page_title: Dallas Contemporary
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Dallas Contemporary / Description / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Original beams and trusses installed in the 1950s. Photo by Kevin Todora.
context_page_description: Dallas Contemporary, founded in 1978, is a contemporary art museum located in the Design District of Dallas, Texas.
context_section_description: Patricia Meadows founded Dallas Contemporary, originally known as the D’Art Visual Arts Center, in 1978. In its original form, the museum hosted annual exhibitions of artwork created by its members and offered rental exhibition space to emerging artists. The museum evolved over the next few years to include exhibitions by nonmember artists from various regions around Texas. Dallas Contemporary eventually embraced the entire spectrum of contemporary art, placing Texas artists in a worldwide context. Today, Dallas Contemporary follows the European model of the kunsthalle, or art hall, a welcoming exhibition site for art of the moment. As a non-collecting institution, the museum commissions the creation of new artwork by emerging artists from all walks of life.
caption: Original beams and trusses installed in the 1950s. Photo by Kevin Todora.
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