Dallas Contemporary
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Dallas’ Museum for Contemporary Art. Always Different. Always Free.
161 Glass Steet Dallas TX USA
Joined April 2009
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: https://t.co/jMCj0MqPap
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#YoshitomoNara's two forthcoming museum surveys are highlighted in @WSJ. Read more about the presentations at @DALcontemporary and @LACMA:
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Two U.S. exhibitions explore the work of the Japanese artist, who combines childlike cuteness with adult anger and pain.
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join us tomorrow!
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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 https://t.co/Prnt8z4cj0
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dc_drop_01-- featuring items by #YoshitomoNara + #RichardPhillips + #FrancescoClemente + #CharlesSmithII goes live on https://t.co/lhzFkI6C2D at noon cst on 24 nov dc_drop, a seasonal ecommerce collaboration with artists + friends benefiting @DALcontemporary
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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. https://t.co/lpvDtsWY4g
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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:
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A consortium of museums is bringing the artist’s public awareness messaging to communities hit hardest by the virus
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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:
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Editors picks from the reopening Guggenheim to Michele Pred's latest feminist art parade to virtual talk at the New York Academy of Art.
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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! https://t.co/zB6jopsI2G
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Sam Durant spoke with us for the newest edition of Beyond the Border. Read it in full here: https://t.co/vN7mOQdSMi
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New Interview posted to Beyond the Border, featuring @lonnieholley Read it in full here: https://t.co/XTcYLWik05
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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."
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The museum will simultaneously mount four exhibitions.
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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. https://t.co/0GK8lmspcX
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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: https://t.co/UkaT9eW6c3
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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:
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When she was tapped to join Dallas Contemporary in November, Carolina Alvarez-Mathies was excited to return to an area she knew well.
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Miya Ando spoke with us for the latest edition of our artist interview series, Beyond the Border. Read it in full here: https://t.co/0O46DDJOGU
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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.
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A new public art campaign is taking over several billboards in Dallas and Fort Worth, bringing attention to the disproportionately negative impact
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#PeterSaul spoke with us for the latest edition of our artist interview series, Beyond the Border. Read it in full here: https://t.co/B3LnIUEAnz
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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. https://t.co/9y5wT8gfdc
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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: https://t.co/hUxUrilFPw
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