DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art transitioned its Barrel Vault and Quadrant galleries to showcase the Museum’s important postwar and contemporary art collection. Fan favorites from Jackson Pollock to Bridget Riley to Jean-Michel Basquiat have come out of storage and into the spotlight, all included in free general admission. On June 14, the Museum unveiled a dynamic new installation of cutting-edge 20th- and 21st-century art. The installation features some of the DMA’s most iconic and beloved works, spanning from around 1945 to today, that will rotate quarterly. The “spine” of the Barrel Vault traces the history of postwar art chronologically, while the Quadrant galleries have been organized thematically, featuring installations of time-based media, figuration, Minimalism and a selection of prints, drawings and photography.

"We look forward to welcoming DMA guests to take in some of our most exceptional works in the context of the broader postwar and contemporary collection,” said Dr. Katherine Brodbeck, Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art. “These new installations will be a great opportunity for our visitors to see artworks that they know and love, while also discovering new favorites, seeing the DMA’s latest acquisitions and getting a glimpse of never-before-seen works.”

For the last decade, these galleries, a spacious nearly 12,000-square-foot exhibiting area, have showcased many rotating special exhibitions, including such ambitious shows as Afro-Atlantic Histories, Dior: From Paris to the World and An Enduring Legacy: The Margaret and Eugene McDermott Collection of Impressionist and Modern Art. This shift to showcase the expansive contemporary collection in the Barrel Vault and Quadrant galleries under the free general admission policy marks a key advance in the museum´s strategic plan.

“As an industry-leading global museum, it is central to our mission to be a guiding force in contemporary art,” said Tamara Wootton Forsyth, Interim Director and The Marcus-Rose Family Deputy Director. “We’re looking forward to spotlighting the artists who are continuing the legacy of art making and storytelling that our collection is built upon.”