FrontBurner (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
It might seem like an odd way to steer a leading cultural institution. But Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center relied on the votes of people who attended a benefit party last night to embark on a major new undertaking. Attendees at the bash held at NorthPark Center were asked to vote for one of three “wishes” [...]
The Best American Poetry (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Except in Dallas, that is, where the skyline made famous by the J.R. Ewing clan on television 30 years ago has undergone multiple transformations. None is more exciting than what opened here earlier this month, the new AT&T Performing Arts Center, a $354 million, 10-acre assemblage aligned on one central axis beside a bustling freeway at the edge of downtown. It constitutes the latest addition...
The Classical Beat (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
The big news in American opera this weekend was the opening of the Dallas Opera's new home, the Winspear Opera House. The ugly and cavernous theater out in Fair Park has been supplanted by a state-of-the-art facility designed by Foster + Partners that, together with the new Wyly Theater across the street, finally joins the Meyerson Symphony Center (home of the Dallas Symphony) and the Nasher Sculpture...
FrontBurner (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
In the current episode of the “print product,” there appear two stories about an experiment we ran to determine whether the forthcoming Museum Tower might possibly interfere with the Nasher Sculpture Center’s wonderful installation Tending, (Blue). You can read Willard Spiegelman’s sober, insightful account of our caper here. Me, I just write jokes. Anyway, I’d [...]
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
DALLAS, TX.- Continuing its investigation of contemporary architecture, the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas presents a retrospective of the work of Foster + Partners. Scheduled to coincide with the grand opening of the new, Foster-designed Winspear Opera House in the AT&T Center for Performing Arts, the exhibition explores Foster + Partners’ major architectural achievements over the past...
Looking Around (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
The state of California may be going bust, but things are looking up for two big museums there. In Los Angeles, the beleaguered Museum of Contemporary Art, which seemed on the verge of collapse last year, has picked itself up off the floor, and faster than anyone would have predicted. And further north, [...]
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
The Museum of Contemporary Art, revealed to be in dire financial straits late last year, said today that it has raised nearly $60 million since December, hailing the figure as indication of a turnaround at the institution. The downtown museum...
Dallas Observer | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Winner of five Oscars, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is a classic 1975 film based on Ken Kesey's milestone novel of the same name. You and everyone else at the Free Films On First Thursdays screening will already be aware of the film's importance, so try not to rehash the same old po...
Dallas Observer | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
Woody Guthrie saw The Grapes of Wrath and said it was "the best cussed pitcher I ever seen." A lot of people agree, and now we've got the chance to see it up on the big screen just like he did when it shows for free at the Nasher Sculpture Center. The movie--directed by the legendary John For...
US Official Tabloid Gossip (Free subscription) | 22/07/2009
It's a lead-pipe cinch that the spotlight will always find Amber Campisi . The come-hither eldest daughter of restaurateur Corky Campisi is now part of the reality TV gang on E!'s new show Kendra , a spin-off of the Playboy Mansion-based favorite, The Girls Next Door . E! has built the show around 24-year-old Kendra Wilkinson , formerly one of Hugh Hefner 's girlfriend collective. She is now engaged...
globorati (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
The hottest names in design put their stamp on Dallas.
Arts Admin (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Tonight we had the conference dinner in the garden of the Nasher Sculpture Center . It is hard to pick favorites here - a great collection, inside and out. For traditional sculptures, my votes go to Henri Matisse , "Standing Nude, Arms on Head" (pictured below, 1906) and Auguste Rodin , "Eve" (1881). For an amazing experience, especially under a night sky, I must recommend James...
Dallas Observer | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 04/06/2009
It's not like I needed much help getting radicalized at UT in 1970, what with the Vietnam War, campus protests and a host of college indiscretions at $10 an ounce. But never before had I seen a movie with such a strong strain of "anti" as MASH --anti-war, anti-hero, anti-authority. I ea...
The Lobby from SPG (Free subscription) | 20/05/2009
There are few lovelier places to visit than Dallas, where the hospitality is as big and warm as Texas itself. From the target="_blank"> Dallas Arboretum - which is ablaze with desert wildflowers - to the target="_blank"> Nasher Sculpture Center, with more than...
Dallas Observer | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
"I just wanna say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? Plastics." Need I say more? Need I even mention the original MILF, Anne Bancroft? Or Dustin Hoffman banging on the glass in the church while shouting, "ELAINE! ELAINE! ELAINE!" over and over and over? No. Because you all already kn...
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