Located in the Dallas Arts District, the museum houses a collection of more than 24,000 works of art from the 3rd millennium to the present day.
American, European, Asian, African, Pre-Columbian/Pacific Rim, and Ancient Mediterranean works are included.
The Museum also houses the Center for Creative Connections (also known as C3), a 12,000-square-foot space featuring the museum’s collections and artists’ and community partners’ responses to them
Please check the museum website for updated exhibition information. Scheduling may have been modified as a result of the temporary museum closure.
Exhibitions & Dates
The Keir Collection of Islamic Art
Apr 18 2017 - Dec 31 2022
Pottery, rock crystals, manuscripts, miniatures, and more
Moth to Cloth: Silk in Africa
Dec 20 2020 - Oct 24 2021
Explores the production of silk and silk textiles in Ghana, Nigeria & Madagascar
My | gration
Feb 1 2020 - Oct 31 2021
Highlights the contributions of artists who immigrated to the United States
Devoted: Art and Spirituality in Mexico and New Mexico
Mar 7 2021 - Jan 2 2022
Devotional works drawn from the DMA’s Latin American collection
Expressive Abstractions: A New Look at Postwar Art in the Americas and East Asia
Sep 5 2021 - Jul 10 2022
Charts the innovations that shaped artistic production in the mid-twentieth century
Van Gogh and the Olive Groves
Oct 17 2021 - Feb 6 2022
15 olive grove paintings created in 1889 during his stay at the asylum
Cubism in Color: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris
Oct 17 2021 - Feb 6 2022
Nearly 40 paintings & collages highlight his fascination with subjects from everyday life.
Focus On: Henry Ossawa Tanner
Aug 17 2021 - Jan 2 2022
Two recently-conserved works offer new insights into his practice.
Jean-Michel Basquiat: “Sam F”
Jul 4 2021 - Feb 13 2022
Expressionistic portrait exhibits Basquiat’s characteristic use of meaning-laden text and imagery
Bosco Sodi: La fuerza del destino
Sep 14 2021 - Jul 10 2022
30 sculptures by Bosco Sodi in the Museum’s Sculpture Garden
Point, Line, Plane: - The William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee Bequest
Sep 26 2021 - Jan 9 2022
Nearly 70 works spanning the ancient to the contemporary
Pursuit of Beauty: - The May Family Collection
Oct 10 2021 - Jan 9 2022
24 works, spanning a century, touch historical and aesthetic highpoints in American art
Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form
Feb 6 2022 - Jan 15 2023
80 works explore the evolution of Medellín’s sculptural practice
Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity
May 14 2022 - Sep 18 2022
400+ objects explores how Cartier’s designers adapted Islamic forms and techniques