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01 AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM A groundbreaking and widely acclaimed exhibition with a powerful message, Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty is coming to the African American Museum, Sep. 22–Dec. 31. aamdallas.org 02 AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Jan Staller: CYCLE & SAVED showcases two short videos by New York photographer-videographer Jan Staller, through Aug. 19. Commanding Space: Women Sculptors of Texas continues through Nov. 18. Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath displays the artist’s deeply personal early work through Sep. 16. Hedda Sterne: Printed Variations celebrates the artist’s exquisite variety of formal interests and continues through Jan. 27. In Our Own Words features a portfolio of twenty-six vibrantly colored printed portraits by living artists, Daniel Heyman and Lucy Ganje. The two collaborated in portraying present-day members of North Dakota Indian nations, including those around Standing Rock, through Oct. 7. Image: Daniel Heyman (b. 1963), I Couldn't Tell if He was Crying, 2015–2016, woodblock, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas. cartermuseum.org 03 CROW COLLECTION OF ASIAN ART Fierce Loyalty: A Samurai Complete features the art and culture of the Japanese samurai through Oct. 24. Earthly Splendor: Korean Ceramics from the Collection displays the museum’s Korean art collection consisting of works ranging from stone sculptures to paintings through Sep. 9. Avatars and Incarnations: Buddhist and Hindu Art, Immortal Landscapes: Jade, and The Art of Lacquer mount Sep. 28. crowcollection.org 04 DALLAS CONTEMPORARY Eric Fischl: If Art Could Talk, Harry Nurieve: 6 Fears, and Sara Rahbar: Carry me home will continue through Aug 26. Fischl is known for depicting the dark, disturbing undercurrents of mainstream American life. Harry Nuriev is a Brooklyn-based Russian architect and furniture designer. Rahbar is known for her Flag series in which she reworks traditional fabrics and objects as collages. Next, DC will open three exhibitions including the work of Ghana Amer, Ian Davenport, and Boris Mikhailov, Sep. 30–Dec. 17. Image: Ghada Amer, Broken Dreams, 2014, 6 x 12.5 x 9 in. © Ghada Amer. Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York. dallascontemporary.org 28
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05 DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams chronicles the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II through Aug. 14. Summer Survivor Speakers Series dates are Aug. 8, Aug. 12, Aug. 22, Sep. 2, Sep. 9, and Sep. 16. Let Me Be Myself: The Life Story of Anne Frank opens Sep. 13 and will explore the life of Anne Frank and her legacy. Peace Day Dallas 2018 celebrates International Day of Peace on Sep. 23, and the museum will offer free admission and the chance to hear Holocaust Survivors speak about their experiences. dallasholocaustmuseum.org 06 DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana continues through Aug. 12. Asian Textiles: Art and Trade Along the Silk Road continues through Dec. 9. Through Sep. 9, The Guerrilla Girls features the work of the anonymous collective of female artists who create protest art to expose gender- and race-based discrimination in the art world and beyond, and Body Ego displays works by more than ten female artists in the DMA’s collection and considers how abstract sculpture represents the human body. Cult of the Machine, from 1910 to WWII, is a tour-de-force presentation including key paintings by American Precisionists such as Charles Sheeler, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Charles Demuth on view Sep. 16–Jan. 6. Word and Image: Works on Paper from the 15th–20th centuries focuses on artists who blurred the boundaries between art and text through Oct. 21. An Enduring Legacy: The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Collection of Impressionist and Modern Art is dedicated to the single largest benefactors in the museum’s history, the late Margaret and Eugene McDermott. An Enduring Legacy is on view through Feb. 17. Image: André Derain, Fishing Boats at L’Estaque, Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc. dma.org 07 FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY Grossolog y: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body and Animal Grossolog y runs through Jan. 6, 2019. Live at the Noble: Texas Sky Tonight and Live at the Noble: Our Amazing Solar System continue through Aug. fwmuseum.org 08 GEOMETRIC MADI MUSEUM Linear Abstractions shows the art of SK Sahni of India and Hernan Jara of Ecuador and Paris through Oct. 21. geometricmadimuseum.org
