Erin Cluley Gallery

In an industry so reliant on global trends and collectors’ whims, the fact that Erin Cluley’s eponymous space is celebrating a full decade is worth popping the champagne.

The everyday is extraordinary, or so it seems in artist Nic Nicosia’s exhibition homemade stories 2020-2021, on view at Erin Cluley Gallery through Nov. 13.

Francisco Moreno’s The Chapel and Accompanying Works at Erin Cluley Gallery, on view through May 19, is a classical barrel-vaulted building constructed inside the gallery.

Ten Texas artists, all of whom have set themselves apart through their work in sculpture, photography, time-based media, painting, and artist books, have been awarded the Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund Award, the Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant, and the Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Award, collectively known as the Dallas Museum of Art Awards to Artists, which has funded over 300 artists since its original inception in 1980.

What is an art gallery? No, really: What is an art gallery? What is its purpose? What should it be allowed to do? Is it a fluid, flexible space to be filled with art for purchase? Art for interaction? What if that interaction is a party where drinks are served and live music is played? What makes an art gallery different from an event space? Does art only belong in a gallery?