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Dalas collector and DMA patron,
Raymond Nasher (left) with New
York artist Richard Serra during the
198 instalation of a recent Serra
sculpture loaned to the museum by
ML Nasher.Sue Graze, Curator of Contempo-
rary Art, and Richard Serra pic-
tured inside the walkway of the
artist's My curves are not mad.2 Century of Modern Sculpture. First FilmDada - Outdoor Film Festival is pre-
sented at the DMA in conjunction with the USA Film Festival. The DMA hosts
the first Annual Video Festival.
1988
* Elements #1 by Siah Armajani, DMA purchase. Flower by James Surls, a gift of
the Trammell Crow Company and Vincent A. Carrozza. Tasmania by Mario Merz,
a gift of Agnes Gund and the General Acquisitions Fund. An untitled work by
Jenny Holzer is purchased with a National Endowment for the Arts grant and
matching DMA funds. Inside the Cylindrical Mirror (Blue Glass) by John New-
man, a gift of Robert and Meryl Meltzer (by exchange). Looking at Art and
Nature by Bert Long, DMA purchase. All the Submarines of the United States of
America by Chris Burden, is made possible through funds donated by Mr.
Bradbury Dyer III, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant M. Hanley, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Michael C.
Mewhinney, three anonymous donors, The 500, Inc., the Jolesch Fund, and The
National Endowment for the Arts. The DMA purchases a Lamp by Isamu
Noguchi.
* Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Ideas. i Concentrations 17: Vernon Fisher
(DMA). Cindy Sherman. Ansel Adams and American Landscape Photogra-
phy: Selections from The Southland Corporation Collection (DMA). Con-
centrations 18: Bert Long (DMA). Contemporary Printmaking: Hamon Fund
Purchases 1974-1988 (DMA). . Georgia O'Keeffe 1887-1986. Images of
Mexico: The Contribution of Mexico to 20th Century Art (DMA, co-organized).
S Concentrations 19: Peter Fischli/David Weiss (DMA). 2 NOW/THEN/
AGAIN (DMA).
Q C. Vincent Prothro is elected President of the Board of Trustees. Richard R.
Brettell is appointed new Director of the Dallas Museum of Art. Jack Rutland is
appointed Director of Collections and Exhibitions. The museum and the Dallas
arts community lose a great friend and patron with the death of Mrs. Raymond
(Patsy) Nasher. Deputy Director/Chief Curator Steven A. Nash resigns to assume
a similar position at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Vernon Fisher and
Bert Long lecture in conjunction with their Concentrations exhibitions. Lisa
Phillips, Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, discusses
"Cindy Sherman's Cindy Sherman." "Frank Lloyd Wright in History" is the topic
of Vincent Scully's Bromberg Lecture.
* A Century of Modern Sculpture: The Patsy and Raymond Nasher Collection travels
to Madrid, Florence and Tel Aviv after its Dallas debut and subsequent showing
at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Richard Serra's My curves are not
mad is installed on the Ross Avenue Plaza as a long-term loan from Raymond
Nasher. The DMA hosts a symposium entitled "Que Imagen Mexico? The
Enigmatic Issues of 20th Century Mexican Art." "Mexico: Films in Focus," a
three-day symposium, focuses on the development and issues surrounding the
Mexican film industry. The DMA hosts the Second Annual Video Festival.
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Brettell, Richard R. NOW/THEN/AGAIN: Contemporary Art in Dallas 1949-1989, book, 1989; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth307668/m1/86/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Museum of Art.