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:

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Ambach & Rice
Ana Cristea Gallery
Anat Ebgi
Andrew Edlin Gallery
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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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Arts in Fort Worth

DFW museum debuts landmark exhibition about Statue of Liberty

Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents "The Statue of Liberty from Bartholdi to Warhol"

Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (1834–1904), Early View of the Statue of Liberty, n.d.,, watercolor, Musée Bartholdi, Colmar, 2005.0.16.3, © Musée Bartholdi, Colmar, Photo Chr. Kempf

"The Statue of Liberty from Bartholdi to Warhol" opens at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art on August 15.

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art will celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary with a major exhibition examining one of the country's most recognizable symbols: "The Statue of Liberty from Bartholdi to Warhol" will open Saturday, August 15 for a nearly five-month run.

The exhibition, co-organized by the Denver Art Museum, is an examination of the Statue of Liberty’s enduring relevance in American visual culture and the evolution of its image from the 1870s to the present.

According to a release, it will bring together nearly 100 artworks and objects from more than 70 artists, exploring the statue’s varied manifestations - from artistic marvel and pop culture icon to symbol of immigration, patriotism, and resistance.

Successive generations of artists who have represented the statue's iconic form over the past 150 years will be included in the exhibition, including Pacita Abad, Benny Andrews, Edward Moran, Norman Rockwell, Nari Ward, and Andy Warhol.

The exhibition is anchored by a rare cast of French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s bronze sculpture Liberty Enlightening the World (Statue of Liberty) (1894-1901), one of only five domestic-scale bronze reductions made during the artist’s lifetime.

The exhibition will be broken up into four distinct sections:

Creating a Monument, which focuses on the statue’s origins and initial public reception in the tumultuous decades between the American Civil War and World War I.
A National Monument, which showcases the way society and visual culture were inundated with Statue of Liberty imagery between World War I and the 1950s. The installation of newspapers, advertisements, lithographs, images, films, and paintings demonstrate the turning point in the statue’s transformation into a dominant American icon.
Reimagining an Icon, which explores pop art and reproductions of the statue’s imagery, demonstrating its increasing detachment from its original image and malleability as an American symbol.
The Statue of Liberty Today, which closes the exhibition with a selection of works by living artists who have continued to investigate the Statue of Liberty’s meaning in the 21st century.

“This monumental exhibition tells the story of how our nation has interpreted the Statue of Liberty not only as a national icon, but also as a reflection of American values, creativity, and identity throughout our collective history,” said Scott Wilcox, Interim Director of the Carter, in a statement. “Premiering 'The Statue of Liberty from Bartholdi to Warhol' in Fort Worth on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding invites our community to see this emblematic statue in new dimensions.”

"The Statue of Liberty from Bartholdi to Warhol" will remain on display through January 3, 2027.

It will then travel to Denver for a presentation from March 14-July 4, 2027. The exhibition will also travel to the Munson Museum of Art in Utica, New York, from August 5-December 5, 2027.

The Amon Carter Museum will celebrate the opening with a special event called "Liberty Talks" on August 15 from 11 am-3 pm, featuring gallery talks, live music, poetry, treats, and more. A second event, "Second Thursdays: Monuments & Martinis," will take place September 10 and include Statue of Liberty-inspired flash tattoos by Fort Worth artist Joseph Ayala of Panther City Tattoo.

Admission to the Carter is free.

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