Simek Sums Up
D Magazine’s Peter Simek sums up the dramatic occurrences in the Dallas Art scene for 2013 without resorting to tiresome to write , but love-able to read end-of year lists, or at least not until after he’s made concise analyses of the DMA’s new director and the Nasher Glare Controversy, praises the burgeoning of exciting [...]
Should Texas Museums Have Artist Board Members?
Noting the flap over the departure of the artist-members of LA MOCA’s board of directors, D Magazine‘s Peter Simek asks if the Dallas museums ought to consider getting some. Simek points out that audience-centric museums need not suck, using Nicholas Serota’s Tate Modern as an example, and crediting Serota’s use of input from contemporary artists [...]
DMA Considers Free General Admission: Perils of Pay Parking to Remain
A rumor that the Dallas Museum of Art is considering moving to free admission, confirmed by Jill Bernstein, the DMA’s communications czar, is the subject of discussion in the online D Magazine. Everyone’s in favor of not paying the current $10 admission charge, but canny museum-goers point out that, without a membership, parking itself in [...]
Dallas Art Fair(s)
Last week I wrote about Houston’s dueling art fairs coming up this fall. Scheduled one month apart, each has a New York area organizer. It got me thinking about Dallas’s two art fairs last April, held on the same weekend and each locally organized. The fledgling Suite Art Fair debuted at the Belmont Hotel while [...]