MA/MA-3. Curatorial and Research

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This collection consists of various curatorial records that were transferred to the archives piecemeal. Multiple curators' files are represented with the creator identified in the file title.

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This collection contains records from various curators and curatorial department staff. Curators included are Steve Nash, Susan Barnes, Charles Venable and Carolyn Tate.

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Collection contains correspondence related to DMA objects from the Curatorial files. Types of correspondence for each object may include letters documenting acquisition, loans, and requests for reproduction or further information. Files are arranged alphabetically by artist surname.

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This collection contains correspondence related to artworks offered and refused between 1975-1981, exhibitions offered and refused 1980-1981, and acquisitions 1980-1981. Later records were created by Chief Curator Steve Nash (1980-1988); earlier records were maintained in the Curatorial Department.

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This collection contains records of curatorial activities and the curatorial department from 1936-1991, though the bulk of the records reflect the 1964-1991 time period. Records include chronological correspondence; art refused from dealers, individuals and artists; and deaccessions & miscellaneous.

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This collection contains records created by Curatorial Department staff related to the Friends Groups for art types. Friends Groups represented in this collection are: Friends of Contemporary Art, 1989-1991 and 1996-19997; Friends of Photography, 1994-1996; Friends of Decorative Arts, 1995-1998; Friends of Asian Art; and Friends of African and African-American Art.

Scope and Contents This collection contains records from various curators on topics including exhibitions, loans, collection development and acquisitions, funds, grants, budgets, conservation, adminstrative files, project files, permanent collection installations (Museum of Europe, Museum of the Americas), and correspondence. Records creators included in the collection are: Charles Venable, Eleanor Jones Harvey, Annegreth Nill, Charlie Wylie, Anna McFarland, Irene Martin, Dorothy Kosinski, and other curatorial...

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This collection consists of the records created and maintained by Laura Bruck for the exhibition Dialogues: Duchamp, Cornell, Johns, Rauschenberg, 4 September 2005-8 January 2006. The exhibition was curated by Dorothy Kosinski. Files include general exhibition planning, installation, checklists, programs, events, loans, catalogue, video, and research.

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This collection contains the records of the History of Contemporary Art in Dallas research project (2011-2013) created by Leigh Arnold, Project Researcher. Records include general project administration, oral history files, and research files.

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This collection contains records created or received by Dorothy Kosinski, Senior Curator of Paintings and Sculpture (1995-2008) and Barbara Thomas Lemmon Curator of European Art (1996-2008). The collection also contains records maintained by her Curatorial Assistant. The collection documents Kosinski's work with the new Nasher Sculpture Center, exhibitions sh curatored, and general curatorial departmental activities.