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For the first time, SMU’s Meadows Prize is awarded to two solo female performers: violist Nadia Sirota and political performance/video artist Tania Bruguera.

Today in the roundup: A video preview of ‘Bengal Tiger,’ Reviewing Second Thought’s ‘Behanding in Spokane’ and a new hire at the Crow Collection. Plus: pirates!

Think of it as an early spring thaw. The Dallas Museum of Art will release three books just in the next few months through the Yale University Press — more than it’s done in a typical year.

… a guy who’s done well for himself by handling the sound for one of Hollywood’s biggest names.

The Undermain is the first theater to use the City Performance Hall. It’ll be a chance for the company to show it can hold its own with the big boys in the Arts District.

The Dallas Museum of Art hired a big-name painting conservator this past year. And they’re building an entire department and public display around him. Literally building one. The plans are impressive. So we’re looking forward to that this next year.

Today in the roundup: The Meadows Museum acquires work, Ben Fountain’s roll continues and Stage West looks at expansion.

The money is a gift from the Kleinheinz Family Endowment for the Arts and Education out of Fort Worth.

The free admission policy is great, wonderful, noble, all the media outlets agree. But it basically just gets people in the door. It’s what happens next the media mostly ignored – and it’s what DMA director Maxwell Anderson hopes will change the museum industry.