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| Established | 1978 |
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| Location | 161 Glass Street Dallas, Texas 75207 United States |
| Type | Art Museum |
| Director | Peter Doroshenko |
| Website | www.dallascontemporary.org |
Dallas Contemporary, founded in 1978, is a contemporary art museum located in the Design District of Dallas, Texas.
Dallas Contemporary is a non-collecting art museum presenting new and challenging ideas from regional, national and international artists. The institution is committed to engaging the public through exhibitions, lectures, educational programs, and events. The range and level of Dallas Contemporary’s programs serve audiences in the metropolitan Dallas-Fort Worth area and beyond.
Dallas Contemporary’s programs target the Dallas-Fort Worth area, while attracting audiences from the entire Southwest. It is the only bilingual institution in Texas dedicated to contemporary art and culture. The museum is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday, and admission is always free.
Patricia Meadows founded Dallas Contemporary, originally known as the D’Art Visual Arts Center, in 1978. In its original form, the museum hosted annual exhibitions of artwork created by its members and offered rental exhibition space to emerging artists. The museum evolved over the next few years to include exhibitions by nonmember artists from various regions around Texas. Dallas Contemporary eventually embraced the entire spectrum of contemporary art, placing Texas artists in a worldwide context. Today, Dallas Contemporary follows the European model of the kunsthalle, or art hall, a welcoming exhibition site for art of the moment. As a non-collecting institution, the museum commissions the creation of new artwork by emerging artists from all walks of life.
Dallas Contemporary is housed in a 37,000 square foot building in the Design District, Dallas, an emerging neighborhood 1.5 miles north of downtown. Built in the 1950s, the building was used for a range of industrial purposes before being redesigned to fit the needs of the museum in 2010. Architect Edward M. Baum was responsible for renovating the space, transforming the structure into one of the largest kunsthalles in the United States.
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