Dallas Art Fair Reveal

Dallas Art Fair lures nearly 100 premier exhibitors to 6th annual extravaganza

For Dallas art enthusiasts, there is no more important time of year than Dallas Arts Week, highlighted by the annual Dallas Art Fair that takes over the Fashion Industry Gallery. Now in its sixth year, the fair recently revealed the nearly 100 exhibitors — local, national and international — that will be onsite April 10-13.

“Since 2009, the Dallas Art Fair has grown to present a greater number of galleries and programs with each edition,” co-founder John Sughrue said in a statement. “It is a testament to our city’s institutions and collectors that the Dallas Art Fair has become the locus of a wealth of cultural activity each spring.”

The fair opens with an exclusive preview gala on April 10 — one of the most essential events on the Dallas social scene — which benefits the Dallas Contemporary, Nasher Sculpture Center and Dallas Museum of Art. During the preview, patrons get first dibs on works that appeal to both serious collectors and first-time buyers.

“Dallas-Fort Worth is chock-full of collectors who get it, and there’s an adventure to meeting them on their home turf,” Marlborough Gallery’s Michael Gitlitz told arts reporter Kendall Morgan last year. “It’s refreshing to meet people with big walls who aren’t afraid of art.”

Dallas Art Fair is only component of Dallas Arts Week programming, which launches April 4 with the revamped MTV RE:DEFINE, a benefit gala and auction that supports the MTV Staying Alive Foundation and the Contemporary. Notable exhibitions during that time include Julian Schnabel, Richard Phillips and Paula Crown at Dallas Contemporary; Fredrik Vaerslev at the Power Station; Bettina Pousttchi at the Nasher Sculpture Center; Thomas Lawson at the Goss-Michael Foundation; and Robert Smithson at the Dallas Museum of Art.

The preview gala takes place April 10, 7-10 pm. Tickets start at $250, and they can be purchased on the Dallas Art Fair website. The fair is open to the public April 11-13. Hours are Friday and Saturday, 11 am-7 pm, and Sunday, noon-6 pm. Tickets start at $25, and they can also be purchased online.

Professionals Day returns for its second year on Friday, April 11, 11 am-7 pm, when CultureMap Insiders can get free access to the fair. More details on that are coming soon.

Below is the full exhibitor list for 2014:

333 montezuma arts
Ambach & Rice
Ana Cristea Gallery
Anat Ebgi
Andrew Edlin Gallery
anna meliksetian │MJBriggs
Artspace 111
Barry Whistler Gallery
Beatriz Esguerra Art
Bill Brady / KC
Blackston Gallery
Brand New Gallery
C. Grimaldis Gallery
c.nichols project
CANADA
Carrie Secrist Gallery
Ceri Hand Gallery
Cernuda Arte
Charlie James Gallery
Churner and Churner
CLEARING
Coagula Curatorial
Conduit Gallery
Cris Worley Fine Arts
David Richard Gallery
DC Moore Gallery
Deborah Colton Gallery
DUTTON
Edel Assanti
Eric Firestone Gallery
Et Al
Franklin Parrasch Gallery
Future Gallery
Galerie Forsblom
Galerie Frank Elbaz
Galleri Urbane Marfa + Dallas
Gallery Henoch
GAMO GALLERY
Halsey McKay Gallery
Hionas Gallery
Hosfelt Gallery
Howard Scott Gallery
HUS Gallery
Jack Geary Contemporary
James Fuentes
Jeff Bailey Gallery
Jessica Silverman Gallery
Jonathan Viner
Josée Bienvenu Gallery
Kansas
KLAUS VON NICHTSSAGEND
Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert
Klowden-Mann Gallery
Koenig and Clinton
Laura Rathe Fine Art
Lennon, Weinberg Inc.
Lisa Cooley
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
Lynch Tham
M+B, Madison Gallery
Mark Moore Gallery
Marlborough Chelsea
Martos Gallery
Massimo De Carlo
MISAKO & ROSEN
Mixed Greens
Morgan Lehman Gallery
Nancy Hoffman Gallery
Nathalie Karg/ Cumulus Studios
Newzones
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
OHWOW
Paradise Row
PITT Projects/ Division of Labour
RE Gallery
Ribordy Contemporary
Ro2Art
Salomon Contemporary
Talley Dunn Gallery
Taubert Contemporary
The Green Gallery
The Journal Gallery
Thomas Solomon Gallery
TRISTIAN KOENIG
Turner Carroll Gallery
Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden
William Campbell Contemporary Art Inc.
William Shearburn Gallery
Workplace Gallery
Zane Bennett Contemporary
ZieherSmith

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Season Announcement

Echo Theatre introduces Dallas audiences to a season of strangers in 2026

Photo by Julieta Cervantes

'The Roommate' was recently on Broadway.

It's a "Season of Strangers" for Echo Theatre this year, as the Southwest's premier company for promoting dramatic works by women+ focuses on how someone different than you can change your life.

The 28th season begins with the new musical Silhouettes by Jordan Ealey and Ari Afsar. This score-in-hand workshop was developed in the aftermath of the fall of Roe v. Wade, and examines a pivotal moment in American history through the intersecting lives of two women navigating the decision to have an abortion. Echo's managing and artistic director Kateri Cale directs, with Vonda K. Bowling as musical director.

In a joint statement, Ealey and Afsar say that Silhouettes was born from their need to process the emotional and political aftermath of Roe’s fall. “We continue to see that history is cyclical and equity is fleeting,” they say. “But when policy fails, art has the opportunity to step in. Silhouettes is a musical about choice, sisterhood, and intergenerational courage.”

They add that presenting the work in Dallas reflects their commitment to community-building in states like Texas, where bans and restrictions have made women and gender minorities particularly vulnerable. “We want this musical to be a safe and brave haven amid attempts to create a culture of fear and a reminder that people are not alone.”

It runs January 16-17, 2026, and admission is free, though a $20 donation is suggested.

The world premiere of You Must Wear A Hat by C. Meaker is next, and plugged-in Dallas theater fans might recognize the play from its reading at Kitchen Dog Theater in 2019.

Tuesday and Weeks make hats on the Great Barrier Reef, waiting for the world to end. It's described as "A play for two. And a rabbit."

C. “Meaks” Meaker (they/them) is a playwright, essayist, and teacher whose work often explores queerness, monstrosity, and the end of the world. Their plays have been performed and developed across the United States, including the Kennedy Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, Annex Theatre (Seattle), Hub Theater (D.C.), Fat Theater Project (Chicago), and About Face (Chicago). They’re a two-year finalist for the Dramatist Guild National Fellows program and a recent finalist for the Jerome Hill Theater Arts Fellow.

You Must Wear a Hat runs February 27-March 14, 2026.

The season closes with The Roommate by Jen Silverman. The play was on Broadway in 2024 starring marquee names Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone.

In it, a divorced Midwesterner takes a roommate from The Bronx. A relationship evolves and secrets unfold into a darkly comedic exploration of life choices. It runs June 19-July 4, 2026.

All shows this season will be performed at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Dr., in White Rock Lake Park.

Tickets range from Pay-What-You-Can to $40, with discounts available for students and seniors.

Additional events this season include Cake by the Lake on April 21, Echo's free birthday party fundraiser that also launches its reading series, Echo Reads.

Echo Reads runs April through September, presenting six plays in six month. All plays will be performed on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm, and then read the next day at different venues around the city.

Echo Offstage Podcasts is going monthly. The free podcast series interviews women+ who are making art and making a difference.

And Echo is already teasing its 29th season, which will begin in the fall of 2026 and run the more traditional September through August instead of the calendar year.

The season 29 opener is a co-production, the company mysteriously hints, involving three Dallas theaters, two shows, and an internationally known writer. We'll all just have to wait and see what this intriguing production might be.

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