Lectures & Conversations
The Dallas Museum of Art presents an array of lecture programs exploring art from around the world and throughout time with distinguished artists, scholars, and artistic leaders.
Unless otherwise noted, lecture tickets are included in general admission to the Museum; DMA members FREE.
Reserved seating is available for some programs; reserve your seat online or by phone at 214-922-1818.
Online ticketing usually is available until 3:00 p.m. on the day of an event. Late Night Lectures
State of the Arts
In Residence: Mark Manders
Perspectives: Mark Manders
Boshell Lecture: Monuments of Stone: The Art and Architecture of Great Zimbabwe
Arts & Letters Live
Missed a lecture? Visit the Program Recordings page to listen to selected past lectures, gallery talks, and other events presented by the Dallas Museum of Art.
Late Night LecturesJoin us on the third Friday of each month, when the Museum is open until midnight. Each Late Night offers a variety of experiences, including talks by arists, scholars, curators, and special guests. All Late Night lectures are included in general admission to the Museum. To reserve your seat online, visit www.tickets.DallasMuseumofArt.org or call 214-922-1818. Check back soon for upcoming Late Night lectures. These programs are part of Late Nights at the Dallas Museum of Art.
The Dallas Museum of Art and KERA’s Art&Seek present
State of the ArtsJoin KERA host and senior producer Jeff Whittington for the third season of this innovative series exploring the creative process and the nature of performance. Hear Dallas’s key artistic leaders, artists, and special guests in thought-provoking conversations about the arts and the cultural landscape of the Metroplex. Selected dates and times, Horchow Auditorium
Included in general admission to the Museum. DMA and KERA members receive FREE admission to the lecture. To reserve your seat online, visit www.tickets.DallasMuseumofArt.org or call 214-922-1818.
 
Sunday, February 26
3:00 p.m. Kael Alford, photojournalist
Jake Heggie, composer and pianist
 
Thursday, March 15
7:30 p.m. Beowulf Boritt, scenic designer
Nic Nicosia, artist
Jeff Whittington is senior producer for the Think series and host of Anything You Ever Wanted to Know on KERA 90.1. He also created and launched the KXT Live Sessions series for KXT 91.7. Whittington's work at KERA has been honored with five consecutive Dallas Bar Association Philbin Awards for Excellence in Legal Reporting and three Best of Dallas Awards from the Dallas Observer. A graduate of the University of North Texas, Whittington is also a rock musician and songwriter and performs in clubs around Dallas and Fort Worth. He appeared in the 2006 world premiere of Waiting for a Train: The Life and Songs of Jimmie Rodgers at the Undermain Theatre in Dallas. Art&Seek is a service of KERA, North Texas Public Media. Art&Seek is your source for North Texas arts, music and culture. More than three thousand arts organizations and venues are represented on the Art&Seek calendar at artandseek.org. The Art&Seek team also produces and presents stories, programs, commentaries, and arts calendars for KERA 90.1, KERA TV, and KXT 91.7 FM.
In Residence: Mark Manders
Every Thursday evening during the Mark Manders exhibition begining January 19
6:30-8:45 p.m.
Included in general admission to the Museum Chat informally with artists, poets, architects, and Museum staff from a variety of departments about Mark Manders' thought-provoking work and process.
Perspectives: Mark Manders
Selected Thursdays
7:00 p.m., Mark Manders exhibition
Included in general admission to the Museum DMA staff will lead conversations with special guests in the fields of archaeology, literature, and architecture, exploring what these perspectives can reveal about Mark Manders' work. February 9: Gregory Warden, archaeologist
March 22: Farid Matuk, poet
April 12: Mark Gunderson, architect
 The Boshell Family Lecture Series on Archaeology presents
Monuments of Stone: The Art and Architecture of Great Zimbabwe
Thursday, February 23
7:30 p.m., Horchow Auditorium
Included in general admission to the Museum. To reserve your seat online, visit www.tickets.DallasMuseumofArt.org or call 214-922-1818. The magnificent stone walls of Great Zimbabwe are sub-Saharan Africa’s largest and most dramatic prehistoric site. Join Dr. William J. Dewey, Associate Professor of Art History at Penn State University, as he looks at the social and economic forces that contributed to the rise of this great southern African kingdom of the 13th and 14th centuries, examining the stunning architecture that symbolically asserts the status and prestige of the royals living there.
Arts & Letters LiveClick here to learn more about Arts & Letters Live events. Arts & Letters Live is a literary and performing arts series for all ages at the Dallas Museum of Art that features award-winning authors and actors of regional, national, and international acclaim. The series is recognized for its creative multidisciplinary programming, combining literature with visual arts, music, and film, and for commissioning new work from musicians, dancers, and poets inspired by works of art in the Museum’s collections and exhibitions.
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