As part of Billy Collins’s appearance at Arts & Letters Live in 2004, the DMA commissioned him to write a poem in response to a work of art of his choice in the DMA’s collection.

Douglas Huebler is recognized as one of the pioneering artists of the conceptual art movement. He was part of an idealistic group of artists in the late 1960s who often paired text and image to wryly deconstruct the ways we derive meaning from visual information.

Since the Renaissance, keys as well as locks have often been regarded as works of art. The French architect Jacques Androuet Ducereau, who died c. 1585, was the first to publish designs for keys. The art of the locksmith reached its height in France during the first half of the 17th century under King Louis XIII who, in his teens, enjoyed working at the smith's forge and bench.

In 1999, the Dallas Museum of Art acquired the complete editioned work of the renowned German artist Gerhard Richter. Dating from the mid-1960s to 1999, the portfolio traces Richter's career, and in doing so provides a concise history of art in the late 20th century through Richter's lens.

In 1999, the Dallas Museum of Art acquired the complete editioned work of the renowned German artist Gerhard Richter. Dating from the mid-1960s to 1999, the portfolio traces Richter's career, and in doing so provides a concise history of art in the late 20th century through Richter's lens.

In 1999, the Dallas Museum of Art acquired the complete editioned work of the renowned German artist Gerhard Richter. Dating from the mid-1960s to 1999, the portfolio traces Richter's career, and in doing so provides a concise history of art in the late 20th century through Richter's lens.

In 1999, the Dallas Museum of Art acquired the complete editioned work of the renowned German artist Gerhard Richter. Dating from the mid-1960s to 1999, the portfolio traces Richter's career, and in doing so provides a concise history of art in the late 20th century through Richter's lens.

In 1999, the Dallas Museum of Art acquired the complete editioned work of the renowned German artist Gerhard Richter. Dating from the mid-1960s to 1999, the portfolio traces Richter's career, and in doing so provides a concise history of art in the late 20th century through Richter's lens.