Of *all* the impressive elements at the Dallas Museum of Art, perhaps the most innovative is the area they have called ‘Creative Connections‘ for all ages, but my children saw it as exactly perfect for them. They were able to sit and sketch a sculpture, make abstract art (or actually even rework and build upon other pieces that have been left there on display), the list goes on.
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William Wetmore Story’s Semiramis:
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Jackson Pollock’s Portrait and a Dream:
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Robert Mappelthorpe, Untitled:
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Donald Judd, Untitled:
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Mark Rothko, Orange, Red and Red:
Gerhard Richter, Abstract Painting:
Francesco Ubertini, Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist:
Helmet Mask from Congo (mid-20th C.):
Tejo Remy, You Can’t Lay Down Your Memory:
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Fernando Campana, Chair with Pandas:
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Shiro Kuramata, Miss Blanche:
(which completely reminded me of Critz Campbell’s Eudora Chair at the Mississippi Museum of Art)
Otis Dozier’s Cotton Boll:
Frederic Edwin Church, The Icebergs:
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And *this* — the museum’s sponsor thank-you video from its 2013 Art Ball: