The Dallas Opera gives away money, a couple in Allen tried to steal money in an art-fraud scheme, a possible big hit art show is coming to Fort Worth and more — all in Tuesday’s roundup.

Some art historians have written off the decade as largely irrelevant when it comes to American art. But “Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties” — a major exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art — aims to change that.

One reason Lysistrata Jones failed in New York, Maxwell Anderson brings in a colleague to join him at the DMA, the Kimbell is compared to the Getty — and more in this morning’s roundup.

If you missed the last State of the Arts, fret not. You can watch it on video. And join us next week for the last in this year’s SOA series.

More than 115,000 people saw The Fashion World of Jean-Paul Gaultier at the Dallas Museum of Art. Which must mean corsets and ’80s punk fashions are popular here.

Bright lights, building bling, a new center for Texas architecture named for a friend, Rick Santorum’s voting record on the NEA and Glenn Ligon in Fort Worth: Is this a roundup or what?

A Dallas art collector is making a name for himself in the world of contemporary art. And while you can’t see his collection in the art gallery he runs, you can see it at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Today in the roundup: A look at shows at Theatre Three and Dallas Children’s Theater, plus a way advanced look at a future DMA exhibition.

Did you miss the last State of the Arts? No worries – Watch it on video.

A Dallas filmmaker hopes to answer a question that has flummoxed men – and even women – for ages: What is it about women and shoes? Cynthia Salzman Mondell’s heading to the source to find her answer.