Going Global

Dallas Museum of Art paints international picture with new director

The Dallas Museum of Art has finally found a new director — Dr. Agustín Arteaga.

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After a lengthy search, the Dallas Museum of Art has secured a new leader with worldly credentials. The museum has announced that Dr. Agustín Arteaga will become the new Eugene McDermott Director. Arteaga is currently serving as the director of the Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL) in Mexico City, one of largest and most prominent cultural institutions in Mexico.

“Agustín is a forward-thinking and strategic director with an excellent track record of leading museums on a global level and attracting new audiences and support through innovative, collection-based programs,” said president of the board of trustees Catherine Marcus Rose in a release. “He brings an international perspective to the DMA, having spearheaded partnerships with major institutions around the world throughout his 30-year career.”

The museum has been searching for a new director for nearly nine months, since former director Max Anderson vacated the role for a job in the nonprofit world.

“I am honored to have been selected to serve as the next Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art,” added Arteaga in the release. “The DMA is a leader in the museum field for the ways it has galvanized community engagement in the arts. I look forward to working with the museum’s board of trustees, who recognize the critical role that the DMA plays locally, nationally, and internationally, and with the museum’s dedicated staff and patrons to continue the legacy of my predecessors.”

Prior to his tenure at MUNAL, Arteaga was the director of the Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP) in Puerto Rico and the founding director of the contemporary art museum Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) Fundación Costantini in Argentina.

He also acted as a guest curator for two years at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris — one of France’s most renowned contemporary art institutions. And, from 1991 to 1994, he served as deputy director and curator of Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM) in Mexico City.

Arteaga will assume his new role September 1.

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Season Announcement

Kitchen Dog Theater unleashes immersive 2025 season in new Dallas space

Kitchen Dog Theater presents Safe at Home

Photo by Jordan Fraker

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Seven years after announcing it had purchased a building in the Design District, Kitchen Dog Theater is finally ready to move into its new home.

The third and final production of its 2025 season — the theater company's 34th — will take place all around the new "Doghouse." The other two productions will follow the immersive format at non-traditional performance spaces that was established last season.

With three fully produced events that each run the gambit from captivating and gutsy to heartfelt and hilarious, the monthly New Works Festival Staged Readings Series returns, as does the 23rd annual PUP Fest, nurturing high school talent from all over DFW.

First up is the area premiere of Will Eno's Wakey, Wakey, directed by KDT's artistic director Tina Parker and starring KDT co-artistic director Christopher Carlos.

"Is it now? I thought I had more time." These first words in Will Eno's play are spoken by Guy, a man who knows, like all of us on some level, that he is about to die. The play questions why we are here and the journeys that everyone takes to eventually get to the same place. Performances will take place at Expo Park, 840 Exposition Avenue, and run February 7-23, 2025.

Production No. 2 is full of mystery: The title and performance location will be announced soon and run in March/April 2025.

The Happiness Gymby Ken Weitzman closes out the season in August 2025 (exact dates TBA).

This regional premiere is a joyous, experiential event based on the science of well-being. Participants take part in a curated theatrical experience meant to boost their sense of happiness, joy, and feelings of connection. This one-of-a-kind project will be the soft opening to Kitchen Dog’s new theater and will take place all over the entire facility, giving patrons unparalleled access to KDT’s new home.

From March to July 2025, the 26th annual 2025 New Works Festival will showcase four-to-five staged readings of the newest and most exciting local and regional playwrights working in contemporary theater today. Each reading will feature some of DFW's most accomplished actors and directors and will take place at different venues across DFW.

For its 23rd annual event, PUP Fest will feature six staged readings of jury-selected plays written by DFW high school students, featuring student actors directed by area professional directors. PUP Fest is the culminating event of Dallas Playwriting Arts Collective (D-PAC), a partnership with Dallas ISD and Junior Players. Performance location is TBA, but the event will happen June 7, 2025.

For more information, visit kitchendogtheater.org or call 214-953-1055.

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