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Kendall Morgan

Kendall Morgan

Kendall Morgan has covered art, music, fashion, film, food and design for such online and print publications as Bon Appétit, the Dallas Morning News, GrandLife.com, Nylon and Sweet Paul. She recently returned to Texas after a decade working in marketing and advertising in New York, and she is thrilled to once again have easy access to great Tex-Mex.

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Out-of-Site Art

DallasSITES exhibit at DMA gives the city's art scene the attention it deserves

By Kendall Morgan

05.25.13 | 11:24 am

New York has the press. Miami has the parties. But the contemporary art scene in Dallas has something far more important — potential for growth as wide open as a Texas ...


Please Sit on the Art

Donald Judd furniture collection aligns art and function at Dallas Modern Expo

By Kendall Morgan

05.16.13 | 10:05 am

In his 1993 essay “It’s Hard to Find a Good Lamp,” artist Donald Judd wrote, “If a chair or building is not functional, if it appears to be only ...


Focus on Photography

Expert Deborah Bell talks photography as fine art and how to collect it

By Kendall Morgan

05.13.13 | 12:03 pm

When Andreas Gursky’s Rhein II sold at Christie’s New York for a record-breaking $4.3 million in 2011, it was clear photography had finally earned its place in ...


Thoroughly Modern Dallas

Step inside some seriously stylish abodes on the Spring Modern Home Tour

By Kendall Morgan

05.10.13 | 12:33 pm

Ever wonder how the modernist half lives? On Saturday, May 11, you can find out during the first Spring Modern Home Tour presented by Briggs-Freeman Sotheby’s and organized by ...


Radha Arora

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts president on spirituality, charisma and Chardonnay

By Kendall Morgan

05.09.13 | 5:15 am

No one knows posh destinations like Radha Arora. A 30-year veteran of the luxury hotel business, he earned his stripes in the industry as the youngest general manager in the ...


Well-Tailored Soiree

Sophisticated art patrons party with style at Dallas Contemporary

By Kendall Morgan

05.06.13 | 5:15 am

In a season of spectacular functions, Bespoke at the Dallas Contemporary stands out. Not just because patrons fly in from all over the U.S. for this fresh and flashy ...


The Art of Urbanism

New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman on making cities better

By Kendall Morgan

05.02.13 | 9:02 am

Dallasites are known for our ability to reinvent. We continually revise our backgrounds, our closets — even our neighborhoods. As our city grows, evolves and renews, there’s no one better ...


Your Show of Shows

Gallery picks of the month: Traumatic beauty, oversized inflatables and vanity power

By Kendall Morgan

05.01.13 | 9:57 am

The barriers of physical perfection, candy-colored kinetic objects, an obsession with fame — these are this month’s reasons to get out of the house and into your local art gallery ...


Catherine Cuellar

The new Arts District executive director on Dallas' embarrassment of riches

By Kendall Morgan

04.24.13 | 11:01 am

There is no area of the city more vibrant than the 68-acre Dallas Arts District, the largest area of its kind in the nation. There, major cultural institutions share space ...


Our Hearts Belong to DADA

DADA Spring Gallery Walk brings yet another long weekend of very necessary art events

By Kendall Morgan

04.17.13 | 11:50 am

If the Dallas Art Fair and various art-related events last weekend didn’t give you a dose of the visual vapors, you’re in luck: This week heralds the 17th ...


Belgian Treat

Designer Walter Van Beirendonck mixes metaphors and silhouettes at Dallas Contemporary

By Kendall Morgan

04.16.13 | 8:40 am

Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck is a study in contrasts. Dressed in a zip-up boiler suit with knuckle-duster rings on every finger, he has a physically imposing presence with a ...


Fair and Fair Alike

Dallas Art Fair celebrates 5 years of artistic innovation

By Kendall Morgan

04.12.13 | 8:40 am

Half a decade in, the Dallas Art Fair is evolving into something fresh, fun and unique to the art fair world. Balancing the best of local talent (Artspace 111, Barry ...


Public Spaces

Stampede 66 is a valentine from chef Stephan Pyles to his West Texas roots

By Kendall Morgan

04.11.13 | 9:47 am

Stephan Pyles is, as they say, having a moment. Hot on the heels of opening Sky Canyon at Love Field, he now has four successful restaurants in Dallas, including his ...


Hot Wheelers

Annual Rockers vs. Mods rally proves real competition has style and substance

By Kendall Morgan

04.08.13 | 5:15 am

In The Who’s cinematic adaptation of their album Quadrophenia, warring factions of Rockers and Mods take their brutal rivalry to the shores of England’s Brighton Beach. The film ...


Your Show of Shows

Gallery picks of the month: Girl power, young guns and the next generation of talent

By Kendall Morgan

03.31.13 | 1:24 pm

From the exploration of Western society ideals to a roundup of works from the area’s most promising young graduates, these three galleries are must-stops for exploring Dallas’ edgier contemporary ...


Art Smart

The 10 best contemporary art galleries in Dallas

By Kendall Morgan

03.22.13 | 4:37 pm

For a city with an arts scene that is truly coming into its own, Dallasites are spoiled for choice. Every weekend — and most weekdays — there’s an opening soiree, a ...


Todd Fiscus

The top event planner in the South on tequila, Dolly Parton and ballsiness

By Kendall Morgan

03.21.13 | 9:22 am

It just isn’t a party without Todd Fiscus. Not a memorable one, at least. The owner and creative director of Todd Events is known for lending a healthy dose ...


WOMAN OF 1,OOO FACES

Cindy Sherman plays with persona at provocative Dallas Museum of Art exhibition

By Kendall Morgan

03.16.13 | 10:01 am

Inside Cindy Sherman, there are multitudes. The acclaimed artist — who is the subject of a lavish one-woman survey opening Sunday, March 17, at the Dallas Museum of Art — serves as ...


POP-UP PALACE

Pop-up prince Robert Sabuda makes magic out of paper at Arts & Letters Live

By Kendall Morgan

03.13.13 | 10:02 am

A piece of paper is never fated to lie flat in the hands of Robert Sabuda. The pop-up artist and “paper engineer” has brought such childhood classics to life as ...


Dean Fearing

Fearing's celebrity chef on multitasking, Dallas spirit and the best coffee in the city

By Kendall Morgan

03.01.13 | 9:22 am

Known as the “father of Southwestern Cuisine,” Dean Fearing has given Dallas a lot more than the lobster taco. Fearing spent 20-plus years at the Mansion on Turtle Creek, pleasing ...


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