The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art: An Overview
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The following is an excerpt from the 2013 publication The Arts of India, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art.
David T. Owsley
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One of the most interesting aspects of the Dallas Museum of Art's collecting in the last decade has been the involvement with the Museum of David T. Owsley. Owsley's parents, Colonel Alvin and Lucy Ball Owsley, were well-known Dallasites.
DMA Acquires Two Picassos
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The following essay is from the Dallas Museum of Art Bulletin, Summer 1988.
Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art
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From its establishment in 1903 as the Dallas Art Association, one of the Museum’s missions has been to collect and exhibit the work of living artists.
Concentrations: Exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Art
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Concentrations was launched in 1981 by Curator of Contemporary Art Sue Graze as a series of five exhibitions to "explore the work of significant artists, working both in the Southwest and in other regions in the country.
From Object to Image: Sculpture, Installation, Media
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The following is a 2007 essay by Charles Wylie, "From Object to Image: Sculpture, Installation, Media," in Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for th
Postwar German Art at the Dallas Museum of Art
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The following is an essay by former DMA Contemporary Art curator Charles Wylie entitled "A German Persistence," included in the 2007 publication, Fast forward: contemporary collections for the Dallas Museum of Art.
From a Prehistoric Wind: Postwar Italian Art at the Dallas Museum of Art
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The following is a 2007 essay by Allan Scwartzman published in Fast forward: contemporary collections for the Dallas Museum of Art.
Mrs. George K. Meyer (Sallie Griffis Meyer)
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Mrs. George K. Meyer (Sallie Griffis) was a founding member and officer of the Dallas Art Association. Beginning in 1909 and continuing through 1926, she was President of the Art Association for much longer than any other leader would be.
Dallas Art Association
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The following excerpts explain the individuals and events leading to the creation of the Dallas Art Association (DAA) and a city-owned art collection. The complete essay appeared in the DAA's first catalogue after the opening of its first public gallery in Fair Park.