Nasher Public: Toxic Shock

at the Nasher Sculpture Center

In the Nasher's Public Gallery, art collective Toxic Shock debuts a site-specific installation entitled Too Soon to be Too Late. Formed in 1980 and comprised of Dallas-based artists Frances Bagley, Julie Cohn, Linda Finnell (1948–1999), Debora Hunter, and Susan Magilow, Toxic Shock has spent more than four decades engaged in a dialogue that comments critically on power, politics and their perspectives as women artists. Learn More

Nasher Public and The Loop Dallas: Beverly Pepper

on the Hi Line Connector Trail

The Nasher Sculpture Center and The Loop Dallas present the first installment of a public art partnership that brings Nasher Public to the city's expanded walk and bike trails, beginning with Dallas Pyramid (1971) by Beverly Pepper. The angular steel sculpture will be on view through the spring of 2026 on the Hi Line Connector at the intersection of Hi Line Drive and Slocum Street. Learn More

Nasher Public and Katy Trail Art: Eddie Martinez

at Katy Trail, Thomsen Overlook

Two lively painted bronze sculptures by Eddie Martinez are on view on the Katy Trail as a part of an ongoing partnership that brings public sculpture to the city’s beloved trail. Half Stepping Hot Stepper (2016) and Untitled (2017) originally began as assemblages of detritus that Martinez collected on the beach near his home and studio in Long Island and Ridgewood, NY. He cast these found objects in bronze and painted them with bright swaths of color using spray paint, oil, and enamel.... Learn More

Urban Historical Reclamation and Recognition

Freedman’s Towns: The Tenth Street Historic District Freedman’s Town

Nasher Public: Urban Historical Reclamation & Recognition (UHRR) was conceived by artist, curator, and veteran activist Vicki Meek to creatively capture the voices of communities of color whose neighborhoods are experiencing gentrification or erasure. This major project is designed to have three phases, each researching a Dallas neighborhood with a cohort of multi-disciplinary artists who works closely with the community to document and illustrate its historical importance... Learn More

Nasher Public: Alicia Eggert

at 2000 Ross Avenue

For her Nasher Public commission at 2001 Ross Avenue, Alicia Eggert has made The Time for Becoming. A steel structure with red neon lettering, the work of art shifts between messages. “NOW IS ONLY FOR THE TIME BEING” changes to “NOW IS ALWAYS THE TIME FOR BECOMING.” The work continues Eggert’s philosophical exploration of language and time. Using the language of commercial signage such as neon, steel, plastic, inflatables, and flowers, Eggert poses existential conundrums. Learn More

Past

Nasher Public: Narong Tintamusik
Nasher Public: Francisco Josué Alvarado Araujo
Nasher Public: Oshay Green
Nasher Public: Jóhann Eyfells
Nasher Public: Tom Orr
Nasher Public: Frances Bagley
Nasher Public and Katy Trail Art: Nic Nicosia
Nasher Public: Trey Burns
Nasher Public: Empire of Dirt
Nasher Public: Linnea Glatt
Nasher Public: Robert Barsamian
Nasher Public: Jeff Gibbons and Gregory Ruppe
Nasher Public: Celia Eberle
Nasher Public: Liss LaFleur
Nasher Public: Lauren Cross
Nasher Public: Sara Cardona
Nasher Public: Oshay Green
Nasher Public: Giovanni Valderas
Nasher Public: Bernardo Vallarino

Nasher Public: Nyugen Smith
Nasher Public: Vicki Meek
Nasher Public: Shelby David Meier
Nasher Public: Melanie Clemmons
Nasher Public: Dan Lam Nasher Public: Jer’Lisa Devezin
Nasher Public: Cameron Schoepp
Nasher Public: Brian Molanphy
Nasher Public: Artstillery
Nasher Public: Linda Ridgway
Nasher Public: Paul Winker
Nasher Public: Christian Cruz