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
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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Theater News

Dallas' Second Thought Theatre gets collaborative for 2026 season

Amphibian Stage presents Bull in a China Shop

Photo by Evan Michael Woods

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The 2026 season for Second Thought Theatre in Dallas will be relatively small - only three productions are scheduled - but it will be full of collaborations designed to build on relationships with theater companies from across Dallas-Fort Worth.

Second Thought will open their season with a production that just started at Amphibian Stage in Fort Worth, Bull in a China Shop by Bryna Turner.

Inspired by the real letters between Mary Woolley and Jeannette Marks spanning from 1899 to 1937, the story asks: what is revolution? What does it mean to be at odds with the world? How do we fulfill our potential? And how the hell do we grow old together? It’s a sharp, joyful play about chosen family and the way love becomes action.

The production, running at Amphibian Stage through March 1, will regroup for a month before starting its run at Second Thought, April 1-18.

“All of us at Second Thought have been fans of Amphibian Stage for years,” said Artistic Director Carson McCain in a statement. “Not only does our content align in mission and quality, but we align in the values of hospitality and artistry. Bull in a China Shop celebrates the queer joy that holds hands with the fight for the equality of women and the LGBTQ community.”

The second scheduled show, running September 16-October 3, will be Dance Nation by Clare Barron, on which Second Thought will collaborate with The University of Texas at Arlington.

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2019, the play follows an adolescent dance troupe somewhere in middle America which is fighting for what will be the most important achievement of their entire lives - a national dance title.

A coming-of-age story centered around perfectionism, performance, and perception of self, the play is for anyone who’s wondered if they would have excelled on Dance Moms or buckled under the pressure to be on top of the pyramid.

The third and final show of season has not yet been announced, but it will involve a collaboration between Second Thought Theatre and Dallas’ Watering Hole Collective. It will run December 2-19.

The two companies say they have a shared belief in Dallas artists and Dallas audiences - and what’s possible when they build together.

“Both of our companies aren’t afraid of taking creative risks," said Co-Executive Directors Laura Salvie and Jenny Dang in a statement. "This collaboration is about pushing each other artistically and creating theatre that invites audiences in; not just to watch, but to think and feel together.”

In addition to the three productions, Second Thought is continuing their writers-in-development program, Thought Process. Celebrating its third year, it will welcome eight new playwrights, who will work together throughout the year to create innovative new works.

Season tickets, which are $75 for all three shows, are available online now at secondthoughttheatre.com. Individual tickets will go on sale at a later date.

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