in Dallas? It's not as dificult as you might think! Following is a list of the greatest places to find live jazz this summer in Dallas...

The top hot spot for Jazz this summer in Dallas has to be the Dallas Museum of Art's Jazz under the Stars... ...

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Impulse Buyers Art Alert (11 to 5 Today Only)


It's a beautiful day to be driving around Dallas looking at art. Especially on the east side of White Rock Lake, where you'll find the White Rock East Garden and Artisan Tour. That's just blocks away from the Dallas Arboretum in what the locals call Funky Little Forest Hills.


("Baked Yellow Roses" by Kevin Obregon)

Folks on the tour include Brad Abrams, Elizabeth Bingham, Helen Comeau, Cynthia Daniel, ...

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Our own MasterCard Museum of Contemporary Art


Just yesterday, taking my overworked laptop into NorthPark's new Apple Store for an adjustment by one of the geniuses (what their t-shirts say and rightly earned), I was reminded. How remarkable is it that such significant contemporary art would be on display here? In a shopping center for crying out loud.

Ya got your Neiman-Marcus, your Barneys of New York, your "Five Hammering Men", 1982, Jonathan Borofsky. (Painted wood with ...

Friday, May 18th, 2007

One-Stop Art Shopping


Just a few weeks ago, a symposium of curators, writers and art cognoscente entertained the question, "Is Dallas the next New York?" Well, maybe. But only if Al Gore's weather forecast holds up and we're all inconvenienced by standing water at the Guggenheim.

Still, big art stuff really is happening here with increasing frequency. Witness the recent gift of more than 900 important contemporary works to the already not-to-be-sneezed-at holdings ...

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Shopping in Dallas - Northpark Mall



Shopping in Dallas can be more than fun... especially if you take a trip out to the very fashionable, famous, high-end North Park Mall. Home to Dallas' original Neiman Marcus, this spacious Mall has all the best designers in one location. Known as the Rodeo Drive of Dallas, this old school Mall is also home to new arrivals Barney's New York and Nordstrom. You will also ...

Friday, May 11th, 2007

Things to do in Dallas - Mother's Day Weekend



Looking for fun things to do in Dallas this Mother's Day Weekend? Here is a list of events happening in Dallas this weekend. Treat Mom and thank her for bringing you into this world!

The Swiss Avenue Home Tour
The homes on Swiss Avenue in Dallas...