Gay Agenda • May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021 |
The Gay Agenda
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Resource Center’s THRIVE Support Group for people 50 and older meets virtually from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. led by a SMU Intern from their counseling program. A secure Zoom Room opens at 11:30 a.m. for people to join and chat. Email THRIVE@myresourcecenter.org to request the link.
Van Gogh’s Olive Grove (July 1889), Olive Trees (June 1889) and Olive Trees (June 1889) Courtesy of Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (photo: Rik Klein Gotink); Museum of Modern Art, New York (license: SCALA/Art Resource); and Minneapolis Institute of Art (William Hood Dunwoody Fund, 51.7)
The first exhibition to explore Vincent’s olive groves now has new dates. Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum was originally to have presented the show this summer, but it has been delayed because of Covid-19.
Van Gogh and the Olive Groves will instead start at the Dallas Museum of Art (17 October-6 February 2022) and then open at its Dutch venue next year (11 March-12 June 2022).
Oklahoman
After the COVID-19 pandemic made Mother s Day 2020 along with most everything else a lackluster experience, 2021 is offering ample opportunities to treat Mom right.
With vaccine rates up and coronavirus cases down, many Oklahoma events are making a comeback this year, which means plenty of springtime fun is planned across the state, just in time for Mother s Day on Sunday.
From dancing nuns to animatronic dinosaurs, here are 10 possible outings for your mama this Mother s Day weekend (and they all should pair nicely with dinner, flowers and maybe some chocolates):
1. Mounds of fun at the National Cowboy Museum
Mother s Day is the last chance to see three exhibits at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, including the sprawling Spiro and the Art of the Mississippian World, considered the first major presentation on Oklahoma s historic Spiro Mounds undertaken by a museum. Almost a decade in the making, the exhibit marks the first and li
Dallas Museum of Art will be only U.S. stop for ‘Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity’
Co-organized by the DMA, the major exhibition debuts in Paris this fall and arrives in Dallas in spring 2022.
Tiara, Cartier London, special order, 1936. Platinum, diamonds, turquoise. Sold to The Honorable Robert Henry Brand. Cartier Collection. Vincent Wulveryck, Collection Cartier.
The exhibition, in partnership with Maison Cartier, examines how founder Louis Cartier and the designers of the fabled French jewelry house were inspired by and adopted forms from Islamic art, architecture and design (not to mention materials from places such as India and Iran) to fashion its own modern design style.