Curated by Arrangements Abroad
Traveling with you: Jennifer Dasal, Museum Travel Alliance
October 20-24, 2025
When considering artistic hotspots in the continental U.S., some might be stunned to hear that Texas comes in a close second to New York City—but it shouldn’t be a surprise. The dynamism and vibrancy of Texas’s contemporary art culture, especially in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston, is undeniable .From October 20 to 24, 2025, I invite you to join me for a behind-the-scenes art journey through these cities, featuring accommodations at Dallas’s Hôtel Swexan and the luxurious Four Seasons Hotel Houston. As a museum curator, author, and creator of the ArtCurious podcast, I am excited to share in your behind-the-scenes discovery of these cities’ most exceptional cultural institutions, private collections, and innovative art museums.
Highlights:
LEARN why Texas rivals New York as our nation’s art center with art historian Jennifer Dasal, creator of the ArtCurious podcast, for a behind-the-scenes look at museums and collections in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston
ENTER the Dallas Museum of Art—anchor of America’s largest arts district— during an exclusive after-hours reception to explore its encyclopedic collection spanning 5,000 years
TOUR Dallas’s Meadows Museum with its director when it is closed to the public and see the most comprehensive Spanish art collection outside Spain, from medieval treasures to masterpieces by El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, and Picasso
MARVEL at the only Michelangelo painting in the Americas—his first known work—at Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum, alongside European masterpieces in Louis Kahn’s acclaimed architectural gem
VISIT the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth to experience the definitive collection of U.S. frontier art, featuring works by Remington and Russell, plus pioneering photographs documenting the American West
STAND before treasures at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston—the oldest art museum in Texas—where a director-led private tour will showcase its internationally significant selections, from Renaissance masters to an acclaimed Remington collection
DISCUSS Mark Rothko’s 14 transcendent paintings on a guided look at the Rothko Chapel—one of the world’s most significant spiritual spaces in modern art—with Jennifer Dasal offering insights into the artist’s vision
EXPERIENCE Houston’s dynamic contemporary art scene firsthand, joining working artists at the Off the Wall Gallery and meeting exhibiting artists at the Thornwood Gallery for a private reception
SEE groundbreaking exhibitions at the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, known for presenting pivotal shows like the first-ever exhibition of Chicano art, with expert commentary from Jennifer Dasal
TAKE an inside look at Renzo Piano’s purpose-built Cy Twombly Gallery, one of the world’s largest assemblies of the artist’s work, featuring an entire room dedicated to Twombly’s monumental Untitled
