On October 22, the Dallas Museum of Art presents the first major exhibition in the Museums history dedicated to time-based media. Truth: 24 frames per second brings together 24 pioneers of film and video and over six decades of work focused on pressing contemporary themes, such as race relations, political unrest, sexual identity and the media, to explore the nature of truth and reality in contemporary life. Featuring works by Dara Birnbaum, Morgan Fisher, Tatiana Gaviola, Arthur Jafa, Steve McQueen, Shirin Neshat, Pratibha Parmar, Rachel Rose, and Chick Strand, among others, Truth is inspired by the DMAs significant film and video holdings and includes 10 works from the collection, many of which have never been exhibited. On view through January 28, 2018, the exhibition also features the U.S. debut of John Gerrards Western Flag (Spindetop, Texas), and the world premiere of a newly-restored version of Bruc
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