DMA Insight

The Dallas Glass Club was founded in 1937 and is one of the oldest of its type in the United States. Since the club's organization, its members have devoted themselves to the study and preservation of glass made in the U.S. During the past half century, the club formed a corporate collection containing over two hundred pieces of glass which it presented to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1992.

In 2018, the Dallas Museum of Art took a close look at the number of women artists represented in its collection. This analysis corresponded with the Museum's exhibition of work by the Guerrilla Girls, an anonymous collective of women artists who use humor, marketing strategies, and bold text to expose gender- and race-based discrimination in the art world and beyond. 

The following essay is an excerpt from the 2003 publication Dallas Museum of Art 100 Years. 

In the Dallas Morning News on August 26, 1993, art critic Janet Kutner announced, "The Dallas Museum of Art has acquired a spectacular inlaid mahogany cabinet that is considered one of the most important examples of Spanish furniture in the world. Made during the late 17th century ..., the cabinet was purchased for the Dallas Museum of Art by The Eugene McDermott Foundation.

The following is an excerpt from the 2013 publication The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art. 

The following is an excerpt from the 2013 publication The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art.