DALLAS ART FAIR  Presented by Ruinart  APRIL 13-15, 2012  PREVIEW GALA APRIL 12 DALLAS ART FAIR Presented by Ruinart
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PATRON PASS
The Patron Pass is an all-access pass to the most exclusive Dallas Art Fair events and includes the following:

  • Invitation to the Dallas Art Fair Kick-Off Party hosted by Neiman Marcus Downtown on Thursday, March 29
  • Invitation to The Power Station exhibition opening of Jacob Kassay, Wednesday, April 11
  • Invitation to the Dallas Art Fair Preview Gala on Thursday, April 12
  • One three-day pass to the Dallas Art Fair, Friday through Sunday, April 13 - 15
  • Access to all Dallas Art Fair panel discussions throughout the weekend
  • Opportunity to join a private collector-led tour of the Dallas Art Fair
  • Invitation to the Dallas Contemporary exhibition opening of Erwin Wurm: Beauty Business, Dallas Biennale and Zoe Crosher on Friday, April 13
  • Invitation to the Nasher Sculpture Center exhibition opening of Sightings: Erick Swenson on Friday, April 13
  • Invitation to the Goss-Michael Foundation exhibition opening of Adam McEwen on Friday, April 13

The Premiere Patron Pass grants one hour early admission to the Preview Gala, offers a first look at exhibited works, and enhances your contribution to the Preview Gala beneficiaries - Dallas Contemporary and Nasher Sculpture Center.
Patron Pass: $325
Premiere Patron Pass: $600
To purchase your Patron Pass or Premiere Patron Pass, please click here.
For more information, please contact Lauren Burgin at 214.220.1278.

PREVIEW GALA TICKETS
To purchase tickets to the Dallas Art Fair Preview Gala benefitting the Dallas Contemporary and Nasher Sculpture Center on Thursday, April 12, 2012, please contact Lauren Burgin at lauren.burgin@dallasartfair.com or 214.220.1278 ext. 219.
Preview Gala Ticket: $225
Premiere Preview Gala Ticket: $500
For more information on the Preview Gala, please click here.

GENERAL ADMISSION
To purchase tickets for the Dallas Art Fair, we recommend buying your tickets online.
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To purchase tickets by phone, you may call 214.220.1278 during business hours. Box office hours for tickets by phone are Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm CST.

DALLAS ART FAIR TICKET HOLDER BENEFITS
DALLAS CONTEMPORARY:
With your Dallas Art Fair ticket or wristband you will be given GUARANTEED ENTRANCE to the opening exhibitions of Erwin Wurm: Beauty Business; Dallas Biennale; and Zoe Crosher with COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS at a special Dallas Art Fair bar on Friday, April 13, from 9 pm to midnight. An international DJ and local food trucks will add to the evening’s festive ambiance. You can also attend an exclusive Dallas Biennale CURATOR WALK-THROUGH with Florence Ostende on Sunday, April 15 at 1 pm (for tour reservations please call 214.821.2522). The Erwin Wurm exhibition will highlight the Austrian-based artist's most recent drinking performance sculptures. The first city-wide Dallas Biennale, an international, contemporary art event, will highlight 23 artists at Dallas Contemporary and other various venues. Dallas Contemporary es orgullosamente bilingue.
dallascontemporary.org

NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER:
Present your Dallas Art Fair ticket or wristband for FREE ADMISSION April 13-15, at the opening of Sightings: Erick Swenson. Plus receive a 10% DISCOUNT at the award-winning NasherStore. You are invited to the opening weekend of the much anticipated Sightings: Erick Swenson exhibition at the Nasher, featuring new work by the Dallas-based artist. Swenson has received national and international acclaim for his beguiling sculptures. Rendered with a naturalist’s sensitivity and incredible precision, the works often present fantastic detailed vignettes of animals ensnared in strange, sometimes devastating circumstances, or quietly poetic scenes that evoke the beauty and tragedy of nature, as well as our own human condition. Also on view, Elliott Hundley: The Bacchae, described as “stunning” by D Magazine, through April 22.
nashersculpturecenter.org

THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART:
Enjoy FREE GENERAL ADMISSION to all Dallas Art Fair ticket holders April 13-15. Present your
Dallas Art Fair ticket or wristband at the Museum’s Visitor Services Desks. Join us to see Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments on the final
weekend of its national tour. Closing April 16 and described as a “Don’t Miss” by the Wall Street Journal, this exhibition of new sculptures and installations by the acclaimed Dutch artist were created specifically for Manders’ first U.S. tour. Also on view and included in your admission: Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties featuring work by celebrated artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Thomas Hart Benton, Alfred Stieglitz, Charles Sheeler, Man Ray, and others working in the U.S. from the end of World War I through the start of the Great Depression.
dallasmuseumofart.org

MEADOWS MUSEUM
You’ll receive FREE ADMISSION as well as 10% DISCOUNT ON MEMBERSHIPS April 13-15 (new memberships only) as a Dallas Art Fair ticket holder. Meadows is also offering a PRIVATE TOUR of the special exhibition The Invention of Glory: Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries at 2 pm on Friday for the first 15 people to register (call 214-768-2740). On view: The Invention of Glory: Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries presents four monumental 15th-century tapestries from the Collegiate Church in Pastrana, Spain, commemorating the conquest of North Africa by Afonso V, King of Portugal. Calatrava and SMU: A Decade in Motion presents sculptures, works on paper from the museum’s collection, and ephemera collected over the past decade, celebrating the continuing symbiosis between the artist and SMU as he unveils his new bridge.
meadowsmuseumdallas.org

 

 

A Rose Grows in Coma
   Thornton Dial,
   Soul Train
, 2004
   Clothing, tin, rope carpet, bicycle horn, oil, enamel, spray
   paint, and Splash Zone compound on canvas on wood.
   78 x 71 1/2 x 5 inches (198.1 x 181.6 x 12.7 cm).
   Courtesy of Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York