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    Museum news

    Blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition leads lineup for 2021 at Dallas Museum of Art

    Stephanie Allmon Merry
    Oct 28, 2020 | 12:41 pm

    After being closed for much of 2020 due to the pandemic, the Dallas Museum of Art is back up and running and has solidified its schedule of exhibitions for 2021.

    The year's blockbuster attraction — sure to draw visitors near and far — will feature rarely seen works by master painter Vincent Van Gogh. "Van Gogh and the Olive Groves" will be the first exhibition dedicated to the artist's important olive grove series. It was announced in early March, just before the shutdown, and has stayed on the DMA's calendar for October 17, 2021-February 6, 2022. (Read more about it here.)

    Another highlight will be "Cubism in Color: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris," which gives an underappreciated Spanish artist known as a pioneer in the Cubist movement his first U.S. exhibition in more than 35 years. (Read more about it here.)

    "The DMA’s 2021 roster features a robust slate of exhibitions that use a range of innovative approaches to highlight the strength and breadth of the museum’s global collection and the talents of the curatorial team," the museum says in a release. "The schedule includes the first solo U.S. museum exhibitions of contemporary artists Naudline Pierre, Chris Schanck, and Julian Charrière; two major international collaborations that reveal new insights on the legendary artists Vincent van Gogh and Juan Gris; and thematic exhibitions exploring artistic practices and movements from around the world."

    Here is the full schedule, with descriptions provided by DMA:

    "Moth to Cloth: Silk in Africa" — December 20, 2020-October 24, 2021
    Throughout the world, silk is used to make cloth and is associated with wealth and status. This rare natural fiber is also indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa. In this installation, cloths drawn from the DMA’s collection explore the production of silk and silk textiles in Ghana, Nigeria, and Madagascar.

    "Curbed Vanity: A Contemporary Foil by Chris Schanck" — January 17-August 29, 2021
    For his first museum commission and solo museum presentation, Dallas native Chris Schanck is creating a contemporary work inspired by the late 19th-century Martelé dressing table in the museum’s collection. Made of found objects from the immediate neighborhood of the artist’s Detroit studio, Schanck’s dressing table will be coated in resin and aluminum foil — a reference to the Dallas aluminum factory where, along with his father, Schanck worked when he was young. The two dressing tables will be presented together to form a conversation about craftsmanship, material, and the vanity that drives them.

    "Devoted: Art and Spirituality in Mexico and New Mexico" — February 21, 2021–January 2, 2022
    Historically, as well as in the present day, depictions of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and numerous saints and other figures have played a vital role in the ceremony and pageantry of Catholicism, acting as visual representations of beliefs and ideas, and serving as a focal point for devotion and prayer. "Devoted: Art and Spirituality in Mexico and New Mexico" features devotional works drawn from the DMA’s Latin American collection, exploring interrelated artistic traditions in the two regions. The exhibition spotlights the complexity and artistic qualities of these objects, which embody the active spiritual relationship between their creators, patrons, and communities."

    "Cubism in Color: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris" — March 14-July 25, 2021
    As the first U.S. exhibition in over 35 years dedicated to the Spanish artist Juan Gris, this exhibition reconsiders the legacy of this important yet underappreciated modernist master. Co-organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cubism in Color: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris" highlights the artist’s pioneering and revolutionary contributions to the Cubist movement by focusing on his fascination with subjects drawn from everyday life. Through approximately 40 paintings and collages that span all major periods of the artist’s evolving practice, the exhibition reveals the transformation of Gris’ innovative style and principal motifs from 1911 until 1926, the year before his tragically early death at age 40.

    "Concentrations 63: Julian Charrière, Towards No Earthly Pole" — May 2-August 8, 2021
    Berlin-based French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière creates work that bridges the realms of environmental science and cultural history. This focused exhibition — Charrière’s first solo museum exhibition in the U.S. — provides immersive encounters with the artist’s both melancholic and beautiful, but ambiguous, portraits of nature in the age of the Anthropocene, culminating with his most recent video project, "Towards No Earthly Pole." This large-scale cinematic environment considers glacial regions as transboundary agents and presents intertwining narratives of colonialism, environment, and the geographical imaginary.

    "Expressive Abstractions: A New Look at Postwar Art in the Americas and East Asia" — September 5, 2021-Winter 2022
    Featuring works from the museum’s collection, "Expressive Abstractions" charts the seismic innovations in painting, sculpture, and performance that shaped artistic production in the Americas and East Asia in the mid-20th century. The exhibition will re-evaluate the art historical legacy of the era to encompass the simultaneous and intersecting strands of international movements, including Japanese Gutai and Mono- ha, Korean Dansaekhwa, and Brazilian Neoconcretism. "Expressive Abstractions" also foregrounds the integral influence of Black and female artists working in abstraction in this period, complicating common understandings of the canonic Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, and Color Field movements in the United States.

    "Naudline Pierre" (working title) — September 26, 2021-May 15, 2022
    The DMA is presenting the first solo museum exhibition of works by Naudline Pierre, whose vividly hued paintings portray opaque, otherworldly narratives through depictions of supernatural figures entangled in complex scenes of struggle and intimacy. Rearticulating historical tenets of religious painting, Pierre expresses the spiritual experience of transcendence through the means of an alter-ego figure who recurs throughout her works. This exhibition, which will feature the debut of the DMA’s recent acquisition Lest You Fall, considers the possibilities of speculation and fantasy in offering love, care, and routes for escape.

    "Van Gogh and the Olive Groves" — October 17, 2021-February 6, 2022
    Co-organized by the DMA and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, "Van Gogh and the Olive Groves "is the first exhibition dedicated to Vincent van Gogh’s important olive grove series, created between June and December 1889 during his stay at the asylum of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Reunited for the first time, the paintings reveal Van Gogh’s passionate investigation of the expressive powers of color and line, and his choice of the olive groves as an evocative subject. The exhibition highlights exciting new discoveries about the artist’s techniques, materials, and palette that emerged from a collaborative conservation and scientific research project covering all 15 paintings in the series.

    On view through 2021
    The following exhibitions will remain on view into 2021, the DMA says: "Contemporary Art + Design: New Acquisitions" (through March 7, 2021), a presentation of recently acquired paintings, installations, jewelry, furnishings, and design objects; "For a Dreamer of Houses" (through July 4, 2021), an exhibition of contemporary artworks from the DMA’s collection that evoke personal spaces; and "My|gration" (through October 31, 2021), an installation of works in the Center for Creative Connections (C3) that traces the migration of people, objects, and ideas in art across times and cultures.

    Presentations reopening in 2020 and on view into 2021 include "Not Visible to the Naked Eye: Inside a Senufo Helmet Mask;" the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, displaying more than 1,400 European artworks and decorative objects; and the Keir Collection of Islamic Art, featuring 30 new works on view until February.

    Vincent van Gogh, The Olive Trees, 1889, oil on canvas, on view at the DMA beginning October 17, 2021.

    Vincent van Gogh, The Olive Trees, 1889, oil on canvas
      
    Photo courtesy of Dallas Museum of Art
    Vincent van Gogh, The Olive Trees, 1889, oil on canvas, on view at the DMA beginning October 17, 2021.
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    Ballet news

    Texas Ballet Theater executive director leaving for new gig in Northeast

    Stephanie Allmon Merry
    May 19, 2025 | 2:38 pm
    Vanessa Logan, Texas Ballet Theater
    Photo courtesy of Texas Ballet Theater
    Vanessa Logan joined Texas Ballet Theater in 2016.

    Vanessa Logan, who has served as Texas Ballet Theater executive director since 2016, is leaving TBT for a new role in the Northeast, the company says. Her final day with TBT will be June 30, 2025.

    The move will allow Logan to be closer to her family, the organization says. Her new position has not yet been announced.

    "While we will greatly miss Vanessa and her leadership at TBT, we support her decision to do what is best for her and her family and wish her well in her new pursuit," says TBT board of governors chair Anne T. Bass in a May 19 release. "Throughout her tenure at TBT, Vanessa has demonstrated the highest level of professionalism. It has been a delight to have worked closely with Vanessa over the last nine years, and I am most grateful for her unstinting efforts that have advanced TBT in so many respects."

    Logan joined North Texas' largest ballet company before the 2016-17 season; she previously had worked at the American Repertory Ballet in New Jersey and Boston Ballet.

    "Being part of TBT has been an immensely enriching and transformative experience. Partnering with Artistic Director Tim O’Keefe, working alongside such talented artists, and collaborating with a dedicated administrative and school staff has been a true privilege," Logan says in the release. "I am also deeply grateful for the unwavering support of our committed Board Chair and the Board of Governors, whose vision and leadership have been instrumental. Contributing to productions that bring beauty and artistry to our audiences and nurturing ballet education for countless children in Dallas-Fort Worth has been incredibly rewarding."

    During her tenure with TBT, Logan helped the company navigate through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 followed by a catastrophic winter storm of 2021; she helped smooth the transition of artistic director from Ben Stevenson to Tim O'Keefe in 2023; and she oversaw new school facilities in Richardson and Dallas. TBT has also begun a 65,000-square-foot renovation of its Fort Worth facility to support future growth.

    "Vanessa’s support and partnership during the transition was phenomenal. I cannot imagine another leader better equipped to guide TBT seamlessly through such a transformational change," O’Keefe says. "Her steadfastness instilled confidence and built trust with staff, students and subscribers as she ensured that we held true to TBT’s mission of honoring classical ballet while embracing a new chapter of artistic evolution."

    TBT’s Board of Governors will immediately start searching for Logan’s successor and will quickly name an interim executive director to oversee operations until a permanent leader is in place, they say.

    Texas Ballet Theater, which is a resident company of both Winspear Opera House in Dallas and Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, just closed its 2024-25 season with O'Keefe's all-new staging of the beloved ballet Giselle.

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