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2025 Press

Dallas Unframed: Dan Lam on the City’s Evolving Art Scene 

FUSE Magazine — January 8, 2025 

 “Certain spaces in Dallas continually inspire her. Dallas Contemporary is one such place, known for showcasing bold, boundary-pushing work that resonates with Lam’s aesthetic.” 

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Dallas Contemporary Welcomes Fresh Faces to Its Board of Directors 

Patron Magazine — January 9, 2025 

 “Dallas Contemporary announced that two new board members have joined the organization, along with a returning board member, under the leadership of interim executive director Lucia Simek.” 

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The Best of Dallas’ Fall Social Season 

PaperCity — January 17, 2025 

 “Unsurprisingly, Dallas Contemporary’s gala attracts the coolest crowd... Guests individualized their interpretations of black tie against the backdrop of the gala space and a DJ spinning music too cool for me to recognize.” 

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An Art Advisor Shares Tips For Curating Your Own Collection 

Luxe Interiors + Design — February 2, 2025 

 “Support institutions like Dallas Contemporary that show local artists alongside internationally known artists.” 

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Spring’s Best Museum and Gallery Shows 

Dallas Observer — February 17, 2025 

 Features Velvet Faith (Feb 28–Aug 31) and You Stretched Diagonally Across It (April 11–Oct 12). 

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Lucia Simek Takes the Top Job at Dallas Contemporary 

D Magazine — February 18, 2025 

 “Simek has served as interim director since July 2024 and now officially leads the institution.” 

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Lucia Simek Appointed Executive Director of Dallas Contemporary 

Glasstire — February 20, 2025 

 “She oversaw the 2024 DC Gala, raising over $1M, and shaped vision strategies during her interim tenure.” 

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Graduate Students Showcase Work in Dallas Contemporary’s Exhibition 

North Texas Daily — February 21, 2025 

 “'Open University' exhibition features 13 North Texas graduate artists at Dallas Contemporary.” 

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Dallas Contemporary Collaborates with LOEWE 

PaperCity — February 25, 2025 

 “An intimate Highland Park dinner celebrates the upcoming Su Wu-curated spring exhibition.” 

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Dallas Contemporary’s Art Book Fair Returns This Spring 

Glasstire — March 3, 2025 

 “Expanded to two days, the fair includes vendors, workshops, readings, and family activities.” 

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Dallas Art Book Fair Returns With Indie Publishers, Music, and Local Eats 

KERA — March 6, 2025 

 “Largest crowd of the year expected for a fair filled with zines, live music, and local food.” 

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Threads of Society  

Patron Magazine – April 2025 issue 

“It is the first exhibition since Lucia Simek officially ascended into her role as executive director of the kunsthalle. With a strong foundation in historic tapestries, Wu thinks deeply about the medium and specifically about the intersection between art, design, and craft.” 

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Dallas’ Augustus Owen Foundation Announces Its Second Artist Residency — Iván Argote Will Show His Work at Dallas Contemporary This Fall 

PaperCity – April 1, 2025 

“This month, Venice Biennale alum artist Iván Argote alights in town for the second Augustus Owen residency.” 

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Sanam Khatibi's Duality Cabinets 

Happening – April 2, 2025 

“Sanam Khatibi’s work can also be discovered in the exhibition "You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry" - April 11 - October 12, 2025 - Dallas Contemporary, Dallas” 

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The Soft Edges of the Scene 

Patron Magazine – April 3, 2025 

“Sometimes the most joyful art is the kind you get to take part in. Art Sundae, hosted by Dallas Contemporary, is a free, hands-on event for children led by artists EJ Hill and Martin Gonzales.” 

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Dallas Art Fair Refines Its International Focus for 2025 

Dallas Observer – April 7, 2025 

“What is trending for 2025? Fiber art and textile work, some of which will be shown as a companion to the Dallas Contemporary’s latest show opening the same week and ceramics, finally setting the argument of the so-called division between art and craft.” 

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Leading global contemporary artists turn to tapestry in Dallas 

See Great Art – April 8, 2025 

“Despite a wide resurgence of interest in textile in the last few years, we wanted to proceed from a simple question: What is a tapestry? What does it do?” Wu said. 

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A Honolulu Bakery That Folds In Tropical Flavors 

T Magazine – April 10, 2025 

“In a new exhibition at the Dallas Contemporary museum, the Mexico City-based curator Su Wu has gathered 35 tapestries that challenge the limits of the form.” 

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Observer’s Guide to What Not to Miss During Dallas Art Week 

Observer - Observer’s Guide to What Not to Miss During Dallas Art Week 

“Fiber art has experienced revived attention at both the institutional and commercial levels in recent decades, allowing more artists to explore this ancient yet always contemporary medium further due to the infinite possible variations that material language and tactile code allow.” 

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Material Innovation at TEFAF Maastricht 

“The rarity of this textile offers a unique opportunity for contemporary craft study, in a time when tapestries, quilting, and textile production is attracting renewed scholarly and curatorial interest. Su Wu’s upcoming show at Dallas Contemporary on tapestries is one case in point.”  

Elle Decor – April 11, 2025 

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Dallas Insiders — Architect David Droese On Favorite Local Art Havens, Tarot Reader, Gossip Go-To, and More 

PaperCity – April 22, 2025 

“Art space that is always avant-garde, presenting challenging fare: Dallas Contemporary” 

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Saturday Selects: Week of April 21 

Sight Unseen April 26, 2025 

“This gathering of contemporary textile work produces a conceptual density matched by its emotional depth and layers.” 

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Curator Su Wu Weaves New Perspectives on Textiles in a Group Show at Dallas Contemporary 

Galerie – April 28, 2025 

“A painting dries or clay hardens, but a piece of tapestry can totally be undone,” Wu tells Galerie

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Dallas Art Fair’s VIP Preview Benefit Features Air Kisses, Caviar Bumps, and Fabulous Outfits 

PaperCity – May 1, 2025 

“As a regular attendee of Dallas Contemporary events, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love attending arts events because I always meet Interesting People who do Interesting Things. Usually, they dress in Interesting Outfits, too.” 

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‘What Can I Make Holy?’ Diedrick Brackens Weaves Stories of Survival Into His Luminous Tapestries 

Artnet – May 6, 2025 

“Both the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Dallas Contemporary have Brackens’s works in group shows currently on view.” 

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Dallas Art Organizations React To Sudden Government Funding Termination 

Dallas Observer – May 7, 2025 

“The Dallas Contemporary art museum was in line for a $35,000 grant for an exhibition planned for later this year. Titled "Bodies, Bodies, Bodies," the concept revolved around the challenges of inhabiting a human body in 2025 and was set to feature nine different artists. However, it was canceled prior to the NEA news due to an existing lack of funds.” 

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Exhibitions Coming to North Texas Museums this Summer 

Glasstire, Jesica Fuentes – May 17, 2025 

“The exhibition will feature custom-made grillz by Mr. LaMarsh, who is a New York-based jeweler working with traditional metalsmithing techniques.” 

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North Texas arts groups have lost over $345,000 in NEA funding 

KERA – May 19, 2025 

“Other organizations that have lost funding include the Dallas Contemporary, Deep Vellum and Kitchen Dog Theater.” 

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The Mouth as Monument 

Patron MagazineMay 29, 2025 

“In Anticlastic, a focused and formally rigorous exhibition by New York-based artist and metalsmith Masahiro LaMarsh, the mouth is treated as a site of narrative, of design, of cultural memory.” 

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A Wandering Thought: Joanna Williams brings her globally sourced shop to Dallas Contemporary 

Patron MagazineJune / July Issue Pg. 42-43 

“Whether you’re there for the beads, the snails, or the stories stitched between the threads, Kneeland Co. offers a welcome detour into a world chock-full of the unexpected, one ceramic giraffe at a time.” 

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