D magazine : The 15 Things You Must Do in Dallas This September

Big-time concerts are back and so are notable art exhibitions.

BY TAYLOR CRUMPTON

Dallas Contemporary

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: “Paintings About Paintings”

“Paintings About Paintings” pulls together never-before-seen paintings, sculptures, and interactive works by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov to create a theatrical exhibition that feels like a run-down museum from the former Soviet Union. This is the first Texas exhibition from the husband-and-wife duo, known for evolving Eastern European conceptualism, in two decades.

Shilpa Gupta: “For, in your tongue, I cannot fit: 100 jailed poets”

The voices of persecuted poets narrate Shilpa Gupta’s first national solo show in more than a decade. From the eighth century to present day, viewers hear Arabic, Azeri, English, Spanish, Russian, and Hindi poems from writers who experienced imprisonment and execution for their words. The 3,000-square-foot immersive exhibit, which includes 100 speakers suspended from the ceiling, reminds attendees of the utilization of a language as a tool of power.

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