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    Days at the Museum

    6 must-see Dallas-Fort Worth museum shows to close out an artful year

    Kendall Morgan
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    Dec 7, 2017 | 10:21 am

    In this festive yet frenetic month, it’s the perfect time to stop and savor the best things about the past year. In 2017 that list might be shorter than usual, but at the very top of it are unmissable shows at DFW-area museums. Take your family and friends to see these six essential exhibits while they're visiting for the holidays.

    Casanova: The Seduction of Europe at Kimbell Art Museum
    Through December 31

    Casanova is most famed for his role as the libertine’s libertine, and his memoir “The History of My Life” became a much larger success than any fictional story he penned. Notorious for seducing everyone from married ladies to men to the occasional nun, his rake’s progress took him across the European continent from his native Venice to Saint Petersburg. “Casanova: The Seduction of Europe,” tells his story through paintings, furnishings and fashionable tableaus sourced from the 18th century. Lush and lavish, the exhibition embraces its subject’s love of adventure, pursuit of l’amour, and shifting identity with supporting characters that include Catherine the Great and Benjamin Franklin. Although the only image of the man himself is outside the galleries, observers feel as though they’re walking alongside this legendary lover — perhaps most successfully in the “Adult’s Only” room of playing-card-sized erotica only viewable through a magnifying glass.

    Wild Spaces, Open Seasons: Hunting and Fishing in American Art at Amon Carter Museum of American Art
    Through January 7, 2018

    The first major museum exhibition to take on the world of the sportsman, “Wild Spaces” explores the evolution of outdoor traditions through the early 1800s to World War II. Uniquely American, the landscapes, still lifes and portraits were sourced from across the U.S., as well as the Carter’s permanent collections. Painted by the likes of Thomas Cole, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Augustus William T. Ranney, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, and George Bellows, the canvases show hunting as a leisurely pursuit, a livelihood, a perilous undertaking, and as a foundation of the American myth. Together, they offer a glimpse of our infinitely fertile country before the onslaught of urbanization and industrialization. Nature is the star of the show here, and the skillful works in “Wild Spaces” serve as a cry for the appreciation of the pleasures of the hunt as well as an elegy to North America’s former wilderness.

    Yayoi Kusama: All the Love I Have For the Pumpkins at the Dallas Museum of Art
    Through February 25, 2018

    Popping up all over social media this fall, the hashtag #KusamaPumpkins was a way for insiders to prove they were lucky enough to snag a spot to view DMA’s most essential new exhibit. The only Kusama pumpkin room owned by a North American institution, this dazzling work can be seen by purchasing tickets the third Monday of each month on the museum’s website. Famous for her eye-popping installations and love of polka dots, Yayoi Kusama’s “infinity nets” are derived directly from the Japanese artist’s hallucinations. Entering the mirrored room filled with resin gourds is a disorienting yet delightful experience — one made even more intense by the 45-second window you’re allowed to become part of the art. As “Pumpkins” is now owned by the museum in conjunction with the Rachofsky Collection, we hope that these particular fruits will be in season well into spring.

    Truth: 24 Frames Per Second at the Dallas Museum of Art
    Through January 28, 2018

    Dallas Museum of Art’s first time-based media show, “24 Frames” gets its name from both the number of participating artists and a legendary quote from New Wave director Jean Luc Godard (“Cinema shows truth at the rate of 24 frames per second.”) Ranging from the impactful (Bruce Connor’s “Report,” a look at the media’s manipulation of the Kennedy assassination) to the incendiary (Mark Bradford’s misogynistic standup parody “Spiderman”), the flickering films in “24 Frames” offer up the artists’ own version of reality. The works examine contemporary themes such as political unrest, race relations, and sexual identity while inspiring the viewer to question everything they see. At a time when we can’t always trust what's projected in front of our eyes, plan on repeat visits to absorb them all.

    Salvador Dali: Visions of Eternity at the Arlington Museum of Art
    Through January 21, 2018

    Throughout his career, master surrealist Salvador Dali took on mythology, science, literature, and religion, illustrating everything from “Alice in Wonderland” to “Don Quixote.”
    In “Visions of Eternity” at the Arlington Museum of Art, viewers can dive into the “The Divine Comedy” through a complete series of lithographs designed to accompany Dante’s classic work. Originally commissioned in the early ‘50s by the Italian government to commemorate the septecentennial of the writer’s birth, the works were initially not well received, and it took Dali’s French publisher to help them see the light of day over a decade later. With 30 or 40 wood blocks required to create just one print, the luridly colored images of “Eternity” make the journey through Purgatory, Inferno, and Paradise a kaleidoscopic experience.

    Murillo at the Meadows: A 400th Birthday Celebration at the Meadows Museum, SMU
    Through December 2, 2018

    An exploration of the sublime, the Meadows’ new show of Spanish master Bartolomé Esteban Murillo features five paintings in the museum’s possession paired with works by his Sevillian contemporaries. The shining star of the city’s artistic scene in the 17th century, Murillo was most successful in portraying religious subjects, visible in both churches and the homes of the wealthy across the city. His ability to capture a subject’s innate sweetness may have led critics to dismiss his portraits as perhaps less substantial than the era’s more sober artists, but his dynamic brushwork makes even the most sentimental of canvases worth another look.

    The Lady’s Last Stake, 1759 by William Hogarth, on display now at the Kimbell Art Museum.

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    Photograph by Tom Loonan
    The Lady’s Last Stake, 1759 by William Hogarth, on display now at the Kimbell Art Museum.
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    Season Announcement

    Big spenders + bigger voices fill Lyric Stage's 2025-26 Dallas season

    Lindsey Wilson
    Jun 18, 2025 | 12:29 pm
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    For its 2025-26 season, Lyric Stage is pairing a sweet transvestite with Civil War-era sisters, a dance hall hostess with harmonizing ghosts, and a whole bunch of divas with their much-deserved spotlight.

    Now in its 32nd season, the nonprofit Lyric Stage is dedicated to the development and preservation of musicals, having produced more than 125 productions, which include 21 world-premiere musicals and two Off-Broadway shows.

    Under the helm of newish artistic directors Tricia Guenther and Scott Guenther, four of its current shows will take place in its Lyric Studio Space near the Trinity River, with one at Moody Performance Hall in the Dallas Arts District.

    First up (and just in time for Halloween) is The Rocky Horror Show — note the missing "Picture." This is the stage version on which the cult classic movie was later based, but don't worry, audiences are still encouraged to shout at the performers and throw toilet paper and other props.

    Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.” It runs October 10-26, 2025 at Lyric Stage Studio and is not family-friendly.

    For the holiday season, Forever Plaid - Plaid Tidings brings Francis, Jinx, Smudge, and Sparky back to Earth on the orders of Rosemary Clooney to put a little harmony into a discordant world.

    Stewart Ross' musical is sprinkled with Christmas offerings and audience favorites, like the riotous three-minute-and-eleven-second version of The Ed Sullivan Show, this time, featuring the Rockettes, the Chipmunks, and The Vienna Boys Choir. It runs December 5-21, 2025, at Lyric Stage Studio.

    For one night only, the Dallas Divas return just in time for Valentine’s Day.

    Showcasing some of the most talented voices in Dallas, singing songs ranging from Broadway to pop, the performance is a Lyric Stage tradition. It is February 11, 2026, at Moody Performance Hall.

    Inspired by Federico Fellini’s Night of Cabiria, Sweet Charity explores the turbulent love life of Charity Hope Valentine, a hopelessly romantic but comically unfortunate dance hall hostess in New York City.

    With a tuneful, groovy, mid-1960s score by Cy Coleman, sparkling lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and a hilarious book by Neil Simon, Sweet Charity captures all the energy, humor, and heartbreak of Life in the Big City for an unfortunate but irrepressible optimist. The production is the original 1966 Broadway (not the movie version) with such hit songs as “Big Spender,” “If My Friends Could See Me Now,” “I’m a Brass Band,” and “Baby, Dream Your Dream.” It runs April 17-May 3, 2026, at Lyric Stage Studio.

    Closing out the season is Louisa May Alcott's timeless Little Women, with a book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and music by Jason Howland.

    The musical follows the adventures of sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March. Jo is trying to sell her stories for publication, but the publishers are not interested in a woman's creativity. Her friend, Professor Bhaer, tells her that she has to do better and write more from herself. Begrudgingly taking this advice, Jo weaves the story of herself and her sisters and their experience growing up in Civil War America. It runs July 17-August 2, 2026, at Lyric Stage Studio.

    Season tickets, which range from $40-$60, are available beginning July 1. Lyric Stage is located at 1170 Quaker St. in Dallas.

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