FROM NASHER TO NEW HAVEN: The Yale University Art Gallery is putting the finishing touches on an exhibit that examines the role writers and language played in Pablo Picasso’s work. The show opens Jan. 27 and will feature 70 items in a variety of media, including a pair of sculptures from the Nasher Sculpture Center.

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Never has there been a greater demonstration of meanness than the parking garages of Northpark Center on the Saturday after Christmas.

Mimmo Paladino, A Surrounded Figure (Assediato)
But it’s worth it, not just for the shopping, but for the generous supply of museum-grade art on view throughout the mall. [...]

Writing and illustrating children’s books is one of the most competitive fields in all the arts. Everyone thinks it looks easy and many think they can do it. Mary Haverfield of Dallas has been illustrating for more than 20 years. She is the author of a picture book, Harriett the Homeless Raccoon, written when her [...]

The Kimbell Art Museum (center) is adding a new building (center left). The Modern Art Museum is in the upper right.

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North Texas is getting a Piano duet.
Renzo Piano, the celebrated architect of the Nasher Sculpture Garden in Dallas, is designing a new [...]

Guest blogger Gail Sachson owns Ask Me About Art, an educational service, is Vice-Chair of the Cultural Affairs Commission and a member of the Public Art Committee.
Celebrating the Nasher family and the fifth anniversary of the Nasher Sculpture Center, architecture critic David Dillon, joined by Nancy Nasher, led a discussion at the Center Saturday afternoon. [...]

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In this episode of Think, Nancy Nasher and Jed Morse, acting director of the Nasher Sculpture Center, discuss how the museum’s collection came together. Then later in the program, Booker T. Washington band leader Roger Boykin discusses [...]

In the early 1970s, Willem de Kooning was widely considered a once-great has-been whose career had peaked and faded away. He grew unfashionably old, and though he never stopped painting, he nonetheless fell out of favor with the changing tastes of the time. As his 70th birthday neared, de Kooning reinvented himself as a sculptor, [...]

Sculptors Jay Silber (left) and Etty Horowitz discussing art in front of Barbara Hepworth’s Squares with Two Circles (Monolith) at the Nasher Sculpture Garden.

The Texas Sculpture Association celebrated 25 years of supporting and cultivating North Texas’ thriving community of sculptors. The three-day event included parties, tours, lots of food, and a Saturday symposium which I [...]

In October, the Nasher Sculpture Center will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a tip of the cap to its founders. In Pursuit of the Masters: Stories from the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, which opens Saturday, Sept. 20, offers not only an all-encompassing view of the couple’s prized possessions but also insight into their [...]

Karen Garrett cardboard sculpture currently on display in Bryan Tower
Guest blogger GAIL SACHSON is a member of the TSA 25th Anniversary Planning Committee and the Moderator of the Symposium Panel discussion.
The Mayor of Dallas and the Governor of Texas have proclaimed September to be Sculpture Month. So don’t be surprised when you notice that most [...]