The Formative Figure

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The human figure remains a persuasive vehicle for the expression of fathomless doubt, hard skepticism, and existential uncertainty about the world. While perhaps something of a straw man argument today, the polemic over the “figurative” and “abstract” in art [...]
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Pages with Punch

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Book Fest offers life lessons to all A day packed with appearances by top children’s book authors and illustrators, free workshops, art tours, music and theater performances, plus an appearance by a Hollywood actor are what the Dallas Museum of Art has planned for the second annual [...]
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Review: God of Carnage

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God of Carnage Dallas Theater Center at the Kalita Humphreys Theater May 11–June 17, 2012 Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage (translated by Christopher Hampton) is spectacular in a strange way, we keep waiting for a meltdown, and it comes, but without catharsis. We’re primed to witness [...]
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Summer Reads

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Mid-Century Ads: Advertising from the Mad Men Era. 2 Vols Jim Heimann, Steven Heller Taschen AMC’s award-winning Mad Men is more than just a series. It has a huge impact on fashion, magazines, interior, photography and style in general. The series inspired Taschen to do a two-volume [...]
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ARTifacts: June 2012

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A new exhibit sponsored by Dallas Architecture Forum, Our Architecture: Arts & Humanities DFW 2012, is now on display at NorthPark Center through June 17. The exhibition features 12 of Dallas and Fort Worth’s landmark museums and performing arts buildings photographed by renowned [...]
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