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

Buffalo, Texas Mixed Media on Panel, 24" x 24" © 2008 joel Sampson joelsampson.com

Few cities have more art or better art than we now have in the Dallas / FortWorth metroplex. From the second largest contemporary art museum in the U.S. tothe incredible 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. This site, dfwArt.com now incorporates Art in Texas (artintexas.com)! You no longer have to go to second web site for all the great Houston, Austin and other Southwest art museums! 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 - NEW! We now feature a weekly Dallas & Fort Worth Gallery Openings page. It should be updated Sunday or Monday and good for the entire week. The content is provided by frequent gallery goer Jim Mathis. Dallas / Fort Worth Art News Some hot art in Dallas and Fort Worth this summer! Double Take, a two person show with Maureen, opens July 11 from 7 to 10 pm. The venue is the Garret Art Gallery, 111. E. Virginia in McKinney, Texas. It's on the north side of the square. It's also the McKinney 2nd Saturday Artwalk so there is lots going on. The area was recently updated and is very nice. The exhibit is up until August 6th. Diego Rivera The Cubist Portraits, 1913-1917 is up at the Meadows Museum at SMU. It shows thru September 20. It's free after 5 pm on Thursdays. Several lectures are scheduled. William Kentridge Five Themes shows at the Modern in Fort Worth. It's up from July 12 to Sept. 27. I saw the large Kentridge exhibit in Houston. I did not love it, but the drawings are interesting.