Things to do in Dallas

Dallas Art District

In the Dallas Arts District, a 60 acre (24ha) section north of downtown dedicated to the fine and performing arts, you'll find landmarks such as the dramatic IM Pei-designed Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center; the Trammel Crow Center Pavilion, with exhibition and performance spaces; and the Dallas Theater Center. Sometime early in the 21st century, the open space between DMA and the Meyerson Center will be transformed into a sculpture garden showcasing the world's greatest privately held sculpture collection, which will be the crowning touch of an arts district that puts Dallas in the big leagues among US art centers.

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), anchor of the Arts District, is divided into five sections: the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and Contemporary Art. The collection's highlights include Very Ugly by Frida Kahlo, Sleepy Baby by Mary Cassatt, The Icebergs by Frederic Edwin Church, Monet's 1908 Water Lilies and more pieces by Piet Mondrian than any other US museum. A special gallery recreates the French Riviera villa of art patrons Wendy and Emery Reves, originally built in 1927 by the Duke of Westminster for Coco Chanel. The Reves' collection on display includes works by Van Gogh, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec and Manet, as well as by Winston Churchill, a good friend of the couple.