art here, there, and everywhere
North Entrance Renovation
Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History
In July, Henry Moore’s Two
DMA staff began their first semester with the Edith
Piece Reclining Figure, No. 3 was
O’Donnell Institute of Art History, University of Texas
moved to the Museum’s
at Dallas. Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, the DMA’s Senior Advisor
Sculpture Garden from its
for Islamic Art, serves as a professor and senior researcher
home greeting visitors at the
at the O’Donnell Institute. A seminar on Inca art will
north entrance, marking
be taught by DMA curator
the first step in the DMA’s
Dr. Kimberly L. Jones in the
renovation plans to improve the overall visitor experience.
Museum’s collection
Construction on Eagle Family Plaza, funded by a generous gift from
and special exhibition
the Eagle family of $3 million, along with $1.3 million from the
galleries. Renovations to
Hamon Charitable Foundation, is underway. Unveiling in spring
the institute’s downtown
2016, the Museum’s new entrance will include a lawn, a food kiosk,
campus, located on Level
and outdoor dining, as well as renovations to the DMA Cafe and
M2 of the Museum, are in
DMA Store.
full swing this fall.
The Bonnie Pitman Education Endowment to Do Something New Fund Beverly and Donald S. Freeman, longtime members and supporters of the DMA, including Beverly’s more than three decades as a DMA docent, honored former DMA Director Bonnie Pitman with the establishment of The Bonnie Pitman Education Endowment to Do Something New Fund, which was announced at a surprise party for Pitman in May. The $1.5 million gift will benefit the DMA’s Education Department. “I am especially touched that the Freemans will support my practice of doing something new each day to help renew and restore my spirt, mind, and body. The Museum’s collection remains a vital part of this practice and inspires me.”
On the Road Again This fall, Gerald Murphy’s Watch will hit the road; mark your calendars to bid this work bon voyage. The painting leaves in October to be part of the Inventing American Still Life, 1800–1950 exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where DMA members can see it for free or at a discount as part of the reciprocal museums program. Watch is one of only seven remaining paintings in Murphy’s fourteen-work oeuvre, and was a gift from the artist to the Museum in gratitude for its having presented the first and only exhibition of Murphy’s paintings during his lifetime.
Donald S. Freeman, Bonnie Pitman, and Beverly Freeman
Gerald Murphy, Watch, 1925, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of the artist, 1963.75.FA, © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly