It has been exciting in Dallas this year with promises of more to come. Agustín Arteaga, the director of the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas, will depart his post on December 31 after eight years, leaving open one of the top institutional roles in the South.

The museum’s announcement of his departure did not state where he was headed next. Tamara Wootton Forsyth, currently the institution’s deputy director, will become interim director.

Arteaga is set to leave the museum while it is undertaking an expansion—an unusual move, given that most directors of art institutions stay on until those plans are realized. That expansion will be designed by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and is expected to add around 40,000 square feet to the museum’s campus, which is already among the largest of any institution in the US. The expansion, which adds more gallery space, a new restaurant, and more, will also include a revamp of the institution’s facilities.

Our Noh mask online gallery exhibition opens December 3, 2024 and will feature 19th and 20th century theater masks from Japan.. The masks will be for sale. Additional high resolution photographs and condition reports will be available on request.

Our plans to launch a You Tube channel are progressing well. We have completed our first art panel on NAGPRA and repatriation and plan several more before they are posted. So far the interaction with the Native American NAGPRA experts has been fascinating and very enlightening. We greatly appreciate the efforts and thoughtful advice from Sean Mooney of the Rock Foundation.

A significant portion of our time has been spent on major appraisal and authentications assignments. As we reflect on 50 years in business, it is still exciting to begin every new day without really knowing what will happen.

My Word - Fall 2024

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