Visual Art in the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex
Plus Art in Texas and the Southwest
by joel Sampson, artist / engineer / musician

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Few cities have more art or better art than we now have in the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex. From the second largest contemporary art museum in the U.S. to the world class Nasher Sculpture Center - there is lots going on! The Dallas / Fort Worth area (called the Metroplex) also has anactive group of working artists, art centers, and many great privategalleries. In addition to our six major art museums, we have severalsmaller art museums that are very special. This non-commercial web sitelists them all with links and a few comments. We also feature the art museums in Texas and the Southwest. Texas is truly State of the Arts! And Oklahoma is OK too! We have some great art in Big D and Cowtown! Y'all come and see it! Dallas / Fort Worth Art Gallery Openings Weekly Dallas Galllery Openings are posted on Mondays. Don't miss a great exhibit! Dallas / Fort Worth and Texas Art News Kimbell in Fort Worth - The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass thru May 24 is on view in the Renzo Piano Pavilion. Lots of great paintings in the exhibit. Like Father, Like Son: Edward and Brett Weston - photography is up at the Amon Carter until August 23rd. Future exhibits Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye - He one of my favorite painters and this should be a great show with 50 paintings. It hangs November 8 to February 14, 2016 in the Renzo Piano Pavilion. The Kimbell says: During the height of Impressionism in the 1870s and 1880s, Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894) produced some of the movement's most daring and bold paintings. Experimenting with radical points of view and audacious perspective, he created images of Paris streets, of domestic life and of country pursuits that are unforgettable. Some 50 paintings from 1875 to 1882—the time in which Caillebotte was most committed to the Impressionist movement—will reveal his genius.