The DMA Continues To Awe and Inspire Me

Earlier today, I got to see the Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art, which opens to the public on Sunday (mini scoreboard). Christine Lieb wrote a great little item about it for June’s print product, but I can’t find the link right now, so you’ll have to read about it when you get home (it’s on page 16). [Update: Found it!]

The painting to the left is one of eight by Gerald Murphy himself, though the exhibition is full of works done by others but inspired by the Murphys (Picasso and Fernand Leger, to name two). There are also tons of photographs, letters, and other items from friends of the Murphys such as Cole Porter, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway (Sara and Gerald were the American expats who inspired Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night). I loved seeing notes from Dorothy Parker, one of my favorite writers, and one of the couples’ friends when they moved back to New York City. Go. Be inspired.