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This Week in Art: Two Dallas Openings, One Venice Biennale Without a Jury

Two major museum shows just opened across town, and half a world away, the current edition of the Venice Biennale is heading toward a finale with no jury behind it. Plenty to track this week, local and international.

Sculpture garden at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, with works by Scott Burton and Richard Serra
The Nasher Sculpture Center's garden. Image: Andreas Praefcke / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

Dallas, Right Now

Two headline shows opened yesterday, September 19. "Rhythms on Repeat" settles into the Dallas Museum of Art for a three-year run, pairing Picasso and Romare Bearden paintings with ceramic vessels around the idea of visual and audible rhythm. Across town, the Nasher Sculpture Center opens "Bruce Nauman: Identical," the artist's first Texas museum exhibition, built around his recent animal-form sculptures and studio drawings. Both follow the Meadows Museum's ongoing run of rarely-grouped Picasso ceramics, on view through January.

Venice, Without a Jury

Overseas, the 61st Venice Biennale is heading toward its November 22 close under unusual conditions: the entire jury resigned in protest weeks before opening, so this edition will hand out its prizes — gold and silver "Leoni dei Visitatori" — by visitor vote instead. The show, themed "In Minor Keys," carries forward the vision of curator Koyo Kouoh, who died shortly after being named to the role.

Ponte dei Giardini bridge in the Giardini della Biennale gardens in Venice, Italy
The Giardini della Biennale in Venice. Image: Moonik / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

If you're local, both Dallas shows are an easy pair for one afternoon — the DMA and the Nasher sit two blocks apart downtown.

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