During the past dozen years, while our Dallas Arts District blossomed, widespread interest in contemporary art has ascended to appreciable heights more than at any other time. An entirely new group of collectors from China to Russia have made sales for contemporary works soar at auction. The market for today’s art has become endlessly expansive and international to a remarkable measure. “Between the relatively new Design District, the Dallas Art Fair and the formation of several contemporary art groups, this region is at the crossroads of current trends in contemporary art,” says Nancy Cohen Israel. That’s great news for Dallas and our burgeoning art community with the success of the Dallas Art Fair and galleries opening in 2010 like Ross Akard Gallery owned by Bryan Embry. The new gallerist features emerging and mid-career contemporary artists with a special emphasis on local art.
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[...] What does “the future of contemporary art and its economies” look like in Dallas? That’s the question being put to art historian / curator Nancy Cohen Israel and the Dallas Art Fair’s Chris Byrne tomorrow morning [...]