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Dallas Contemporary’s mission is to present the art of our time to the public: to document new directions in art through rotating exhibitions, publications, and learning programs for visitors of all ages. As a contemporary arts institution that grapples with timely and complex issues in one of the fastest growing metroplexes in our nation, we firmly believe in the power of artists' ideas and voices to chronicle and transform society.
04/16/2026
Join us in experiencing the WCD Project tomorrow night at our Spring 2026 Exhibition Opening Celebration
Francisco Moreno Taboada: Historia Sintética
Curated by Thomas Feulmer (Thomas Feulmer)
Friday, 17 April 2026
7:00–9:00 PM
Free Admission, RSVP in stories
161 Glass St., Dallas, TX
WCD Project (2015) explores the complexities of American identity through a mural and a painted 1975 Datsun 280Z, merging imagery from Washington Crossing the Delaware with dazzle camouflage. Through this layered visual language, Moreno reflects on history, war, and perception—examining how identity is shaped by overlapping narratives of nationhood, migration, and conflict, and how painting can extend beyond the canvas into lived space and everyday experience.
Photographer: Kaitlin Saragusa Kellerman (Kaitlin Saragusa Kellerman 📸)
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Francisco Moreno: Historia Sintética is supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, the Dallas Art Fair Foundation, Khaite, Art Dealers of America Association, Alto, The Conservatory, Weber Ranch Agave Vodka, Ann + John McReynolds, Tammy Cotton Hartnett + Will Hartnett, Cindy + Howard Rachofsky, Brian Bolke + Faisal Halum, Jacquelin Sewell + William Atkinson, Donna + Reed Cagle, Christina + Sal Jafar, Joyce Goss, Greer Goss, John Clutts + Dr. Sami Arslanlar, Kaleta Blaffer Johnson, Catalina Gonzalez Jorba + Santiago Jorba, Karla + Mark McKinley, Patricia Miller, Shelby Wagner + Niven Morgan, Carly + Micah Nance, Kathleen Cruz + Rogelio Reyes, Jill Parker + Rod Sager, Dr. Travis Vandergriff + Dr. Rodrigo Zepeda, Tori Richard Mulford + Ross Mulford, Dr. Megan + Brady Wood, and Sheryl and Eric Maas. In cooperation with the Dallas Museum of Art and Patron Magazine.
To celebrate the opening of Francisco Moreno Taboada: Historia Sintética, Dallas Contemporary has partnered with premium rideshare service Alto to extend Moreno’s visual world from the museum into the city itself.
The custom-designed art car, inspired by Moreno’s work WCD Project (2015), will hit the roads this week. As a gift to art lovers this weekend, it will also serve as a *complimentary* shuttle between Dallas Contemporary and Dallas Art Fair!
Come see the car on display at Dallas Contemporary during the free exhibition opening this Friday, April 17, from 7:00–9:00 PM. RSVP at dallascontemporary.org.
DC Membership perk alert! Alto is giving all DC Members exclusive access to 3 months of AltoMonthly PLUS membership. Keep an eye on your email for details. DC Members can enjoy elevated rides, professional drivers, and luxury branded SUVs as you cruise around town this Art Month.
04/10/2026
A new exhibition is coming to Dallas Contemporary next week-
where history, myth, and imagination collide.
Francisco Moreno: Historia Sintética
Curated by Thomas Feulmer (Thomas Feulmer)
17 April – 30 August 2026
Francisco Moreno (Francisco Moreno Taboada) (b. 1986, Mexico City) is a Mexican-American artist
whose work reimagines history, myth, and identity through a bold visual language that merges
Old Master traditions with contemporary and fantastical influences. Raised between Mexico and
the United States, growing up in Arlington, Texas from the age of six, Moreno explores cultural
hybridity through layered compositions that draw on art history, religious iconography, and
Mexican symbolism, colliding them with surreal and invented narratives to question power,
heritage, and storytelling.
For Dallas Contemporary, Moreno will present major bodies of work, including The Chapel, an
immersive painted installation inspired by a Spanish Byzantine chapel from the Dallas Museum
of Art’s collection, alongside Mural Cycle, a new series of mural-scale paintings begun in 2024
and completed for this exhibition.
Image courtesy of the artist. Photo: Kevin Todora (Todora Photography
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