Lectures & ConversationsSpring and Summer 2011

Explore works of art from around the world and

throughout time with distinguished artists,

scholars, and artistic leaders. Join us for this

season of thought-provoking conversations.

For up-to-date information on these programs

and other exciting events, visit us online

at DallasMuseumofArt.org.

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The Boshell Family Lecture Series on Archaeology The Boshell Series features internationally recognized archaeologists, historians, and authors working at the forefront of archaeological research. The series is made possible by the Boshell Family Foundation and the DMA’s Boshell Lecture Series Endowment Fund.

The Richard R. Brettell Lecture SeriesThis series brings notable scholars of 19th- and 20th-century European art to pres-ent new research and fresh interpretations of the Dallas Museum of Art’s modern masterworks. The series was created with a gift from Carolyn and Roger Horchow in honor of Dr. Richard Brettell, former DMA Director and an eminent scholar of 19th-century French art.

Exhibition Lectures

This season the Museum’s major special exhibitions will feature treasures of American art—from masterworks designed by Gustav Stickley, to iconic architec-tural designs by Frank Lloyd Wright and exquisite examples of American Indian art. See page 13 in this brochure for more information about these and other special exhibitions on view.

Late Night Lectures

Join us on the third Friday of each month, when the Museum is open until mid-night. Each Late Night offers a variety of experiences, including talks by artists, scholars, curators, and special guests.

State of the Arts

KERA host and senior producer Jeff Whittington moderates dynamic discussions with Dallas’s key artistic leaders—including visual artists, musicians, dancers, and filmmakers—to explore the creative process and the city’s cultural landscape.

Other Lecture Programs

The Museum presents a number of special lectures and stimulating conversations exploring the role of art, from antiquity to contemporary times, and its relation-ship to history, culture, and identity. Hear new and interesting perspectives from artists, art historians, curators, and other guest speakers.

Arts & Letters Live

A celebration of the literary and performing arts featuring acclaimed authors, actors, illustrators, musicians, and more. Visit DallasMuseumofArt/ALL for a complete schedule of Arts & Letters Live programs. 2

Perspectives

Michael Corris

Wednesday, February 16, 12:15 p.m.

Dallas Museum of Art curators

Jeffrey Grove and Charles Wylie join

leading artists, writers, and art histori-

ans to discuss the language, ideas, and

processes that inform contemporary art.

These conversations will take place in the

galleries to foster further reconsiderations

of the Museum’s contemporary collection,

which forms one of the cornerstones of

the Dallas Museum of Art.

Michael Corris is Chair of the Division

of Art at Southern Methodist University

(SMU) and an artist, art historian, and

writer on art. He was a member of the

pioneering conceptual art group Art and

Language and has written extensively on

contemporary art and art theory.

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State of the Arts

Michael Cain and George Fenton

Wednesday, February 23, 7:30 p.m.

Join Jeff Whittington for a thought-

provoking conversation with

Michael Cain President, M3 Films

Chairman of the Board, DALLAS Film Society

George FentonGrammy, Oscar, and Emmy Award–winning composer

Masters of Film Music guest conductor, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Presented in partnership with KERA’s Art & Seek

Brettell Lecture

The Many Faces of Renoir’s Lise TréhotFriday, February 18, 9:00 p.m.

Lise Tréhot was Pierre-Auguste

Renoir’s companion between 1866

and 1872 and one of his favorite mod-

els during that time. Distinguished

art historian John House, of London’s

Courtauld Institute of Art, will explore

Renoir’s paintings of Lise, including

two important works in the DMA’s

Wendy and Emery Reves Collection,

and the varied guises in which he

represented her, ranging from lower-

class parisienne to Oriental odalisque.

This lecture is part of Late Nights at the Dallas Museum of Art. Enjoy a

romantic evening as you explore our newly installed European galleries,

concerts, tours, films, and more.

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Perspectives

Frances Colpitt Thursday, February 24, 7:30 p.m.

Charles Wylie, The Lupe Murchison

Curator of Contemporary Art at the

Dallas Museum of Art, joins Frances

Colpitt for a conversation about is-

sues in contemporary art. Dr. Colpitt

is the Deedie Potter Rose Chair of Art

History at Texas Christian University

(TCU) and a specialist in contempo-

rary art, theory, and criticism. She

is a corresponding editor for Art in

America and has curated numerous

exhibitions at venues throughout

the country.

Exhibition Lecture

Utopian Dreams: The American Arts and Crafts Movement

Thursday, March 10, 7:30 p.m.

When the term “Arts and Crafts” was

invented in the late 19th century, it im-

plied very different things than it does

today; for some it signified a philosophy

and a way of life, while for others it

was a style. Martin Eidelberg, Profes-

sor Emeritus of Art History at Rutgers University, will explore American artists’

varied responses to the challenges and tensions of an urban, industrial society

and the demands of art at the turn of the century—from the furniture made by

Gustav Stickley, to the ceramics made at the Rookwood and Grueby potteries, to

the lamps and Favrile glass vases from Tiffany Studios.

Perspectives

Christian SchumannWednesday, March 16, 12:15 p.m. Jeffrey Grove, The Hoffman Family

Senior Curator of Contemporary Art

at the Dallas Museum of Art, joins

artist Christian Schumann for a

conversation about his work, which

incorporates text, biomorphic shapes,

and diagrams to create canvases that “rumble with the energy and look of urban

life.” A graduate of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and

Visual Arts, Schumann is an internationally exhibited artist whose work is

held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum

of Modern Art in New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art

in Los Angeles, in addition to the DMA and others.

“I attempt to transcribe a subconscious eye, at once political and psychological

in its subject matter.” —Christian Schumann

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Perspectives

Marianne Stockebrand

Thursday, March 17, 7:30 p.m. Charles Wylie, The Lupe Murchison Curator of

Contemporary Art at the DMA, joins Marianne

Stockebrand, Director Emerita of the Chinati

Foundation, for a discussion about the legendary

sculptor Donald Judd and his ideas of the role of

art and museums in contemporary culture.

After the discussion, Dr. Stockebrand will be available

to sign copies of her book Chinati: The Vision of Donald

Judd. This new volume, co-published by the Chinati

Foundation and Yale University Press, provides the

first comprehensive overview of Donald Judd’s unique

installations and buildings in Marfa, Texas.

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Special Event: Concentrations Artists Talk

Fergus Feehily and Matt ConnorsThursday, March 31, 7:30 p.m.

Jeffrey Grove, the DMA’s Hoffman Family

Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, joins

artists Fergus Feehily and Matt Connors

for a discussion of their work, which will be

on display in solo installations as part of the

Museum’s Concentrations series. Concentrations

focuses on the work of emerging artists, and

this installment marks the inauguration of

the series’ thirtieth year. Feehily, based in Berlin, creates paintings that explore a

long-term preoccupation with blurring boundaries, often between non-represen-

tation and image, text and drawing. Connors lives and works in New York, and he

makes small-scale abstract paintings that reference poetry, music, and film as well

as modern painting styles.

Arts & Letters Live: Artful Musings

Gail Levin and Meryle Secrest: Artistic Lives Friday, March 25, 7:30 p.m.

Art historian Gail Levin’s newest biography, Lee Krasner

(March 2011), offers a fresh look at the artist, best known

as Jackson Pollock’s wife, who was a modernist master in

her own right. Meryle Secrest is an acclaimed biogra-

pher whose newest book, Modigliani: A Life (March 2011),

uncovers the seemingly shy, delicate man behind the

romantic myth.

Before the event, join Jeffrey Grove, the DMA’s

Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art,

to explore works by Krasner and Modigliani in the

Museum’s collections.

ticket prices: Full $30

Reduced $25

Student $10

Special Event

Stickley Saturday

Saturday, April 2, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Half-price admission ($5) and parking ($5)

In conjunction with the Museum’s landmark

exhibition of the work of Gustav Stickley,

join us for a special celebration of the era

of the American Arts and Crafts movement.

Enjoy tours, talks, workshops, and musical

performances. From furnishings to archi-

tecture and interior design, Stickley and his

peers created works that prized craftsman-

ship and celebrated nature.

Visit DallasMuseumofArt.org for a complete

schedule of events.

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Late Night Lecture

Romancing the Bungalow: Getting to Know Your Arts and

Crafts Home

Friday, April 15, 9:00 p.m.

Kevin W. Tucker, the DMA’s Margot B. Pe-

rot Curator of Decorative Arts and Design,

will present an entertaining perspective

on the history of the bungalow and its

romantic appeal as the ideal suburban American home in the early 20th century.

To inspire the preservation and restoration of your own bungalow, investigate

classic motifs, color schemes, hardware details, and “Mission”-style furnishings.

This lecture will explore historic Dallas neighborhoods, including Oak Cliff and

Munger Place, and their significant Arts and Crafts houses.

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Special Event

A Dream of Identity: Coco Chanel and the Myths of Fashion

Thursday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.

Rhonda Garelick, Professor of English at the Uni-

versity of Nebraska and a well-known scholar and

writer on performance, literature, fashion, and cul-

tural politics, will explore Coco Chanel’s influence

on fashion as well as in literary and artistic circles

in Paris. Chanel’s Mediterranean villa, La Pausa,

also hosted many cultural luminaries, including

Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau. Five rooms of the

Villa La Pausa were re-created at the Dallas Mu-

seum of Art to house the Wendy and Emery Reves

Collection of impressionist, post-impressionist,

and modern European art.

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Boshell Lecture

Surveying the Silk Road: East/West Contacts Along the Route in Ancient Times

Thursday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.

Join distinguished scholar and author

Elizabeth Wayland Barber to explore the

Silk Road, the collection of trade routes

where luxurious goods, technologies, and

ideas were exchanged between East and

West. For almost three thousand years,

the Silk Road created important paths for

traders, merchants, and pilgrims between

China and India, the Persian Empire, and

Mediterranean countries.

After the lecture, visit the Level 3 galleries to see a new installation of objects

from the Silk Road in the DMA’s collections.

Exhibition Lecture

The Search for the Primitive: Native American Art and the American

Arts and Crafts Movement

Thursday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.

Dissatisfied with modern industrialized

society, many Arts and Crafts practitioners

looked to indigenous American cultures in

the search for authentic cultural expression

in the early 20th century. Monica Obniski,

Assistant Curator of American Decorative

Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago, will

explore the influence of Native American

Art, particularly baskets and textiles, on designers, artists, and architects, such

as Gustav Stickley, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Frank Lloyd Wright, within the Arts

and Crafts movement in America.

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Arts & Letters Live: Artful Musings

Simon Schama Monday, May 2, 7:30 p.m. Simon Schama, an award-winning author, broadcaster,

critic, and academic is renowned for his intellectually

rich and entertaining studies of the influences that have

shaped the human condition. Schama’s books include

The American Future; Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and

the American Revolution; The Power of Art; Landscape and Mem-

ory; Hang-Ups: Essays on Painting (Mostly); and the History of

Britain trilogy. At this event, he will discuss his forth-

coming essay collection, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Running

Around in History, Politics, Art, and Culture (April 2011).

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Late Night Lecture

The History of BeadsFriday, May 20, 9:00 p.m.

Known as “the doyenne of the bead world,”

author and curator Lois Sherr Dubin will

investigate how beads have been used

throughout history and around the world as

talismans, status symbols, religious articles,

and a medium of barter. For Dubin, each bead

is a capsule of cultural information, containing

a fascinating tale of the origins of its materi-

als, its multifold uses, its travels, and

its potent symbolism.

In addition to the lecture, enjoy an entire eve-

ning of music, dance performances, tours, and

family activities that celebrate the exhibition

Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection.

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Special Event

2011 Awards to Artists Artist Talks and Reception

Thursday, May 12, 6:30 p.m.

The recipients of the 2011 DeGolyer, Kimbrough, and Dozier awards will

discuss their winning work. These annual awards recognize exceptional

talent and potential in emerging visual artists who show a commit-

ment to continuing their artistic endeavors. Since their establishment

in 1980 and 1990, Awards to Artists grants have been given to more

than 230 recipients, many of whom have gone on to successful careers

in North Texas and across the country. The three funds have given more

than $500,000 since their founding.

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Arts & Letters Live Special Event

S. C. Gwynne Tuesday, June 21, 7:30 p.m. In 1836 a nine-year-old pioneer girl, Cynthia Ann Parker,

was kidnapped during a Comanche raid in North Texas.

Parker later became a full member of the Comanches

and married a highly respected chief. Her son, Quanah,

would become the last and greatest Comanche leader.

Their story is told in Empire of the Summer Moon, which

traces the rise and fall of the Comanche Nation. Author

Sam Gwynne will discuss this fascinating story in con-

versation with Jake Silverstein, editor of Texas Monthly.

Before the event, enjoy a docent-led tour of the

exhibition Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection.

ticket prices: Full $37

Reduced $32

Student $15

Boshell Lecture

Charles C. MannFriday, July 15, 9:00 p.m.

Drawing from archaeological, anthropological,

scientific, and literary evidence, author Charles

C. Mann will reveal new visions of the Americas

before the arrival of the Europeans. His best-selling

book, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Co-

lumbus, was awarded the U.S. National Academy of

Sciences Keck Award for the best book of the year.

A three-time National Magazine Award finalist,

Mann has written for the Atlantic Monthly, Wired, the

New York Times, and Smithsonian magazine, among

many others, covering the intersection of science,

technology, and commerce.

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Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts MovementFebruary 13–May 8, 2011

Organized by the DMA, this exhibition offers the first comprehensive examination of the work of Gustav Stickley. The exhibition presents more than one hundred objects produced by Stickley’s designers and workshops, including iconic furniture, metalwork, lighting, and textiles.

Concentrations 54: Fergus Feehily and Matt Connors April 3–August 14, 2011This pairing of solo projects by Berlin-based Feehily and New York artist Connors brings together paintings that challenge traditions of abstraction and push limitations of the painterly surface. This will be the inaugural installment in the thirtieth year of the Concentrations series.

Art of the American Indians: The Thaw CollectionApril 24–September 4, 2011The DMA’s first Native American exhibition in nearly twenty years, Art of the American Indians features over one hundred works from the renowned Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York. The works of art date from well before first European contact to the present and celebrate the continuing vitality of American Indian art.

Re-Seeing the ContemporaryThrough March 20, 2011

This exhibition presents more than sixty paintings, sculpture, and works on paper from the DMA’s rich collection of modern and contemporary art. Explore rarely seen works alongside more familiar icons to trace the history of contemporary art from the 1940s to today.

Encountering Space Through Fall 2012

The second exhibition to be featured in the Museum’s groundbreaking Center for Creative Connections gallery, Encountering Space presents works of art from both Western and non-Western collections at the Museum and asks visitors to consider how space is used to invite engagement, raise questions, and create meaning.

Line and Form: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Wasmuth Portfolio Through July 17, 2011

This exhibition features sixteen prints drawn from a rare example of the Wasmuth Portfolio, widely recognized as one of the most important archi-tectural publications of the 20th century. A collaboration between Frank Lloyd Wright and a German printer, the portfolio served as the first and most important publication of Wright’s innovative Prairie school creations.

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2011–2012 Exhibitions

The series is supported by the Boshell Family Foundation and the DMA’s

Boshell Lecture Series Endowment Fund.

The series is supported by The Richard R. Brettell Lecture

Series Endowment Fund.

Hotel accommodations for Lectures and Conversations provided by The Adolphus.

Promotional support for Lectures and Conversations provided by WRR Classical 101.1 FM.

Promotional support for the State of the Arts lecture series is provided by KERA’s Art & Seek.

Additional support is provided by Energy Future Holdings.

The Dallas Museum of Art is supported in part by the generosity of Museum members and donors and

by the citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas/Office of Cultural Affairs and the Texas Commission

on the Arts.

image credits

cover (detail): A princess with her attendents, India, Late Mughal, possibly Farrukhabad, c. 1960–75,

opaque watercolor on paper, Intended gift of David T. Owsley, 7.2007.29

inside: Jasper Johns, Device, 1961–62, oil on canvas with wood and metal attachments, Dallas Museum

of Art, gift of The Art Museum League, Margaret J. and George V. Charlton, Mr. and Mrs. James B.

Francis, Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Greenlee, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. James H. W. Jacks, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin L. Levy,

Mrs. John W. O’Boyle, and Dr. Joanne Stroud in honor of Mrs. Eugene McDermott, 1976.1, © Jasper

Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY; Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Lise Sewing (detail), 1866, oil on canvas,

Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, 1985.R.59; Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean

Park No. 29, 1970, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated,

1981.106, © Estate of Richard Diebenkorn; Table scarf, Ginkgo design, No. 915, Gustav Stickley, attributed

to Louise Shrimpton, designer, designed c. 1904, linen, Crab Tree Farm; Christian Schumann, Nomads,

1998–99, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, Texas Artists Fund, 2001.11, © 1999

Christian Schumann; Donald Judd, Untitled, 1988, aluminum and yellow Plexiglas, Dallas Museum of

Art, Museum League Purchase Fund, General Acquisitions Fund, H. Harold Wineburgh Fund and gift of

an anonymous donor, 1990.137.a–f, © Donald Judd Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY; Matt

Conners, Soul Error (Vertical), 2010, oil and colored pencil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, DMA/amfAR

Benefit Auction Fund, 2010.30, © Matt Conners; Side Chair, Gustav Stickley, designed c. 1903–04, oak,

pewter, copper, various woods, and rush (replaced), The Estate of Dr. Edgar G. McKee; Craftsman House

No. 10 Elevations (detail), Gustav Stickley, October 1905, cyanotype on paper, The Stickley Museum

of Craftsman Farms; Buddhist jeweled plaque (detail), Nepal, 18th–19th century, turquoise, copper,

coral, and jewels, Intended gift of David T. Owsley, 7.2007.36; Coco Chanel (in front of window) in the

dining room at La Pausa, 1938; Electric Lantern No. 777, Gustav Stickley, c. 1908, copper and glass, Crab

Tree Farm; Bandolier Bag (detail), ca. 1830, Seminole Type, Florida, trade cloth, yarn, glass beads, and

cotton backing, Thaw Collection, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., T0005, Photograph by John

Bigelow Taylor; Monroe Tsatoke, Comanche Chief, c. 1934, watercolor, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the

Public Works of Art Project, 1934.11; Blanket (detail), ca. 1890, Osage (Wah-Zah-Zhe), Oklahoma, wool,

silk ribbon, beads, and thread, Thaw Collection, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., T0809,

Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor; Linen chest (detail), Gustav Stickley, attributed to John Seidemann,

maker, United Crafts or Craftsman Workshops, manufacturer, Eastwood, New York, 1903, oak and iron,

Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., facilitated by American

Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, 2008.22.McD; Matt Conners, Soul Error (Vertical) (detail), 2010, oil and

colored pencil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction Fund, 2010.30, © Matt

Conners; Horse Mask (detail), ca. 1875–1900, Nez Perce (Nimi’ipuu) or Cayuse, Idaho, Oregon, or Eastern

Washington, trade cloth, blue cloth, cotton lining and thread, glass beads, brass buttons, horsehair,

mirror, feathers, silk ribbons, hide, and ermine, Thaw Collection, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown,

N.Y., T0177, Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor; Larry Bell, The Cube of the Iceberg II, 1975, float glass

coated with Inconel, Dallas Museum of Art, anonymous gift in memory of J. O. Lambert, Jr., 1981.44,

© Larry Bell; Robert Delaunay, Eiffel Tower (detail), 1924, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the

Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, 1981.105, © L&M Services, Amsterdam; Frank Lloyd Wright, Villa für

Herrn W. H. Winslow in River Forest, Illinois, Eingangs detail (detail), Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the

Robert O. Lane Estate in memory of Roy E. Lane, A.I.A., 200.372.1.a

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