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01 AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM The African American Museum will present Becoming, an aesthetic exploration of the illusions of human nature. The exhibition will feature artist Dr. Valerie Gillespie. Becoming depicts the beauty and lives of African American women. Confederate Currency: The Color of Money remains on view through Jul. 24. aamdallas.org 02 AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain surveys the work of Vietnamese American photographer An-My Lê. Featuring photographs from the artist’s five major bodies of work, the nationally touring exhibition considers the nearly 25-year career exploring the edges of war and recording these landscapes of conflict. Photography Is Art shares American photographers’ journey from the late 19th century. Both shows run through Aug. 8. An Expanding Vision: Six Decades of Works on Paper revisits key moments in the Amon Carter’s history of collecting works on paper, through Aug. 22. Image: AnMy Lê (b. 1960), Damage Control Training, USS Nashville, Dakar, Senegal, 2009, inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Go. cartermuseum.org 03 CROW MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS Divine Spark: Kana Harada continues through Sep. 5. The exhibition features work created during the pandemic and embodies the artist’s ambitions of peace. crowmuseum.org 04 DALLAS CONTEMPORARY The Dallas Contemporary presents Tomoo Gokita: Get Down from Jun. 12–Aug. 22. This is the Tokyo-based artist’s first North American exhibition and will feature new large-scale works. Image: Tomoo Gokita, Remarriage, 2021, acrylic on canvas. 76.37 x 63. 77 in. Photograph by Kenji Takahashi. dallascontemporary.org 05 DALLAS HOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM Presenting the unbelievable story of literature, cultural history, and the intellectual group the “Paper Brigade,” The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis will be on view Jun. 23–Jan. 2, 2022. dhhrm.org 06 DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART The groundbreaking Cubism in Color: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris remains on view through Jul. 25. My|gration continues 20
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through Oct. 31. For a Dreamer of Houses is on view through Jul. 4. Moth to Cloth: Silk in Africa continues through Oct. 24. Curbed Vanity: A Contemporary Foil by Chris Schanck remains on view through Aug. 29. Devoted: Art and Spirituality in Mexico and New Mexico continues through Jan. 2, 2022. Concentrations 63: Julian Charrière, Towards No Earthly Pole presents the first solo exhibition of the Berlin-based French-Swiss artist’s work. Concentrations 63 is on view through Aug. 8. dma.org 07 GEOMETRIC MADI MUSEUM The MADI features two exhibits this summer: Structural Harmonies: Three Dallas Artists, Three Mediums, One Perspective featuring Paul Abbott, James Allumbaugh, and Nikola Olic through Jul. 25, followed by Biennial: Origins of Geometry, which will display finalists from all over the globe. Biennial: Origins of Geometry will run Jul. 30– Oct. 24. geometricmadimuseum.org 08 GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL CENTER Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants features George Bush’s oil paintings highlighting the journey of immigrants and the contributions they make to the life and prosperity of our nation, through Jan. 3, 2022. bushcenter.org 09 KIMBELL ART MUSEUM The Kimbell’s next exhibition, Buddha, Shiva, Lotus, Dragon: The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society, will present nearly 70 of the finest examples of Asian art in the United States, Jun. 27–Sep. 5. Image: Parvati, India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period, 11th century, copper alloy. Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. kimbellart.org 10 LATINO CULTURAL CENTER LCC presents the work of Raul Rodriguez in his first solo exhibition, titled Marine Park, a photographic series centered around a Fort Worth skate park where local skateboarders have found both community and solace. The work will be exhibited in the Latino Cultural Center’s MPR Gallery Jun. 5– Jul. 24, and can be viewed by appointment only. lcc.dallasculture.org 11 THE MAC Finding Our Way continues through Jun. 12. The MAC's annual membership exhibition, titled Together, mounts in Jun. the-mac.org
