Nasher Sculpture Center - Museums - Dallas | D Magazine Directories
Raymond and Patsy Nasher’s passion for art was sparked in the 1950s, when they started bringing pre-Columbian works home from trips to Latin America. In the ’60s, the Nashers began to collect modern sculpture, and by the ’80s, the collection had grown so influential that it was touring museums in Spain, Israel, and Italy. With dreams of constructing an institution to show off the assortment of sculpture and other art he and his late wife had collected, Raymond Nasher announced plans to build the Nasher Sculpture Center across from the Dallas Museum of Art in 1997. It opened s...
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