Lectures & ConversationsFall and Winter 2010–2011

The Dallas Museum of Art presents a stimulating

season of programs exploring art from around the

world and throughout time with distinguished artists,

scholars, and artistic leaders. Visit us online at

DallasMuseumofArt.org for more information about

these and other upcoming events.

Unless otherwise noted, lecture tickets are included in general

admission to the Museum; DMA members FREE.

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The Boshell Family Lecture Series on Archaeology The Boshell series features internationally recognized archaeologists, historians,

and authors working at the forefront of archaeological research. The series is

made possible by the Boshell Family Foundation and the DMA’s Boshell Lecture

Series Endowment Fund.

The Richard R. Brettell Lecture SeriesThis series brings notable scholars of 19th- and 20th-century European art to

present new research and fresh interpretations of the Museum’s modern master-

works. The series was created with a gift from Carolyn and Roger Horchow in

honor of Dr. Richard Brettell, former DMA Director and an eminent scholar of

19th-century French art.

Exhibition Lectures

From medieval treasures to magnificent African masks, the Museum will present

an array of dynamic special exhibitions this fall. Local, national, and international

speakers will share their insights on these exciting works of art. See page 13 in

this brochure for more information on special exhibitions on view this season.

Late Night Lectures

Join us on the third Friday of each month, when the Museum is open until

midnight. Each Late Night offers hundreds of experiences for visitors of all ages,

including talks by artists, scholars, and special guests.

State of the Arts

Join KERA host and producer Jeff Whittington to explore the creative process and

the future of the city’s cultural landscape with Dallas’s key artistic leaders.

Art and Ritual

This Saturday lecture series explores the provocative relationship between art,

architecture, and ritual, from antiquity to contemporary culture, and presents

new and interesting perspectives from artists, art historians, and curators.

Arts & Letters Live

A celebration of the literary and performing arts featuring acclaimed authors,

actors, illustrators, musicians, and more

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Art and Ritual

Ritual, Art, and Theater in Mexican CelebrationsSaturday, September 11, 2:00 p.m.

Join Sara Cardona, artist and Instructor of

Humanities at Richland College, and Cora

Cardona, co-founder and Artistic Director

of Teatro Dallas, to learn more about the

role art and theater play as expressions

of ritual and sacrifice during the Days

of the Dead in Mexico, one of the oldest

continuous holidays celebrated on

our continent.

Late Night Lecture

Friday, September 17, 7:00 p.m.

José Guadalupe Posada and His Influence on Mexican Art

Although he died poor and unknown,

Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada

is now considered the most influential

Mexican artist of the beginning of the

20th century; Diego Rivera and José

Clemente Orozco, among many others,

credit Posada’s influence on their own

work. Join Dr. Ron Tyler, Director of

the Amon Carter Museum, to discover

the work of this prolific and

exceptional artist.

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Late Night Lecture

Friday, September 17, 9:00 p.m.

Homero Aridjis Presented in partnership with the Center for Translation Studies at UT Dallas

Join poet Homero Aridjis for a discussion and reading of his work, which

explores political consciousness, Mexico’s cultural heritage, and environmental

concerns. Considered one of Latin America’s greatest living writers, Aridjis is

also known for his pioneering work as an environmental activist and for

his ambassadorial appointments. Aridjis’s books of poetry and prose have been

translated into more than a dozen languages, and he is the recipient of a

number of important literary prizes.

State of the Arts

Trenton Doyle Hancock and Jaap van Zweden

Wednesday, September 22, 7:30 p.m.

Join Jeff Whittington for a thought-provoking conversation with

Trenton Doyle Hancock

Artist

Jaap van Zweden Music Director, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

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Arts & Letters Live Special Event

Sara Gruen

Tuesday, October 12, 7:30 p.m.

Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants (both a word-of-

mouth success and a New York Times #1 Best Seller), will

discuss this book as well as her forthcoming novel, Ape

House, the story of a family of Bonobo apes who are cast

in a reality TV show and get caught up in a media storm.

6:30 p.m. Join DMA curator Dr. Roslyn A. Walker for a

pre-event tour of the exhibition African Masks: The Art

of Disguise.

ticket prices:

$37 Full

$32 Reduced

$15 Student

Photo: Lynne Harty Photography

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State of the Arts

Kevin Moriarty and Anne Pasternak

Thursday, October 14, 7:30 p.m.

Join Jeff Whittington for a thought-

provoking conversation with

Kevin Moriarty

Artistic Director, Dallas Theater Center

Anne Pasternak

President and Artistic Director,

Creative Time

Late Night Lecture

Splendors of the Burgundian CourtFriday, October 15, 7:00 p.m.

The Burgundian dukes of the 14th and 15th

centuries were renowned for the splendor

of their court and the superlative quality

of artworks they commissioned to express

their power and taste. The mourners from

the tomb of John the Fearless are exemplary

objects of the ducal patronage. Join art his-

torian and author Dr. Marina Belozerskaya

to explore other arts—goldwork, tapestries,

manuscripts, music, and multimedia pag-

eants—that made the Burgundian dukes the

preeminent rulers of the early Renaissance.

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ART in October

This October, join the DMA and the entire Dallas Arts District as we shine

a spotlight on the arts and launch a new season of exciting performances,

exhibitions, events, and programs. Spotlighted events include the Opening

Celebration on Saturday, October 2, and the Family Celebration on Sunday,

October 31, celebrating the art of disguise and costume. Also, join us on

Sunday October 10, for an exclusive Membership Day, when your Dallas

Museum of Art membership card will allow you FREE entrance to the Crow

Collection and Nasher Sculpture Center.

For a schedule of activities, visit TheDallasArtsDistrict.org.

Arts & Letters Live: C3 Special Event

Steven Johnson: Where Good Ideas Come From

Tuesday, October 19, 7:00 p.m.

Where Good Ideas Come From addresses one of the most crucial

questions facing us as a society and as individuals: how do

we generate more of the innovative ideas that allow us to

advance in our personal lives, our careers, and our culture?

Steven Johnson is one of today’s most respected public

intellectuals. This book is a must-read for creative people

of all types.

ticket prices:

$25 Full

$20 Reduced

$10 Student

Art and Ritual

Art and Life in Africa: Masks Give the Spirits Life

Saturday, October 23, 2:00 p.m.

Be transported to Burkina Faso, in West Africa, where people in rural farming

towns use masks in performances to make the spirits of nature visible. These

spirits control the forces of nature, bring good rains and abundant crops,

and protect the villagers from accidents and disease. Join prominent scholar

Dr. Christopher D. Roy, Professor of Art History at the University of Iowa,

who has been studying masks in West Africa for forty years.

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Exhibition Lecture

Sculptural Innovation at the Court of Burgundy: Artists, Patrons, and Imagery

Thursday, November 4, 7:30 p.m.

Join art historian and author Dr. Sherry

Lindquist to investigate the medieval

masterworks from the tomb of John the

Fearless, Duke of Burgundy from 1404 to

1419. This elaborate tomb is among the

most important examples of Burgundian

art and is part of an artistic program com-

missioned by the Valois dukes to express

both their power and religious devotion.

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Brettell Lecture

Rodin, His Collectors, and The Gates of HellThursday, October 28, 7:30 p.m.

In 1880 Auguste Rodin was asked to

create a monumental decorative portal,

The Gates of Hell. Depicting a scene from

Dante’s epic poem The Divine Comedy,

the work contains almost 200 figures,

which Rodin sculpted individually; he

also imagined ways to transform these

figures to create entirely new works.

Three important sculptures by Rodin

in the DMA’s Wendy and Emery Reves

Collection are products of this creative

process. Antoinette Le Normand-

Romain, former curator of the

Musée Rodin in Paris, illuminates

these works, created for Rodin’s

most important patrons.

Arts & Letters Live: exclusive member event

Stacy Schiff: CleopatraThursday, November 18, 7:30 p.m.

Stacy Schiff is the author of Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov),

which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for biography. She

will talk about her highly anticipated new biography,

Cleopatra, due for release by Little, Brown and Company

this fall and scheduled to be made into a film starring

Angelina Jolie as Egypt’s notorious Queen of the Nile.

This event is open to DMA members only;

tickets are FREE. NOT A MEMBER? Don’t miss this great

opportunity—become one today!

Pre-order your copy of Cleopatra for pick-up on the

night of the event. Members will enjoy an additional

20% discount during Member Appreciation Week!c

For reservations, to order books, or for more informa-

tion, call 214-922-1247 or e-mail membership@Dallas

MuseumofArt.org. Limit two tickets per membership.

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State of the Arts

Graeme Jenkins and Special Guest

Thursday, November 11, 7:30 p.m.

Join Jeff Whittington for a thought-

provoking conversation with

Graeme Jenkins

Music Director, Dallas Opera

Special Guest To be announced

FPO

Late Night Lecture

Artist Talk: Renée Stout

Friday, November 19, 9:00 p.m.

Renée Stout is an internationally renowned

artist whose works explore themes of

self-exploration, empowerment, and

healing and draw from the belief systems

and artistic traditions of Africa and the

African Diaspora. In addition to the

Dallas Museum of Art, Stout is represented

in the collections of the Metropolitan

Museum of Art, the National Gallery of

Art, and the Smithsonian American Art

Museum, among many others.

Photo: Mary Noble Ours

Member Appreciation WeekNovember 15–20

Each year the DMA reserves a special week just for members. Member

Appreciation Week will kick off with Members Monday. Enjoy a scavenger

hunt, take a tour, be the first to shop the second annual DMA Estate Sale

in the Museum Store, and more! Activities are planned throughout the week,

including special lectures and conversations especially for members. Not a

DMA member? Visit DallasMuseumofArt.org or call 214-922-1247 to join today!

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Art and Ritual

Art, Death, and Commemoration in the Burgundian Netherlands

Saturday, November 20, 2:00 p.m.

Join Dr. Douglas Brine, Assistant

Professor of Art History at Trinity

University, to examine the roles

played by works of art in the

Netherlands at the time of the Valois

dukes. This lecture will consider the

spectacular tomb of John the Fearless

in the context of other funerary

monuments made for his relations,

his successors, and his subjects during

a period when Burgundian art was

internationally renowned for its

splendor and innovation.

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Boshell Lecture

Uncorking the PastThursday, December 9, 7:30 p.m.

Dr. Patrick McGovern, Scientific Director of

the Penn Museum’s Biomolecular Archaeology

Laboratory, presents the fascinating history

of wine, from ancient Phoenicia and Egypt, to

Crete, Etruria, and on to medieval France.

After the lecture, sample wines from the

celebrated Burgundy region of France, whose

wines have become models for the rest of

the world.

ticket prices:

$50 Full

$40 Reduced

The Seventh Annual Michael L. Rosenberg Lecture

“Beguiling Deception”: Allegorical Portraiture in Early 18th-Century France

Thursday, January 27, 7:30 p.m.

In 18th-century France, fashionable patrons

commissioned “allegorical portraits,” which

showed their subjects as classical goddess-

es, muses, or other mythological figures.

Join Dr. Kathleen Nicholson, Professor of

Art History at the University of Oregon, to

investigate Nicolas de Largillière’s charm-

ing portrait of the Countess of Montsoreau

and her sister as the goddess Diana and

an attendant.

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State of the Arts

Annette Lawrence and Charles Wylie

Thursday, January 13, 7:30 p.m.

Join Jeff Whittington for a thought-

provoking conversation with

Annette Lawrence

Artist

Charles Wylie

The Lupe Murchison Curator

of Contemporary Art at the

Dallas Museum of Art and

member of the art council

México 200In celebration of the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence, the Dallas Museum of Art presents two special exhibitions of modern Mexican art.

José Guadalupe Posada: The Birth of Mexican Modernism June 18–December 26, 2010

Tierra y Gente: Modern Mexican Works on Paper June 18, 2010–January 9, 2011

African Masks: The Art of Disguise August 22, 2010–February 13, 2011

This exhibition of more than seventy objects will reveal the beauty, function, and meaning of African masks.

Encountering SpaceSeptember 25, 2010–Fall 2012

The second exhibition to be featured in the Museum’s groundbreaking Center for Creative Connections gallery, Encountering Space presents works of art from both Western and non-Western collections at the Museum and asks visitors to consider how space is used to invite engagement, raise questions, and create meaning.

The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of BurgundyOctober 3, 2010–January 2, 2011

Heralded by the New York Times as a crowning achievement, this exhibition presents some of the most significant examples of medieval Burgundian sculpture.

Big New Field: Artists in the Cowboys Stadium Art Program December 5, 2010–March 27, 2011

In celebration of Super Bowl XLV, to be held in Dallas on February 6, 2011, this exhibition features works by the artists represented in the contem-porary art program at the spectacular new Cowboys Stadium.

Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement February 13–May 8, 2011

Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, this exhibition offers the first comprehensive examination of the work of one of the leading figures of the American Arts & Crafts movement, Gustav Stickley.

Also on view, don’t miss Line and Form: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Wasmuth Portfolio (January 30–July 17, 2011).

2010–2011 Exhibitions

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The series is supported by the Boshell Family Foundation and the DMA’s

Boshell Lecture Series Endowment Fund.

The series is supported by The Richard R. Brettell Lecture

Series Endowment Fund.

The Seventh Annual Michael L. Rosenberg Lecture is made possible through the generosity of

the Michael L. Rosenberg Foundation.

Hotel accommodations for Lectures and Conversations provided by The Adolphus.

Promotional support for Lectures and Conversations provided by WRR Classical 101.1 FM.

Promotional support for the State of the Arts lecture series is provided by

The Dallas Museum of Art is supported in part by the generosity of Museum members and donors and

by the citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas/Office of Cultural Affairs and the Texas Commission

on the Arts.

image credits

cover: Isaac Soyer, Art Beauty Shoppe (detail), 1934, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the

Public Works of Art Project, 1935.7

inside (details): José Guadalupe Posada, Surprising Miracle (Sorprendente milagro), 1893, relief print,

anonymous loan; José Guadalupe Posada, A Lounge Lizard Skeleton (Calavera de un logartijo), n.d., relief print,

anonymous loan; Máximo Pacheco, The Zócalo (El Zócalo), c. 1920–1950, tempura on paper, Dallas Museum

of Art, Dallas Art Association Purchase, 1951.103; Jean de la Huerta and Antoine le Moiturier, Mourner No.

72, 1443–56/57, alabaster, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon. Photo © FRAME (French Regional and American

Museum Exchange) by Jared Bendis and François Jay; Elephant mask (mbap mteng), Cameroon, Bamileke

peoples, 1920–30, palm leaf fiber textile, cotton textile, glass beads, and palm leaf ribs, Dallas Museum

of Art, Textile Purchase Fund, 1991.54.1; Auguste Rodin, I Am Beautiful (Je suis belle), 1882, bronze, Dallas

Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, 1985.R.66; Jean de la Huerta and Antoine le

Moiturier, Mourner No. 55, 1443–56/57; Renée Stout, Fetish #1, 1987, monkey hair, nails, beads, cowrie

shells, and coins, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Roslyn and Brooks Fitch, Gary Houston, Pamela Ice,

Sharon and Lazette Jackson, Maureen McKenna, Aaronetta and Joseph Pierce, Matilda and Hugh

Robinson, and Rosalyn Story in honor of Virginia Wardlaw, 1989.128; Jean de la Huerta and Antoine

le Moiturier, Mourner No. 51, 1443–56/57; Pietro Paolini, Bacchic Concert, c. 1625–30, oil on canvas, Dallas

Museum of Art, The Karl and Esther Hoblitzelle Collection, gift of the Hoblitzelle Foundation, 1987.17;

Nicolas de Largillière, Portrait of the Comtesse de Montsoreau and Sister as Diana and an Attendant, 1714, oil on

canvas, lent by the Michael R. Rosenberg Foundation, 29.2004.11; José Guadalupe Posada, Dandy Skeleton

(Calavera catrina), n.d., relief print, anonymous loan; Raul Anguiano, Head (Cabeza), 1944, lithograph,

Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Pan American Round Table #1, 1947.39; Mask (Mukenga), Democratic

Republic of the Congo, mid-20th century, raffia, wood, cowrie shells, beads, parrot feathers, and goat

hair, Dallas Museum of Art, gift in honor of Peter Hanszen Lynch and Cristina Martha Frances Lynch,

1998.11; Robert Delaunay, Eiffel Tower, 1924, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Meadows

Foundation, Incorporated, 1981.105, © L&M Services, Amsterdam; Jean de la Huerta and Antoine le

Moiturier, Mourner No. 51, 1443–56/57; Olafur Eliasson, The outside of inside, 2008, projectors, spotlights,

color-filter foil, stainless steel, and control unit, Dallas Museum of Art, DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction

Fund, 2009.1.a–aa, © 2008 Olafur Eliasson; Gustav Stickley, Electric Lantern No. 777, c. 1908, copper and

glass, Crab Tree Farm

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