Deep in Texas: Dior Show Bows at Dallas Museum of Art

DALLAS — “Dior: From Paris to the World,” which opens Sunday at the Dallas Museum of Art, may have a French accent, but with a local twist. In a different installation from its debut last fall at the Denver Art Museum, the show makes eye-popping use of the DMA’s 40-foot-high Barrel Vault by peopling it with 70 mannequins arrayed from floor to ceiling in a globally inspired display dubbed “From Paris to the World.” OMA New York partner Shohei Shigematsu, who also designed the Denver show, made unprecedented use of the spacious Barrel Vault by dividing its cross shape via narrow, confined hallways. Entering the Barrel Vault from this borderline claustrophobic walkway magnifies the visual impact. The show plays up the relationship between art and fashion by incorporating four paintings from the museum and two from local collectors. They include a Jackson Pollack mounted by splatter dresses, a Sterling Ruby abstract near looks that were inspired by Ruby and a Van Gogh riverbank scene whose palette and pointillist style is remarkably similar to the print of the adjacent dress. The Dallas Dior show also examines the connection between Christian Dior himself and the late Stanley Marcus, who arranged the designer’s first U.S. visit to

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