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The Dallas Museum of Art has several temporary exhibitions on display now. One is called "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties." Another related but separate exhibition is called "Texas in the Twenties: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs from Lone Star Collections." Because both special exhibitions focus on a specific point in time in American and Texan history, it was helpful to view both together on the same day. I went on opening day of both exhibitions, which was on Sunday March 4, 2012. There was a small line to get in, but the space inside the museum was arranged so that it did not feel crowded. The museum published a brochure that explained each exhibition, why it was on display at that time at the museum, and what the exhibition meant in the context of modern American art.
The "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties" and the "Texas in the Twenties: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs from Lone Star Collections" exhibitions will be at the Dallas Museum of Art until the end of March. The "Youth and Beauty" exhibition is in the Barrel Vault and Hanley, Lamont, Rachofsky, and Stoffel Galleries. The "Texas in the Twenties" exhibition is in the Focus II Gallery. I started with the "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties" section to provide myself with an overview of what art in the 1920s was like. I was immediately struck by the diversity of paintings, photographs and sculptures on display. The entire exhibition was curated...
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